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SCW Active Aging Certification - Keli Roberts
Unlock the secrets to aging well with the SCW Active Aging Certification, crafted for fitness professionals committed to enhancing seniors' lives. This dynamic course combines cutting-edge research with practical techniques, focusing on cardiovascular health, strength, flexibility, balance, and mental well-being. Dive into the musculoskeletal changes, physiology, and kinesiology of aging, and discover how exercise can positively impact these areas. Learn functional training strategies for older clients with varying abilities and design safe, effective exercise programs that empower seniors to thrive. Ideal for group fitness instructors, trainers, and program managers, this one-day certification includes hands-on training, a comprehensive manual, and an online exam. Earn valuable CECs: SCW (8.0), ACE (0.7), ACSM (8.0), AEA (4.0), AFAA (7.0), NASM (0.7).
SCW Life Coaching EXPRESS Certification - Kimberly Spreen-Glick
Unlock your potential with the exclusive SCW Life Coaching Certification! In just 4 transformative hours, immerse yourself in a cutting-edge program that equips you to coach clients in wellness, fitness, career, relationships, and personal development. This premium course features expert-led instruction, a comprehensive manual, engaging videos, and an automated online exam. Master advanced techniques to build your brand, attract ideal clients, and create meaningful impact in your community. Designed for ambitious professionals, this certification offers unparalleled education and practical tools to elevate your career. Earn elite CECs: SCW (7.0), ACE (0.7), ACSM (7.0), AEA (7.0), AFAA (7.0), NASM (0.7).
SCW Personal Training Certification - Gail Bannister-Munn
Elevate your career with this nationally recognized, science-based certification, designed for aspiring and current fitness professionals. This hands-on program integrates academic excellence with practical application, covering exercise physiology, kinesiology, training principles, program design, health-risk assessment, and physical evaluations. Delve into evidence-based practices and advanced programming alternatives, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the human body and its potential. The course also includes essential business and marketing strategies to help you succeed in the competitive fitness industry. Through a blend of lecture and hands-on experiences, you’ll gain the expertise to empower clients to achieve peak health and performance. Certification includes practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online examination. SCW (8.0), ACSM (8.0), AEA (4.0).
SCW Pilates Matwork Certification - Amber Toole
This nationally recognized certification offers an in-depth exploration of classical Pilates movements and their modifications, enhancing creativity and expertise. The program emphasizes core stabilization, optimal alignment, and Pilates matwork, blending theory with practical training. Participants master over 40 essential exercises, including variations for spinal dysfunctions and postural imbalances. The course provides choreography variations that are easy to learn and apply, equipping instructors with creative programming options for all ages and abilities. Included are practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online exam, ensuring participants gain the skills needed to teach effective and innovative Pilates Mat Classes. Whether new to Pilates or deepening expertise, this certification will elevate your teaching credentials. Accredited for CECs: SCW (8.0), ACE (0.8), ACSM (8.0), AEA (4.5), AFAA (8.0), NASM (0.8).
SCW Group Exercise Certification - Jani Roberts
This Nationally Recognized Certification empowers you with the confidence to master impactful teaching skills and successfully lead a group fitness class. Learn essential skills such as proper class sequencing, warm-up progressions, musical phrasing, effective cueing techniques, and choreography development. Gain a thorough understanding of group cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance, and flexibility training techniques, enabling you to implement them in various class settings. Our cutting-edge Group Exercise Certification provides a balance of theoretical and practical training, ensuring that you are prepared for the newest variety of fitness programming. This includes Hi/Lo impact cardiovascular training, muscle conditioning and sculpting, HIIT programming, and much more. The certification includes hands-on practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online examination. SCW (8.0), ACSM (8.0), AEA (4.5), AFAA (8.0), NASM (0.8).
SCW Aquatic Exercise Certification - Melissa Layne, MEd
Dive into the world of water fitness with a nationally recognized certification that provides the essential for anyone looking to teach water exercise. This program covers the benefits of aquatic exercise, anatomy, and kinesiology as applied to water, along with water depth adaptations, movement planes, musicality, and adjustments for special populations. Leadership skills and effective cueing techniques are emphasized through on-site instruction and one-on-one assessments. The certification includes both theoretical and practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online exam, ensuring you're prepared to lead successful aquatic exercise classes. Accredited for CECs: AEA (7.0), ACE (0.7), ACSM (8.0), AFAA (8.0), NASM (0.8), SCW (8.0).
SCW Chair Yoga Certification - Gusti Ratliff, MEd, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
Embark on a transformative journey that empowers yoga instructors to lead creative and effective chair yoga classes for all abilities. This comprehensive training focuses on essential techniques like pose adaptations, movement selection, and coaching methods tailored for special populations. Learn to use chairs for sitting, standing, and supported moves, serving a much-needed demographic. The program also covers verbal and visual cueing, memory-improvement strategies, and active aging principles. Graduates will be equipped to bring the healing power of yoga to diverse communities, creating inclusive, supportive environments. Includes practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online exam. Earn accredited CECs from ACE (0.7), AEA (7.0), ACSM (7.0), NASM (0.6), AFAA (6.0), Yoga Alliance (8.0), and SCW (7.0).
SCW Anti-Obesity Medication (AOM) Fitness Programming Certification - Ann Gilbert
This groundbreaking course is designed to equip fitness professionals with the knowledge and skills to approach and train individuals on anti-obesity medications (like GLP-1, Ozempic, and Wegovy) into personal training, small group and large group fitness and wellness strategies. The certification offers a comprehensive understanding of how these medications work, their effects on metabolic health, and how to optimize fitness programs for clients using them. While this course covers a range of essential topics, including the mechanisms of anti-obesity medication and the latest research and clinical trial findings, strategies for tailoring fitness programs for clients on these medications is the focus. An integration of nutrition and a strong focus on behavioral coaching is emphasized. Ethical considerations related to this evolving field are also explored in depth. Accredited for CECs: SCW (8.0), ACE (0.8) AFAA (8.0), NASM (0.8), AEA (4.5), ACSM (8.0).
ToughAgers® Instructor-Active Older Adult Fitness - Deborah Rothschild, MS
Exercise is for everyone, and older adults are no exception. The body responds to how it is trained, so let’s equip older adults to ensure their bodies function optimally. Like other age groups, older adults need cardio, balance, resistance, core, and flexibility training. However, since many may not exercise independently, it’s essential to provide a fun, supportive, and social environment to encourage participation. This course will equip you with the tools to confidently lead safe, effective fitness sessions for active older adults—whether in a group fitness class, small group training, or one-on-one private training. SCW (6.0), ACSM (6.0), AFAA (6.0), ISSA (6.0), NASM (0.6).
LaBlast® Fitness Instructor Certification - Dusty Solis
Becoming a LaBlast® instructor will set you apart from the crowd by joining the only dance fitness program that perfectly blends ballroom dance and fitness physically, mentally, and emotionally. Our one-day certification dives into the 10 dances of LaBlast®, teaches the unique LaBlast® movement philosophy and provides the tools needed to lead your own LaBlast® classes in no time. SCW (8.0), ACE (0.8), AFAA (8.0), NASM (8.0).
ZUMBA® Basic 1 Training - Guillermo Melendez
This training is the first step to becoming a Zumba® Instructor, and it teaches you the foundation and formula to teach Zumba® classes! You will learn the steps to the four basic Zumba® rhythms (Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, and Reggaeton), and then you will learn how to put these steps together into a song! The pre-con fee includes The Zumba® Electronic Instructor’s Manual, Online Videos to Review Basic Steps and Zumba® Certificate of Completion. SCW (8.0), ACE (0.7), ACSM (8.0), AFAA (5.5).
SCW Menopause Wellness EXPRESS Certification - Melissa Layne, MEd
Unlock vibrant health during menopause with this transformative course that empowers you to guide clients confidently through this life stage. Leverage the latest research to inspire students using evidence-based exercises, nutrition strategies, and holistic practices tailored to their unique needs. Master creative, research-backed approaches to fitness and wellness, enhancing your influence in personal training and group exercise. Develop essential skills to manage symptoms, boost energy, and improve overall well-being, all while refining your business practices. This program includes a comprehensive manual and an online exam, ensuring you are fully equipped to support clients. Accredited for CECs: SCW (7.0), ACE (0.7), AEA (7.0), ACSM (7.0), NASM (0.6), and AFAA (6.0).
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S.E.A.T. FITNESS (Supported Exercise for Ageless Training) Certification - Sara Vandenberg, MA
This comprehensive program is perfect for Active Aging and Specialty Format Instructors looking to elevate their chair exercise classes. Focusing on the aging process, the course delves into physiology, kinesiology, and the unique needs of students requiring extra support. Learn to use a chair as a base for sitting, standing, and supported movements, enhancing group teaching skills. The program covers effective verbal and visual cueing, memory-improvement strategies, and active aging principles. A full-day practical training session includes choreography routines to improve class sequencing, musical phrasing, and teaching skills, supported by the latest online video resources. Both novice and experienced instructors will benefit through enhanced class structure design, routine creation, and leadership development. The course includes a manual, downloadable PowerPoint, a full-hour workout video, music, flashcards, an automated online exam, and a certificate. Accredited for CECs: ACSM (7.0), ACE (7.0), AEA (7.0), AFAA (7.0), NASM (0.7), and SCW (7.0).
SCW Stretching & Flexibility Certification - Gail Bannister-Munn
In this eight hour comprehensive course, review the science of stretching, flexibility and mobility. Acquire the knowledge to assess static and dynamic postures to identify movement quality issues and promote functional activities. Learn multiple flexibility, techniques, and stretching alternatives, including PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation), active and dynamic stretching, passive and static options, assisted stretching techniques and more. Gain skill in myofascial release to enhance activation, recovery and regeneration for individuals of all ages and activity levels. Assist athletes to older adults, and distinguish yourself as a stretching expert. Perfect for one on one training, small group, training, and group fitness. This practical, hands-on certification includes a variety of detailed program designs with an easy to execute system. The certification includes practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online examination. SCW (7.0), ACE (0.7), ACSM (7.0), AEA (8.0), AFAA (7.0), NASM (0.7).
WATERinMOTION® Aqua Exercise Certification - Cheri Kulp
Enhance your aqua fitness classes with this comprehensive certification program. Begin with a 6-part online course, complete with a manual and videos, covering the scientific principles of water exercise, the WATERinMOTION® RIPPLE teaching method, cueing techniques, deck teaching skills, active aging principles, and water-specific strength training. The program culminates in an 8-hour, full-day practical training, where you'll master choreography routines to improve class sequencing, musical phrasing, teaching skills, and full-body toning. Ideal for both aqua and land instructors, this certification ensures enhanced class structure, routine creation, and leadership development. Upon completion, participants earn certification in all three WATERinMOTION® programs: Original, Platinum, and Strength. Instructors on Wautoship can attend the live course for free. This certification is approved for CECs through AEA (8.0), SCW (7.0), AFAA (7.0), ACE (0.9), NASM (0.7), and ACSM (7.0).
SCW Yoga I Certification - Manuel Velazquez
Begin your journey as a yoga instructor with a comprehensive program that blends theoretical and practical hands-on instruction. This nationally recognized certification covers a wide range of Yoga postures, suitable for diverse clientele, including young or old, fit or de-conditioned, and competitive or recovering athletes. The course integrates the latest scientific research with systematic program design and effective cueing techniques. Both seasoned and novice participants will gain the confidence and qualifications needed to lead successful yoga classes and recovery sessions. The certification includes practical training, a comprehensive manual, and an online examination, ensuring you are equipped to teach yoga to a wide range of participants. Accredited for CECs: ACE (0.8), ACSM (8.0), AEA (4.0), AFAA (7.0), NASM (0.7), and SCW (8.0).
PALANGO! Fitness Teacher Training - Felix Ojeda, MS, MBA
Master the Palango Method: a fun, intense blend of dance, MMA, kickboxing, capoeira, and boxing for high-energy fitness. Boost strength, endurance, and mental health while sweating and smiling! Join in-person training with Felix, Palango! Fitness founder, to learn flows, transitions, musicality, and conditioning through routines. Includes full access to online training videos and the Palango! Fitness Manual. Elevate your fitness journey with this dynamic, engaging workout! Palango!