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Fitness, Health, & Nutrition for Summer 2008

FREE!  Personal Fitness Trainer Information Session (Live Lecture) Instructor: Russ Armistead or Cindy Elsberry

This FREE one-hour orientation is designed to provide information about becoming a certified personal fitness instructor. Includes fitness industry overview and professional trends. Preregistration is required. Call 706-542-3537 or 1-800-811-6640. View the World Instructor Training Schools web site Tues., June 10, 6-7pm, 1 session/1 hr., FREE, #66144 Online Registration Form

Personal Fitness Trainer Certification (Live Lecture) Instructor: Russ Armistead or Cindy Elsberry

Complete a Certified Personal Trainer Certification program this summer. Pass the national exam in week six. Pass the gym (practical) exam, and complete the 20-hour internship to become certified. Call 706-542-3537 or 1-800-811-6640 for textbook ordering information. Click Here for Details Sat., June 14-July 26 (No class 7/5), 9am-4pm, 6 sessions/36 hrs., 3.6 CEUs $499* ($68 textbook not included), #66145 Georgia Center (classroom); The Omni Club, Athens (gym) *50/50 Payment Plan: You may pay 50% of the course fee at the time of registration and the balance one week before the course begins. Online Registration Form

Cardio Boxing for Fitness Professionals (Live Lecture) Instructor: Russ Armistead or Cindy Elsberry

Learn proper punching form and footwork specific to cardio boxing. Learn how to design workout programs as a personal trainer or as a group exercise instructor and incorporate the stretches for the specific muscle groups. Show the proper form for punches and kicks, learn to design a boxing cardio workshop, and be able to demonstrate one new stretch that isolates the muscle groups that are involved. Textbook required. Thurs., June 19, 6-9pm, 3 hrs., .3 CECs, $55, #66146, The Omni Club, Athens Online Registration Form

Four-Course Advanced Skills Series for Fitness Professionals (Live Lecture) Instructor: Russ Armistead or Cindy Elsberry The following four-course series is open to fitness professionals and provides for 15 continuing education credits (CECs). If all four courses are taken as a series, the ACE (American Council on Education) issues 1 vocational college credit. All four courses: $264* Courses may be purchased separately. *50/50 Payment Plan: Pay 50% at the time of registration and the balance one week before each course begins. Nutritional Concepts Workshop for Fitness Professionals (Live Lecture) Learn the facts about the importance of nutritional health. Study the relationship between caloric intake, caloric burn, weight loss, weight gain, and body fat percentages. Review the pros and cons of popular diets and the health effects of some common drugs and nutritional supplements. Sat., Aug. 16, 9am-4pm, 1 session/6 hrs., .6 CECs, $99, #66147 Online Registration Form Advanced Weight Training for Personal Fitness Trainers (Live Lecture) Expand your weight training skills and your fitness program designs. Learn how to explain the importance and benefits of alternating exercises for each major muscle group and add new exercises to your repertoire. Learn 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-day workout programs. Fri, Aug. 22, 6-9pm, 1 session/3 hrs., .3 CECs, $55, #66148, The Omni Club, Athens Online Registration Form Running Techniques for Everyone (Live Lecture) Learn to use the physiology of running to assess and achieve optimal running form. Topics include: choosing appropriate running shoes and apparel, designing running programs, and learning technique analysis and injury prevention. This is a workshop, and all attendees are expected to participate in the running portions of the course. Dress appropriately. Sat., Aug. 23, 9am-Noon, 1 session/3 hrs., .3 CECs, $55, #66149, YWCO, Research Rd., Athens Online Registration Form Business Selling Skills for Personal Fitness Trainers (Live Lecture) Learn strategies for starting your own business as an independent contractor. Learn to set liability insurance minimums, set up credit card accounts, develop group and individual pricing strategies, adjust to different types of clients while not alienating anyone, build R.E.A.D. (Rapport, Empathy, Assessment, and Development), create a need (tugging at the "heartstring"), and learn tricks for changing a "no" into a "yes." Sat., Aug. 23, 1:30-4:30pm, 1 session/3 hrs., .3 CECs, $55, #66150 Online Registration Form

We also offer a variety of Online Professional Fitness Certificates

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