Certified Personal Trainer with Live
Learning Experience (LLE)
Course Outline
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Certified Personal Trainer with Live
Learning Experience (LLE)
OVERALL COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVE
After completing this course, you'll be prepared with the knowledge, skills, and
abilities needed to safely and effectively design and implement personalized
fitness programs tailored to individual clients’ needs, goals, and health status.
Continuing Education Units (CEU’s): 20
WHAT IS LIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE?
Join live virtual sessions with ISSA Fitness Experts to explore all 10 course
modules in-depth. These experts will guide you through the materials to ensure
your success. Sessions are held twice daily, each lasting one hour, on a weekly
repeating schedule. Attendance is encouraged but optional, allowing you to
participate at your convenience. If you are unable to attend live sessions, you can
access recordings. The schedule and recorded sessions can be found in the Live
Learning Experience tab in your course.
COURSE COMPLETION TIME
You are allotted 3 months to complete this course from the date of purchase.
Course expiration date can be found in the Learning Hub on the course
dashboard. If additional time is needed, please refer to the Help Center.
GRADING POLICIES/ EXAM INFORMATION
● QUIZZES: You are required to pass each quiz with a 70% to proceed through
your course, however, your final exam grade is the only score that counts
toward your final course grade.
● FINAL EXAM: The final exam must be passed with a 70%. You are given 2
attempts. If you don't pass either one, you can purchase additional attempts
for $99 each. You have until the course expiration date to submit your final
exam. Once the expiration date passes, you will no longer have access to the
material. If you run out of course time, you can purchase up to 4 months'
worth of extensions. Each 1-month extension is $9.99, plus tax/fees.
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● NCCPT NCCA ACCREDITED EXAM: Many large fitness chains as well as
smaller gym facilities require an NCCA nationally accredited certification as a
way of ensuring the trainers they hire are proficient and competent in the field.
While ISSA is a known leading education certificate company in the fitness
industry, it may be beneficial for individuals to add an NCCA nationally
accredited certification should a potential employer require one. To schedule
your proctored exam, visit the “NCCA Testing Information” tab in your course.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE
● Pass all 18 quizzes with a 70%. Each quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice
questions worth a total of 10 points (1 point per question).
● Score 70% or greater on the final exam. The final exam consists of 200
multiple-choice questions out of 200 points (1 point per question).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The following includes an overview of all materials to be successful in this course.
Certification requirements include completing the quizzes from each module and a
final exam to demonstrate comprehension.
MODULE 1
● Chapter 1: Health, Fitness, and Personal Training
○ Topics Covered: History of Personal Training, Future of Personal Training
and Fitness, ISSA CPT Code of Ethics
● Chapter 2: Psychology of Behavior Change
○ Topics Covered: Behavior Change, Motivational Theories & Applications,
Motivational Interviewing, Setting Goals that Motivate, Scope of Practice
● Lecture Videos
○ Introduction to Personal Training
○ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
○ Building Rapport and Effective Communication
○ Goal Setting Tip
● Quiz 1
Estimated Module Completion Time: 81 minutes
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MODULE 2
● Chapter 3: Movement Systems
○ Topics Covered: Nervous System, Muscular System, Skeletal System, Joints
in the Human Body
● Chapter 4: Supporting Systems
○ Topics Covered: Circulatory System, Lymphatic, System, Respiratory
System, Endocrine System, Digestive System, Integumentary System
System
● Lecture Videos
○ Insulin, Glucagon, and Blood Sugar
○ Ketones
○ Interconnected Organ Systems
○ Understand the Neuromuscular Connection
○ Physical Activity, Hormones, and Immunity
● Quiz 2, 3
Estimated Module Completion Time: 136 minutes
MODULE 3
● Chapter 5: Concepts of Biomechanics
○ Topics Covered: Anatomical Reference Terms, Balance/Equilibrium/Stability,
Laws of Motion, Friction, Levers, Torque, Muscles as Movers
● Lecture Videos
○ Planes of Motion
○ Principles of Biomechanics
○ Proprioception
○ Sliding Filament Theory
○ Stretch Shortening Cycle
● Quiz 4
Estimated Module Completion Time: 67 minutes
MODULE 4
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● Chapter 6: Energy and Metabolism
○ Topics Covered: Cells, Food as Energy, Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP),
Anaerobic and Aerobic Energy Production, Metabolism and Energy Balance
● Quiz 5
Estimated Module Completion Time: 42 minutes
MODULE 5
● Chapter 7: Client Assessment
○ Topics Covered: Subjective & Objective Assessments, Body Composition
Assessments, Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessments, Muscular Strength &
Endurance Assessments, Movement/Posture Assessments, Interpreting
Findings
● Chapter 8: Elements of Fitness
○ Topics Covered: Warm-up, Flexibility Training, Core Training, Balance
Training, Reactive Training, Resistance Training, Cardio Training, Cooldown
● Chapter 9: Principles of Program Design
○ Topics Covered: Acute Variables of Fitness, Principles of Fitness,
Periodization, Overreaching & Overtraining, Training Categories
● Lecture Videos
○ Assessments Overview
○ Client Forms and Privacy
○ Overhead Squat Assessment
○ Assessment Tips for Success
○ What to do with Assessment Results
○ Programming Progression
○ Principles of Programming
○ Training Periodization
○ General Adaptation Syndrome
○ The Warm-Up and Cooldown
○ Balance Training Modalities
● Quiz 6, 7, and 8
Estimated Module Completion Time: 210 minutes
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MODULE 6
● Chapter 10: Concepts of Flexibility Training
○ Topics Covered: Methods of Flexibility Training, Principle of Specificity, Acute
Variables, Dynamic Stretching, Pre-Contraction Stretching, Static Stretching,
Flexibility & Special Populations, Self-Myofascial Release
● Chapter 11: Concepts of Cardiovascular Exercise
○ Topics Covered: Benefits of Cardio Exercise, Cardio Training Principles,
Modifying Acute Training Variables, Measures of Cardio Fitness,
Warm-up/Cooldown, Physiological Adaptions, Modes, Environmental
Influences
● Lecture Videos
○ Foam Rolling 101
○ Length-Tension Relationship
○ Cardio Training Systems
○ The Fat Burning Zone Myth
● Quiz 9, 10
Estimated Module Completion Time: 143 minutes
MODULE 7
● Chapter 12: Concepts of Resistance Training
○ Topics Covered: Benefits of Strength Training, Classifying Strength, Strength
Curve, Training Principles, Physiological Adaptations, Modifying Training
Variables, Equipment, Free Weights vs. Machines, Rep/Set Schemes
● Chapter 13: Exercise Selection and Technique
○ Topics Covered: Common Injuries & Prevention, Key Communication
Principles, Cueing, Movement Categories, Exercise Categories
● Lecture Videos
○ Force Vectors and Horizontal and Vertical Scaling
○ How to Hip Hinge
● Quiz 11, 12
Estimated Module Completion Time: 121 minutes
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MODULE 8
● Chapter 14: Nutrition Foundations
○ Topics Covered: Macro/Micro-nutrients, Water, Dietary Guidelines,
Understanding Food Labels, Common Diet Trends, Portion Sizes
● Chapter 15: Supplementation
○ Topics Covered: Dietary Supplements Explained, Nutritional Supplements,
Performance Supplements, Ergogenic Aids, Botanical Supplements
● Lecture Videos
○ Reading Food Labels
○ Food and Immunity
○ Personal Trainers, Nutrition and Supplementation
● Quiz 13, 14
Estimated Module Completion Time: 138 minutes
MODULE 9
● Chapter 16: Chronic Conditions
○ Topics Covered: Impacts of Exercise on Various Chronic Conditions -
Hypertension, Diabetes, Arthritis, Coronary Heart Disease, Asthma
● Chapter 17: Lifespan Populations
○ Topics Covered: Exercise and Youth, Older Adults, Pregnancy, Adaptive
Fitness
● Lecture Videos
○ Chronic Disease
○ Communicable Disease Prevention
● Quiz 15, 16
Estimated Module Completion Time: 122 minutes
MODULE 10
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● Chapter 18: Business and Marketing
○ Topics Covered: Styles of Personal Training (PT), Starting a PT Business,
Marketing a Business, Client Life Cycle, Importance of Client Retention,
Managing a PT Business, Best Practices, Advice, Code of Ethics
● Chapter 19: Safety and Emergency Situations
○ Topics Covered: Own the Fitness Floor, CPR Certification, Injury Prevention,
Emergency Equipment/Protocols, When to Call Emergency Services
● Lecture Videos
○ Virtual Training
○ Safety and Emergency Situations
○ Scope of Practice
● Quiz 17, 18
Estimated Module Completion Time: 101 minutes
RESOURCES
● Downloadable Textbook
● Fillable and Printable Workbook
● Client Forms (PAR-Q, Health History Questionnaire, Liability Waiver, 3-Day
Dietary Log, Client Intake Form)
● New Trainer Guide: You Just Got Certified: Now What?
● ISSA Purpose-Driven Training Program Design
● Lecture Videos (39)
● Exercise Library Videos (105)
● CPT Bootcamp
● CPT Live Learning Experience (LLE)
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