The fitness profession is one of the fastest-growth trades in the world. As preventative healthcare continues to be a leading focus globally, more and more people look to successfully integrate fitness into their lifestyle.
Personal trainers are critical members of this new healthcare environment, combining their expertise in the physical sciences, behaviour modification, psychology and business.
Train with the best at the cityfitness Coaching Academy
Begin a career with an organisation that can provide you with the education, resources, support and management you need to be successful in the competitive market of personal training.
Our Coaching Academy offers the latest in education on physical and psychological adaptation, as well as extraordinary practical training, management and career opportunities within New Zealand’s top health club organisation, cityfitness!
Many other organisations only teach you how to be a personal trainer, but leave you unsupported afterwards to find a job. Associated with cityfitness, however, the Coaching Academy allows you to put into practice everything that you learn – with the sales, marketing and management to support the education you’ve worked so hard to get.
Course overview
The two-week cityfitness Coaching Academy based in Wellington has two modules:
- Week 1: We focus on the knowledge needed to be a world-class personal trainer, with modules including The Psychology of Behaviour Modification, The Science of Physical Adaptation, Exercise Technique and Nutrition.
- Week 2: We focus on the skills needed to be a world-class personal trainer, with modules including Coaching Skills, Integrated Kinetic Chain Assessment, Strength Training Programme Design and Cardiovascular Training for Fitness and Performance.
If you pass the requirements for all the knowledge and skills modules, you’ll be considered for career opportunities at cityfitness and the opportunity to complete our Personal Trainer Job Specific Module. Here’s where you get to put your new knowledge and skills into practice under the guidance of a highly qualified fitness professional, out on the gym floor!
You will sit your final exams three months after completing the Coaching Academy, and gain your Level 3 cityfitness personal trainer qualification through Skills Active Aotearoa, giving you New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) recognition. This makes you eligible for registration on the Register of Exercise Professionals (or REPs).
You’ll also be able to sit exams with the National Academy of Sports Medicine – giving you access to employment opportunities in the fitness industry around the world!
For more information and our next course dates, please contact us.
