PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINER
ONLINE PREPARATORY COURSE

AFAA, the world's largest fitness and Telefitness® educator, announces a unique resource for fitness professionals -- Personal Fitness Trainer Online Preparatory Course, available now at e-afaa.com for $149.00.

Utilizing the latest information found in AFAA's new textbook Personal Fitness Training: Theory and Practice (sold separately at www.afaa.com for $59), this course and text are in full compliance with the high standards of both AFAA and the National Board of Fitness Examiners.

By taking one course for one low enrollment fee, personal trainers can achieve any or all of these crucial goals:

Affordable, convenient and effective, this course streamlines the latest information on the theory and practice of personal fitness training. This course is appropriate for all personal trainers whether or not you are currently certified, have a four-year degree in health or fitness, plan on taking the National Boards for personal fitness trainers, or simply need continuing education units.

The convenience of one fully standardized, integrated preparatory course for personal trainers that meets the criteria established for AFAA's certification, accreditation and the National Boards can't be matched anywhere. This course includes an optional pretest that does not count in your course results. The pretest helps the student by giving an idea of the kind of information and types of questions in the course.

Individual consumers or members of health clubs are entitled to assume that personal trainers who hold themselves out as "certified" have mastered the same skills and possess the same knowledge as other "certified" personal trainers. But when different certification organizations use different standards and approaches to certify these trainers, consumers often end up comparing personal trainer qualifications by reference to "apples and oranges." For that reason, the education and certification of personal fitness trainers — and the accreditation of the organizations that issue certifications — must be based on a standard set of skills that all personal trainers must possess in order to safely and competently counsel and instruct their clients.

For the first time, because of organizations such as AFAA working alongside the National Boards, it will be possible to compare "apples with apples" — that is, consumers and employers can count on the fact that all certified personal trainers who successfully complete the National Boards will have the same core knowledge and skills regardless of which organization provided educational, certification or accreditation services. To facilitate this, the NBFE has conducted the industry's largest ever "job skills analysis." AFAA's new Personal Fitness Trainer Online Preparatory Course helps you to prepare for the National Boards by matching its course content with the NBFE objectives and job skills analysis. It also provides you with other benefits, such as earning AFAA CEUs, reinstating an expired AFAA Certification (additional reinstatement fees may apply) or preparing for AFAA's own Personal Trainer Certification.

So register today for your AFAA Personal Fitness Trainer Online Preparatory Course and take advantage of this essential and rewarding new course!

PLEASE NOTE: Before you begin the course, it will be necessary to purchase AFAA's Personal Fitness Training: Theory and Practice textbook. You will be asked to refer back to the text throughout the course and will want to have it available as you move forward.

This course does not guarantee successful completion of the NBFE board examination, nor does it deliver an AFAA Personal Fitness Trainer Certification.