Game changing short course for Personal Trainers: Fitness, Wellness and Postural assessments
Learn how to assess and digitally track your client's Fitness, Wellness and Posture in this online, Fitness Australia accredited short course (CECs).
Course at-a-glance
> Static & Dynamic Postural Observations
> Fitness & Wellness Testing
> Digitally Track Client Results
> Easy to follow Exercise Progressions & Regressions
Why choose us?
At GOXPRO we strive to help your business thrive! We do this by providing you with Personal Training technology solutions and above all the additional coaching skills you need to drive client engagement and results.
GOXPRO co-founders Jason Thomas and Geoff Callender each have 20 years experience across 3 continents in the world of Personal Training, Exercise Therapy and I.T. Along with the team at goXpro they share a common passion for posture, putting the 'Personal' back into the Personal Training experience and getting PT businesses 'Tech-Fit'.
Why we put this Posture & Biomechanics course online
Late last year a 22-year old girl came into our facility. She looked strong and fit with an athletic sports background. As it turned out she was struggling with a diagnosed lumbar disc herniation (L4/L5). She suffered the disc damage in a PT session while performing a deadlift! The deadlift itself is a great exercise and her trainer explained the technique perfectly. However, what the trainer didn't know was that her left Gluteus Maximus (GM) was not firing. As a result the lumbar spine was repeatedly overloaded, leading to an eventual disc rupture.
If the trainer had known how to test for correct GM function, he would have started by correcting the activation sequence of the hip extensors, then introduced GM isolation exercises, before moving onto more functional movements like the deadlift.
It was seeing so many people, just like our athlete above, dealing with injury due to postural instabilities that pre-disposed them to the injury in the first place, that convinced us that if we wanted to help more trainers help their clients, then we needed to put our face-to-face 'Posture & Biomechanics' course online. So that's what we've done. We hope that you love it, and that it helps you help others!
How important are your clients to your business?
The 'Posture & Biomechanics Course' helps increase client engagement and retention by educating you on how to evaluate Fitness, Wellness and Posture. You'll also get access to PT technology tools that will 'WOW' your clients and help grow your business.
FITNESS AUSTRALIA CEC ONLINE COURSE!
"The Posture & Biomechanics Course could easily be the best course you do all year! It's literally a blueprint for how to do high level, truly personalised One-on-One Personal Training". Yves Bodinger - Personal Trainer
ENROL NOWCourse learning objectives
Once you have completed this course you will be able to...
> Observe static posture to ensure safe exercise technique for clients and encourage healthy posture.
> Assess client movement and exercise capacity to encourage correct movement patterns.
> Help prevent injuries by identifying postural weaknesses.
> Build 100% individualised programs based on postural strengths, weaknesses and client goals.
> Track client results.
> Progress and regress exercises with ease.
Course Video
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Course modules
The Posture & Biomechanics course by goXpro is a series of six (6) modules followed by a final assessment.
Each module progressively builds on your knowledge as you progress through the course. The modules should be undertaken in their prescribed order, however you can return to any of them to refresh your knowledge at any time. (See details on each module below).
On successful completion of the course you will receive a certificate and CEC points.
Module 1 : On-boarding
Getting started is made easy with a simple to follow on-boarding process that sets you up with the free software tools you will use throughout the course.
Module 2 : Express Assess
This module introduces you to the 'Express Assess' client evaluation, the first of a series of five pre-packaged client Health, Fitness, Wellness and Postural evaluations.
The Express Assess client evaluation is a short 10-15 min client evaluation session aimed at gaining some quick trackable client metrics.
After having undertaken this module, you will be able to...
> Assess and digitally record a client’s Blood Pressure.
> Assess and digitally record a client’s Body Composition.
> Assess and digitally record a client’s Exercise Recovery Rate after a physical effort (using the Ruffier test).
Module 3 : My Fitness On-ramp
This module introduces you to the 'My Fitness On-ramp' client evaluation, which is a short 20-25 min session aimed at gaining some additional trackable client metrics.
After having undertaken this module, you will be able to...
> Assess and digitally record a client’s Body Circumference Measurements.
> Understand the importance of the Waist-to-hip Ratio.
> Assess and digitally record a client’s Functional Strength.
> Assess and digitally record a client’s Fitness Level (using a VO2 sub-maximal test).
Module 4 : My Posture First (M.P.F)
The 'My Posture First (M.P.F)' client evaluation is more in-depth than the two previous evaluations. It's a two-part module aimed at identifying your client's postural strengths and weaknesses to help you design made-to-measure training plans, protect your clients from injury (pre-habilitation) and even rehabilitate certain joint and muscle issues.
After having undertaken this module, you will be able to...
> Observe and digitally record a client’s Static Posture (front, side and back views).
> Observe and digitally record a client’s Dynamic Posture (using the Single-Leg Squat test).
> Comfortably and professionally perform the 7-postural drill-down tests that all trainers need to know.
> Educate your clients on exactly why they are doing certain exercises and avoiding others.
Module 5 : My Back
This evaluation package builds on the postural evaluations you learnt in the My Posture First (M.P.F) module. It does this by adding specific muscle tests based on proven sports science that can help identify a possible functional cause to your client's back pain, then provide you with key training do’s & don’ts.
The full 'My Back' client evaluation is a 35-45 min client evaluation session aimed at identifying postural imbalances that could lead to back pain as well as discovering certain spinal movement intolerances.
After having undertaken this module, you will be able to...
> Determine which spinal positions your client's back cannot tolerate for short or long periods of time.
> Evaluate your client's core strength (vitally important for spinal stability).
> Comfortably use the modified 'replacement' evaluations to test; abdominal strength, hamstring flexibility, back and hip extensor strength.
Module 6 : Total Coach
Part-1 of this module introduces you to 'Total Coach', a series of Health, Wellness and Postural evaluations. It's aimed at identifying your client's fitness, wellness and postural strengths and weaknesses. It allows you to choose from a solid list of sports science based testing protocols, helping you to build your own evaluation packages.
Then... Part-2 of this module brings everything together by developing your understanding of the postural observations you may have made in the earlier modules. This is done by showing you the functional cause behind some extremely common postural issues. Issues that you will regularly see amongst your clients.
After having undertaken this module, you will be able to...
> Create your own evaluation package based on your client's needs and goals.
> Understand the functional cause behind many postural dysfunctions.
> Professionally train clients with different postural issues.
> Make smarter exercise choices for clients with postural issues.
> Understand the concept of reciprocal inhibition and how it can positively or negatively affect muscle function, joint position and posture.
Course duration
The duration of each module varies, you can view the estimated time required to complete each module prior to commencement. We estimate that it will take you approximately 12-14 hours to complete the full course. This includes practising the evaluation protocols with a partner, 101 mins of cool video content and completing the final assessment.
The modules are designed to be undertaken in their prescribed order, however you can return to any of them to refresh your knowledge at any time.
Flexible & convenient online learning
Online education allows you to fit education into your life instead of re-organising your life around education.
Through the intermediary of online education we are able to transform passionate Personal Trainers into Elite Coaches. A great side-effect of this is that after the course they have a fully 'Tech-Fit' Personal Training business!
Start your online Posture & Biomechanics course today and become a goXpro qualified Posture Coach.
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