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Launch Your Dream Career With ISSA:Â Backed by Our 100% Risk-Free Job Guarantee
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Become a Certified Personal Trainer
Kickstart your fitness career with the most recognized certification. Study online, get certified, and start changing lives.
Join a global community of over 1 million certified personal trainers
100% job guarantee — get hired after certification or your money back *
Study anytime, anywhere and finish in as little as 4 weeks
Engaging learning with videos, quizzes and LIVE study groups
Includes two exam options: open-book ISSA CPT or monitored NCCA Accredited Certification Exam
Includes FREE CPT Study Expansion Pack
Certified & In Demand: The ISSA Ticket
to the Hottest Jobs in Fitness
The fitness industry is growing fast, and gyms across the U.S. and globally are racing to hire qualified trainers. In this session, ISSA VP of Strategic Partnerships Kurt Mangum II joins VP of Communications Tami Nealy for a practical discussion on what gyms are looking for now and how ISSA certifications directly align with that demand. With insights from ISSA’s gym partners, you’ll learn how to choose the right certification path, understand the hiring landscape, and see why ISSA stands apart as the only fitness certifying body offering a Job Guarantee, because we don’t just certify, we help you get hired. Whether you’re starting fresh or leveling up, this is your roadmap to a meaningful career in fitness.
Learning Objectives:
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Understand the current demand for certified fitness professionals in the U.S. and globally, based on hiring trends from ISSA’s gym partners including franchises in the U.S., Europe, and Egypt.
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Learn what makes ISSA graduates job-ready, from flexible certifications to career-aligned skill development. Plus understand why the partner gyms in our industry prefer ISSA grads!
What’s Included
ISSA’s Certified Personal Trainer program covers:
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How to motivate anyone to make their fitness goals a reality
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In-depth knowledge of the body’s muscle and skeletal structure
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How to assess and build custom training programs
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How to help clients get stronger with less pain or injury
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How to pinpoint what exercise is most effective for each movement
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Details of how diet and exercise work together to transform people’s lives
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The deeper answers to help go beyond “workout more” and “eat better”
Comprehensive Online Textbook
Foundations and Applications for a Certified Personal Trainer is new and improved, updated with new exercise descriptions, chapter quizzes and the latest information on nutrition, motivation and behavior change, and exercise science. It has everything you need to successfully earn your Personal Trainer Certification. The 715-page book even features a chapter on business and marketing to help you start and grow a profitable training business.
Yes. You can change your life with ISSA.
This isn’t just a certification — it’s a path to victory. A way to try something new. To break out of your rut. To try a new career and to help people. It’s a way to improve lives through fitness, nutrition and mental toughness.It’s why we have 10,000+ Gym Partners and 14,000+ Trustpilot reviews. And it’s why over a million trainers and fitness lovers from 174 countries chose ISSA.
This is not a one-and-done kind of certification. Once you take a program with us, you are part of a growing community of fitness professionals.
Your Certification Creates Opportunities
Stay ahead of the competition! Becoming a Certified Personal Trainer allows you to make more money.
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Become a Full-Time Trainer
If you want a job as a personal trainer – you’ve got one. Our certification is recognized by over 10,000+ national gyms including major national gym chains. -
Get A Money-Making Side Hustle
Trainers routinely make $100 an hour or more in small group personal training. Personal training is the ultimate side hustle where you get to choose when and where you coach. -
Become An Influencer
Make money by posting your workouts and fitness advice. With your ISSA certification, you’ll join some of the world’s top influencers with the credentials people trust. -
Own Your Own Gym
Network with ISSA professionals to learn how to operate your own gym or work with ISSA’s partners including F45, Camp Gladiator, and more to own a franchise.Frequently Asked Questions
What is required to get my personal training certificate?
You must meet the following:
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Submission of all course quizzes
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A score of 70% for CPT, a score of 75% or better on all sections of the final examination
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Proof of current Adult CPR/AED certificate
Is there any interest on payment plans?
No! There is 0% interest on all ISSA courses.
Does ISSA offer the ability to take quizzes and exams online?
Yes, Online testing, for both quizzes and final exams, is the preferred testing method. Online testing saves you the hassle of organizing and photocopying your answer sheets, saves you from a trip to the post office, saves you postage for registered mail, and keeps track of your submissions in your Member Account. What’s more, online testing produces a much faster turn-around time for grading!
Can I get a printed copy of the textbook?
In addition to the free online version of the course textbooks, you can purchase printed copies of our most popular courses
Does ISSA offer NCCA accredited exams?
Yes, ISSA offers the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) nationally accredited personal trainer certification through its subsidiary, The National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT). Click to learn more about the NCCA and NCCPT.
NCCPT exams are included in your cart with some course bundles.
To purchase the accredited exam separately, click here.
Purchase of ISSA training materials is not an eligibility requirement to take an accredited exam nor does it imply a passing score.Certified Personal Trainer course available in Spanish!
With excellent study material, unlimited support, and proven success, you can now turn your passion for fitness into a career with our Personal Training course in Spanish.
Take the first step — get your ISSA evaluation kit today!
Our evaluation kit will help you:
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See if you have the five qualities every successful trainer needs
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Discover which program is right for you through the personalized quiz
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Take a look at the exact career paths you’ll be able to take
By the end, you’ll know if ISSA’s right for you. And you’ll have everything you need to enroll on hand.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section One: Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 1: Metabolism
Unit 2: Basic Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 3: Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology
Section Two: Kinesiology and Biomechanics
Unit 4: Kinesiology of Exercise
Unit 5: Biomechanics of Exercise
Unit 6: Musculoskeletal Deviations
Unit 7: Muscle Mechanics
Section Three: Health and Physical Fitness
Unit 8: Strength
Unit 9: Cardiovascular Training
Unit 10: Flexibility Training
Unit 11: Body Composition
Section Four: Program Development
Unit 12: Drawing-in Phase
Unit 13: Basic Assessment of Fitness Participants
Unit 14: Training Principles
Unit 15: Periodization
Unit 16: Determining Training Loads
Section Five: Nutrition
Unit 17: The Big Picture of Nutrition
Unit 18: Nutrition and Physiology
Unit 19: Nutritional Science
Unit 20: Nutritional Coaching
Section Six: Fitness For All
Unit 21: Exercise and Older Adults
Unit 22: Exercise and Adaptive Fitness
Unit 23: Exercise and Our Youth
Unit 24: Exercise and Hypertension
Unit 25: Exercise and Diabetes
Unit 26: Exercise and Arthritis
Unit 27: Exercise and Coronary Heart Disease
Unit 28: Exercise and Pregnancy
Unit 29: Exercise and Asthma
Unit 30: Sports Medicine in the Trenches
Unit 31: Basic First AidOnline Textbook
Online Practice Quizzes
Audio and Video Lecture Options
Online Workbook
Online Student Forum
Open Book or Proctored Exam Options
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Unlimited Support – Even After You’re Certified!
CPT Education Bootcamp
Purpose Driven Training Model
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