Knowledge is THe Competitive edge
NAtiONAL FEdERAtiON OF PROFEssiONAL tRAiNERs (NFPt)
NFPT, an accredited organization, has been continue providing fitness
certifying personal trainers since 1988. The enthusiasts with the education
organization provides the Certified Personal and resources needed to
Trainer (CPT) credential and specialty titles for
address failing health in Amer-
every type of fitness professional, from the
ica,” states Angie Pattengale,
novice to the very experienced trainer. NFPT
NFPT’s director of certification.
education offers a comprehensive approach to
“NFPT will continue to work with its trainers,
exercise science fundamentals with a creden-
and alongside other reputable organizations, to
tial obtained through successful examination of
further this awareness within our rapidly
the trainer’s required skill sets.
evolving industry.”
“NFPT offers convenient and affordable Contact: www.nfpt.com, 800-729-6378.
certification processes, but our priority is to See our ad on page 59 —|
NAutiLus iNstitutE
NORtHWEst PERsONAL tRAiNiNG
& FitNEss EduCAtiON
Northwest Personal
Training provides monthly
hands-on, practical
courses/workshops, conferences, presentations,
Webinars, books, DVDs, manuals, business systems, and
consulting, as well as continuing education credits.
“For more than 20 years, we’ve been helping fitness
professionals, business owners, fitness directors, manag-
ers, personal trainers, and group fitness instructors achieve
success in the fitness industry,” asserts Alex McMillan,
Northwest’s cofounder. “Our mission at Northwest
Personal Training & Fitness education is to inspire
excellence in fitness and business, one fitness professional
Nautilus Institute offers the Schwinn Indoor Cycling
at a time. We help owners and managers seeking to
Instructor Training. Taught by qualified Schwinn Master
increase personal training sales and systematize
Trainers, participants will earn continuing education
departments. And we help personal trainers and group
credits through both ACe and AFAA. The trainers lead
fitness instructors advance their practical skills and
participants through bike fit, cycling physiology and
obtain CeCs.”
mechanics, proper technique, the Schwinn Cycling
Contact: www.nwFitnesseducation.com, 360-574-7292.
Coaching Pyramid, class design, class scheduling, and See our ad on page 62 —|
two workouts.
“This eight-hour course is designed for facilities with
instructors who have some indoor cycling experience,”
says Jay Blahnik, Schwinn Indoor Cycling Program
OPtP
developer and advisory board member for the Nautilus
OPTP offers a variety of physi-
Institute. “In one eight-hour day, participants will explore
cal therapy, rehabilitation,
how to incorporate consistency and integrity into
fitness products, and clinical
the indoor program by bringing out each instructor’s
and knowledge resources
individual style, while mainstreaming for the sake of the
geared toward health and
participant. Utilizing diverse class formats and giving
fitness professionals. Those
appropriate descriptions of what each class entails, as
tools include a wide selec-
well as what one can hope to achieve, will help partici-
tion of books and DVDs.
pants ‘strategize’ their indoor-cycling training.” A more
examples include: the Next
comprehensive 12-hour course is also available.
Core Challenge on DVD, and OPTP’s best-selling book,
Contact: www.nautilusinstitute.org, 888-471-0014. Foam Roller techniques: For Massage, Stretches, and
See our ad on page 19 —| Increased Flexibility.
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