Stretch-Ability Assessment ProgramTM

Did you know that most injuries occur due to poor posture and lack of flexibility?  Injured clients means less income as they take time off to recover. Avoid losing your clients due to injury and learn how to keep them stretch-able. The Stretch-Ability Assessment ProgramTM teaches you how to measure flexibility in fifteen different joint angles, design programs based on joint range of motion and how to properly stretch tight muscles.

In addition you will also receive suplemental material on how to market your own flexibility program adding additional revenues to your personal training business.

Course Content

Chapter One: Initial Consultation and Health Screening Guidelines

Chapter Two: Review of the Mechanics and Physiology of Stretching

Chapter Three: Fifteen Flexibility Assessments Tests

Chapter Four: Designing Effective Flexibility Programs

Chapter Five: Business Skills – Templates, forms and information on how to market and price your own flexibility assessment program and earn extra revenue.

Course has been approved for 3 BCRPA continuing education credits.

Distance education course investment: $75.00 plus GST and shipping Hard Copy

E-Version investment: $55.00 plus GST

FunAnatomyTM Part 1 – Learn the major muscles of the body

Get ready to move, grove and prove you can learn anatomy and have fun while doing it. Donna Hutchinson takes you on this exciting excursion to a world beneath the surface of the skin. You will visit only the most prominent protrusions, deepest crevasses and sail over striated muscles.

Your journey will be highly interactive and at the end of the trip you will have learned all the origins, insertions and actions that the magical world of the body can perform. So what are you waiting for, hop on the bus and take the ride.

Course Content

Chapter One: How to be Successful in Learning the Anatomy of the Body

Chapter Two: General Atomic Terms and Points of Reference

Chapter Three: Journey into the Surface Anatomy of the Bones

Chapter Four: Muscle Identification

Chapter Five: Muscle Insertions

Chapter Six: Muscle Origins

Chapter Seven: Muscle Actions

Chapter Eight: Assignments to assess what you’ve learned

Course has been approved for 10 BCRPA continuing education credits.

Distance education course investment: $145.00 plus GST and shipping for hard copy

E-version investment $115.00 plus gst

FunAnatomyTM Part 2 – Learn the muscles of the spine and abdomen

If you’ve already taken part 1 then you know I’ve cracked the code on how you can learn anatomy and the secret to remembering it! If this is your first anatomy course then you are in for a treat.

Part 2 covers the muscles of the back and core. It’s the muscles your fitness courses never taught you but are the most important to know when training the core.

This course completes your knowledge of anatomy leaving you feeling confident in your ability to with all types of clientele from athletes to rehabilitation.

Course Content:

Chapter One: Getting started on the spine and abdomen

Chapter Two: An overview of the skeletal system and general anatomic terms

Chapter Three: Muscle identification

Chapter Four: Muscle Insertions

Chapter Five: Muscle Origins

Chapter Six: Muscle Actions

Chapter Seven: Assignments to assess what you’ve learned

Course has been approved for 8 BCRPA continuing education credits.

Distance education course investment: $125.00 plus GST & shipping for hard copy

E-version investment $95.00 plus gst

Absolutely Abs – Getting to the core of the matter

Updated and revised for 2010. Core continues to remain a hot topic in the fitness industry and it can seem overwhelming trying to keep up on all the latest research. Don’t be left behind performing out-of-date exercises or using techniques that are no longer  practiced.

Getting to the CORE of the matter will take you through what’s new plus give you exercise ideas you can implement right away. I’m sure your clients and participants will be thanking you come monday morning.

Course content:

Chapter One: Anatomy overview of the abdominals and erector spinae group

Chapter Two: The role of posture and core plus an introduction to athletic stance

Chapter Three: Breathing techniques

Chapter Four: Abdominal bracing versus hollowing

Chapter Five: Cues and teaching techniques that get the point across

Chapter Six: Exercises that put it all together

This course has been approved for 3 BCRPA continuing education credits.

Course investment: $75.00 plus GST and shipping

E-version investment $55.00 plus gst

Working with Older Adults

Come and learn what your BCRPA courses didn’t cover regarding working with older adults and their unique physical and health challenges!

This is one of the most comprehensive distance educational programs in the industry. The program is geared directly for personal trainers and covers the most common chronic diseases and injuries you will likely face when training older adults. My bet is that you are already working with clients that have some unique challenges or special medical considerations.

This course teaches you the background on the issue, exercise modifications and program design. You will feel more confident working with older adults because you will understand their conditions. You are given the proper exercise modifications so that you can design appropriate programs.

Course Content

Chapter One: Arthritis – Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis

Chapter Two: Joint Replacement – Hip and Knee

Chapter Three: Metabolic Disorders – Diabetes – Type 1 and Type 2

Chapter Four: Cardiopulmonary Disease – Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Stroke

Chapter Five: Musculoskeletal Injuries – Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Bursitis, Frozen Shoulder, Lateral Epicondylitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Plantar Fascitis, Achilles Tendinitis, Shinspints, Chondromalacia, Patellofemoral Stress Syndrome

Course has been approved for 10 BCRPA continuing education credits.

Distance education course investment: $145.00 plus GST & shipping

E-version Investment $115.00 plus GST