The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) has launched a new specialization focused on the education and skills necessary to successfully develop and implement group training programs.
“Interest in group personal training is on the rise,” said Andrew Wyant, the president of NASM, in a news release. “It gives individuals direct access to a Certified Personal Trainer at a more affordable cost, while providing a motivational group setting most participants need. This Group Personal Training specialization teaches fitness professionals how to harness those positive psychological benefits and use that group dynamic to help clients achieve long-term fitness success.”
The Group Personal Trainer (GPT) specialization allows certified personal trainers to gain the knowledge, skills and abilities in order to capitalize on one of the top exercise trends today — group training. The curriculum delves deep into the following:
· Scientific and psychological benefits associated with exercising in a group setting.
· Differentiating between group sizes and implementation strategies for each.
· Detailed instruction on how to design and provide individualized programming and personalized service within a group setting.
· Marketing, prospecting and sales techniques to develop and maintain group training clientele.
The demand for more group personal training options has skyrocketed in the last several years. The launch of NASM’s GPT specialization coincides with recently data that polled NASM-certified trainers. More than 90 percent of trainers in the poll reported that a group personal training specialization would be beneficial.
The GPT specialization was created to complement existing CPT training programs, and is available to purchase for $499 and counts for 1.9 CEUs. The course, which is application oriented, will take the average CPT about 90 days to complete. For more information, visit www.nasm.org.
