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Senior Personal Trainer
Training Program
SFA's Senior Personal Trainer educational program
creates exciting new career opportunities for you. SFA
training opens doors into the homes and gyms of valued
personal training clients.
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WHAT YOU WILL STUDY
The table of contents for SFA's Senior Personal
Trainer training manual includes:
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Strength Training: The Logical Solution
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Senior Strength: Concepts for Program Periodization
and Progression
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Enhancing Strength Training Self-Efficacy and
Attitudes in Seniors
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Specialized Strength Training for Seniors: Power for
the Golf Course
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Introduction to Exercise Physiology
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Aspects of Anatomy
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Introduction to Behavior Modification & Healthy
Lifestyles Psychology
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Wellness-Oriented Custom Older Adult Training
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Nutritional and Fat Loss Guidance
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Practical Considerations in Custom Training Programs
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Simple Fitness Testing for Seniors
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Focus on Strength Training
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Focus on Functional Fitness
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Focus on Post Successful-Rehab Clients
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Focus on Senior Athletes
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Focus on Typical Senior Populations
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Points Training Systems
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Risky Exercise Moves to Avoid
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Management Principles
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Additional Sample Forms
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You can provide the best specialized one-on-one training
for older adults ranging from typical healthy
individuals, to post-rehab stroke and cardiac clients,
to active senior athletes.
You will profit from SFA's practical approach to fitness
education. Below are descriptions of just some of the
vital topics you will study:
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The section entitled "Wellness-Oriented Custom Older
Adult Training" provides complete step-by-step
instructions for expanding a personal training
business into a professional service that promotes
total client wellness.
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"Focus on Senior Athletes" explores working with
high-fit seniors, older competitive athletes, and
sports-minded older adults who want to improve their
golf and tennis games.
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"Points Training Systems" provides everything you
need to quantify your client's training program,
thereby ensuring balanced training and adequate
energy expenditure.
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"Management Principles" addresses legal, business,
and marketing considerations. It shows you how to
perfect your teaching, communication, and
motivational skills. And it discusses important
gerontological factors that you need to fully
understand in order to be an effective senior
personal trainer.
Additional topics covered by the SFA Senior Personal
Trainer educational program include:
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Risk Factor Considerations
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Older Adult Programming Guidelines
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Frequency, Duration, Intensity, Mode, and
Progression
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Exercise Interactions and Implications
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Medical Clearance Requirements Techniques for
Monitoring Intensity Levels
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Cardiovascular Concerns: CAD, Hypertension, TIA,
Stroke, Intermittent Claudication
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Obesity
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Diabetes
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Back Problems
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Arthritis
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Osteoporosis
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Balance and Motor Control Deficits
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Fall Prevention Sight/Hearing Deficits
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