Health Fitness Specialist, Certificate
The Health Fitness Specialist Certificate is a one-year program designed to prepare students to begin a career in promoting and enhancing health and fitness as a personal trainer, fitness instructor, conditioning coach, or fitness center staff in a variety of settings, including fitness centers, gyms, healthcare facilities, and corporate wellness programs. Health Fitness Specialists design and implement safe and appropriate individual, group, and facility wellness programs for personal growth in health-related physical fitness and disease prevention. Students will assess client risk factors, lifestyle behaviors, and physical fitness to implement safe exercise prescription, behavior modificat