Programming Concepts for Personal Trainers

Series Overview

Program 1:

JAM Chart, Four Pillars of Human Movement, and Writing Balanced Workouts Recorded Date: January 21  

• Construct a JAM Chart and understand how learning functional anatomy from this perspective relates to program design.
• Learn the Four Pillars of Human Movement and how to use it as a formula for writing workouts.
• Practice writing workouts using these tools and discuss them with the group.

Program 2:

Joint-by-Joint Approach, Lengthen & Strengthen, and Complete Fitness Programs Recorded Date: February 21  

• Learn the Joint-by-Joint Approach and how it relates to keeping clients healthy.
• Understand the process of Lengthen & Strengthen and how it is the practical application of Joint-by-Joint.
• Write complete fitness programs that include all of the learned models as well as the work that needs to be done outside of the gym.

Program 3:

Periodization, New Client Interviews, and 5-Star Fitness Recorded Date: February 21 

• Understand Linear and Undulating Periodization Models.
• Learn and practice how to give a potential client a basic understanding of what their fitness program will look like in the first meeting.
• Discuss 5-Star Fitness, an aggressive fitness program for the active adult.

Presenter:

Tony Thomas is an award winning fitness educator at the University of Texas at Austin where he's been a WITS instructor for 15 years and teaches some of the largest classes in the WITS system. He owns Kilter Fitness in Austin, TX where he has a full-time personal training practice and mentors trainers at all levels.