Level 3
Certificate in Personal
Training
F/600/9052
Course manual
,Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training O5 The endocrine system and its
5.1 What is the endocrine syste
Contents
5.2 Endocrine glands and their
Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise 01 5.3 Hormonal regulation of me
O1 The cardiovascular system and its relationship to exercise 02 5.4 effects of exercise on testo
1.1 The basic function of the cardiovascular system 03 O6 Energy systems and their rela
1.2 The heart 04 6.1 What and where does ene
1.3 The blood vessels 06 6.2 Adenosine Triphosphate (A
1.4 The blood 07 6.3 The energy systems
1.5 The effects of disease on the structure and function of blood vessels 08 6.4 What is cellular respiration?
1.6 Pulmonary and systemic circulation 09
6.5 The effects of exercise on t
1.7 Blood flow and oxygen consumption during exercise 10
1.8 Mechanisms of venous return 11 Unit 2 Applying the principl
1.9 Blood pressure 12 programme
1.10 Valsalva manoeuvre 13 O1 Understanding the principles
1.11 The effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system 14 1.1 Introduction to nutrition
O2 The spine, posture and core training 16 1.2 function of the digestive sy
2.1 Structure and function of the spine 17 1.3 structure of the digestive sy
2.2 Stabilisation (control) mechanisms of the spine: active (muscular) 18 1.4 Macronutrients: Carbohydra
2.3 Stabilisation (control) mechanisms of the spine: passive (ligaments) 21 1.5 Macronutrients: Protein
2.4 Understanding good posture 22 1.6 Macronutrients: Fats (lipds)
2.5 Abnormal postures 23 1.7 Micronutrients: Vitamins an
2.6 Core training 24 1.8 Micronutrients: Supplementa
O3 The musculoskeletal system and its relationship to exercise 28 1.9 The relationship between n
3.1 The basic structure of skeletal muscle and how they contract 29 O2 Key guidelines in relation to n
3.2 Muscle fibre types 32 2.1 Healthy eating: main food g
3.3 The roles of muscles and types of muscle contractions 32 2.2 Healthy eating: nutritional p
3.5 Name, locate and explain the function of skeletal muscle involved in 2.3 Portion sizes and food prep
physical activity 34 2.4 Weight management: ener
3.6 Positional terms 42 2.5 Weight management: weig
, 3.3 Understanding client behaviour, behavioural change and the performance
equation 150 How to study?
3.4 Motivational strategies 152
3.5 How to analyse and interpret collected information so that client needs and nutritional
goals can be identified 155
Unit 5 Plan and Programme Personal Training 158 This course manual and supporting
O1 Planning personal training with clients 159 assessment workbook have been de
to help you learn the contents of the
1.1 Gathering client-centred information 160
Level 3 Certificate in Personal Traini
1.2 Screening clients prior to personal training 164 qualification. To help you focus on w
1.3 Working with clients to agree goals, objectives, programmes and essential to learn important words a
adaptations 167 phrases have been highlighted in bo
1.4 Setting client-centred goals 169 It’s important that you set aside som
1.5 Health appraisal 171 time to study. The language of anat
particular, may be unfamiliar to you
1.6 Fitness appraisal 179 but once you have learned the basic
1.7 Personal training resources 186 prefixes and suffixes, you will find
1.8 Working in environments not specifically designed for personal training 188 anatomical terminology is not as dif
you first imagined.
O2 Programming personal training with clients 192
Step 1- Read in small chunks
2.1 Training principles 193
Researchers involved in cognitive l
2.2 Encouraging activities of daily living 200 and educational sciences talk about
2.3 Programming an effective warm-up 201 or ‘chunking’. Basically, it is consid
easier to learn small pieces of infor
2.4 Programming aerobic exercise 203 and subsequently link those chunk
2.5 Programming strength 212 together than attempt to assimilate
body of information in one go. A g
2.6 Programming power exercise 221
example of this is how one might ap
2.7 Programming muscle hypertrophy 228 learning an 11-digit UK phone numb
Instead of trying to memorise 11 dig
2.8 Programming muscular endurance 237
might chunk it up into the five digit
2.9 Programming a cool-down and flexibility 240 code and two chunks of three numb
2.10 Adapt, review and progress exercise 243 better to learn small chunks of infor
frequently, than big chunks, infrequ
, Contents
O1 The cardiovascular system and its relationship to exercise 02
O2 The spine, posture and core training 16
O3 The musculoskeletal system and its relationship to
exercise 28
O4 The nervous system and its relationship to exercise 50
O5 The endocrine system and its relationship to exercise 63
O6 Energy systems and their relationship to exercise 69
Copyright © 2017, PT Academy. All rights reserved. 1
Certificate in Personal
Training
F/600/9052
Course manual
,Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training O5 The endocrine system and its
5.1 What is the endocrine syste
Contents
5.2 Endocrine glands and their
Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise 01 5.3 Hormonal regulation of me
O1 The cardiovascular system and its relationship to exercise 02 5.4 effects of exercise on testo
1.1 The basic function of the cardiovascular system 03 O6 Energy systems and their rela
1.2 The heart 04 6.1 What and where does ene
1.3 The blood vessels 06 6.2 Adenosine Triphosphate (A
1.4 The blood 07 6.3 The energy systems
1.5 The effects of disease on the structure and function of blood vessels 08 6.4 What is cellular respiration?
1.6 Pulmonary and systemic circulation 09
6.5 The effects of exercise on t
1.7 Blood flow and oxygen consumption during exercise 10
1.8 Mechanisms of venous return 11 Unit 2 Applying the principl
1.9 Blood pressure 12 programme
1.10 Valsalva manoeuvre 13 O1 Understanding the principles
1.11 The effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system 14 1.1 Introduction to nutrition
O2 The spine, posture and core training 16 1.2 function of the digestive sy
2.1 Structure and function of the spine 17 1.3 structure of the digestive sy
2.2 Stabilisation (control) mechanisms of the spine: active (muscular) 18 1.4 Macronutrients: Carbohydra
2.3 Stabilisation (control) mechanisms of the spine: passive (ligaments) 21 1.5 Macronutrients: Protein
2.4 Understanding good posture 22 1.6 Macronutrients: Fats (lipds)
2.5 Abnormal postures 23 1.7 Micronutrients: Vitamins an
2.6 Core training 24 1.8 Micronutrients: Supplementa
O3 The musculoskeletal system and its relationship to exercise 28 1.9 The relationship between n
3.1 The basic structure of skeletal muscle and how they contract 29 O2 Key guidelines in relation to n
3.2 Muscle fibre types 32 2.1 Healthy eating: main food g
3.3 The roles of muscles and types of muscle contractions 32 2.2 Healthy eating: nutritional p
3.5 Name, locate and explain the function of skeletal muscle involved in 2.3 Portion sizes and food prep
physical activity 34 2.4 Weight management: ener
3.6 Positional terms 42 2.5 Weight management: weig
, 3.3 Understanding client behaviour, behavioural change and the performance
equation 150 How to study?
3.4 Motivational strategies 152
3.5 How to analyse and interpret collected information so that client needs and nutritional
goals can be identified 155
Unit 5 Plan and Programme Personal Training 158 This course manual and supporting
O1 Planning personal training with clients 159 assessment workbook have been de
to help you learn the contents of the
1.1 Gathering client-centred information 160
Level 3 Certificate in Personal Traini
1.2 Screening clients prior to personal training 164 qualification. To help you focus on w
1.3 Working with clients to agree goals, objectives, programmes and essential to learn important words a
adaptations 167 phrases have been highlighted in bo
1.4 Setting client-centred goals 169 It’s important that you set aside som
1.5 Health appraisal 171 time to study. The language of anat
particular, may be unfamiliar to you
1.6 Fitness appraisal 179 but once you have learned the basic
1.7 Personal training resources 186 prefixes and suffixes, you will find
1.8 Working in environments not specifically designed for personal training 188 anatomical terminology is not as dif
you first imagined.
O2 Programming personal training with clients 192
Step 1- Read in small chunks
2.1 Training principles 193
Researchers involved in cognitive l
2.2 Encouraging activities of daily living 200 and educational sciences talk about
2.3 Programming an effective warm-up 201 or ‘chunking’. Basically, it is consid
easier to learn small pieces of infor
2.4 Programming aerobic exercise 203 and subsequently link those chunk
2.5 Programming strength 212 together than attempt to assimilate
body of information in one go. A g
2.6 Programming power exercise 221
example of this is how one might ap
2.7 Programming muscle hypertrophy 228 learning an 11-digit UK phone numb
Instead of trying to memorise 11 dig
2.8 Programming muscular endurance 237
might chunk it up into the five digit
2.9 Programming a cool-down and flexibility 240 code and two chunks of three numb
2.10 Adapt, review and progress exercise 243 better to learn small chunks of infor
frequently, than big chunks, infrequ
, Contents
O1 The cardiovascular system and its relationship to exercise 02
O2 The spine, posture and core training 16
O3 The musculoskeletal system and its relationship to
exercise 28
O4 The nervous system and its relationship to exercise 50
O5 The endocrine system and its relationship to exercise 63
O6 Energy systems and their relationship to exercise 69
Copyright © 2017, PT Academy. All rights reserved. 1
