Litton Lane Training offers an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Personal Trainer program that prepares students for a career in a health fitness facility or self-employment venue. Graduates of the program are equipped to design fitness programs for both healthy individuals as well as persons with medical conditions. Courses include exercise physiology, health and fitness appraisals, nutrition management, exercise programming and medical considerations. Students are assessed through a number of multiple choice written examinations and clinical evaluations. Applicants to the program must be a minimum of 18 years of age, possess adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification, and Level 1 fitness instruction certification.
Litton Lane Training,
Office 12,
Dunboyne Business Park,
Dunboyne, Co Meath
189 032 3334
www.littonlanetraining.com
The personal training, fitness instruction, and health management diploma at the School of Sport is a 20-week program that is offered on a part-time basis. The program provides students with the skills necessary to work as a personal trainer and graduates are recorded in the National Register of Health Professionals and Exercise Register of Ireland. Students will attend courses in anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, sports nutrition, health screening, team fitness, strength and conditioning and more. Instruction is also provided in business management for those interested in pursuing self-employment. The diploma program includes 50 hours of practical placement to develop techniques learned in class. Students are evaluated through case studies, essays and practical assessments. In addition to a diploma, graduates of the program are awarded certificates in cardio-kickboxing, box-fit training, boot camp training, step aerobic teaching. The program is generally available to applicants with a Leaving Certificate and no prior experience in the fitness field is necessary.
School of Sport
Chapel Lane
Athy, Co Kildare
086 086 1863
www.schoolofsport.com
The Portobello Institute offers an International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) personal trainer course that is five weeks in length. Upon completion of the program, students are awarded an ISSA Personal Trainer Certificate. The course is taught in a modular format and modules include physiology and anatomy, kinesiology and biomechanics, nutrition, physical fitness, program development and injury and disease. Graduates of the certificate program may elect to find employment in the fitness field or pursue academic advancement in university in degree programs such as sports science and physical education. Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years old and have certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Portobello Institute
43 Lower Dominick Street
Dublin 1
01 892 0000
www.portobelloinstitute.ie