Certified Nutrition & Fitness Coach

Our Fitness and Nutrition Coaching course, offered by our accredited school partners, provides all the information you need to coach others to their optimal health. This comprehensive guide will show you all the aspects of health and wellness and how they can be applied to unique individuals. Health is not just the absence of illness but it’s a feeling of overall well-being. This course takes a personalized approach that guides you through the development of an attainable and enjoyable fitness and wellness program. Learn current, practical information and tips on health and fitness topics, from nutrition and stress management, to flexibility and strength. Each individual is responsible for their own personal health, but first they must be given proper information. As a Fitness & Nutrition Coach you will be able to provide people with information they can use to improve their quality of life. Students will also learn about developing a successful coaching business, marketing your practice, and growing profit. After completing this course, you should be able to: • Comprehend the importance of physical activity and nutrition for wellness • Identify the steps for measuring body mass and assessing physical fitness • Identify methods for building and maintaining muscular strength and flexibility • Comprehend the importance of stress management for fending off ailments of the mind and body • Identify the steps for starting your own coaching business Although many people understand the importance of healthy nutrition habits and good fitness patterns, it is sometimes hard to accomplish goals on their own. A Nutritional Consultant can help clients adopt a healthy lifestyle. Our Nutritional Consultant training provides students with an understanding of how food nutrition contributes to the prevention of illness and the promotion of optimal health. Students learn to conduct in-depth diet and lifestyle evaluations and to advise individuals on food plans customized to each individual’s taste, temperament, and health goals. The fundamentals of whole food nutrition, digestive physiology, metabolism, nutritional biochemistry, and current research are presented. Additionally, students will discover how healthy nutrition habits are used in the food industry. Our Nutritional Consultant course will give students the training they need to work with clients of all ages, backgrounds, and fitness levels. After completing this course, you should be able to: • Comprehend healthy food guidelines and how to plan diets • Identify how nutrition aids in health and how foods are used by the body • Define vitamins and minerals and their role in the body • Comprehend the credibility of nutrition information and how nutrition used in the food industry • Identify the nutritional needs throughout the lifespan Are you passionate about life coaching? Me too! I totally get it, but starting your business can be overwhelming. This easy to follow hands-on course will show you how to launch your own successful coaching business. Guided step by step directions will help you learn how to establish your business, how to position yourself as an expert, and most importantly, how to attract clients. Filled with real-life examples, coupled with sound business advice, this course will have you doing what you love, coaching, and make a living at the same time. After completing this course, you should be able to: Recall steps for starting a coaching business and staying motivated Recognize ways to find clients and improve business offerings Identify the different ways to market a business and ways to select the types of services to offer Define how to expand into new markets Have you ever felt like it shouldn’t be so hard to lose a little bit of weight? Are you tired of trying diet after diet, trend after trend to not produce any results? Sometimes it takes a little more to get that stubborn fat off. Fat is not a cushion or insulation, but an energy reserve and our Lose Weight and Keep It Off course will help you identify how tap into your store of energy and correct the problem. Our course will examine the basics of metabolism for various body types that you can use immediately in the effort of losing weight and keeping it off. This course is not for those who can lose weight easily, but for those who have a very stubborn metabolism. After completing this course, you should be able to: Recognize the relationship between body type and how this affects fat burning and weight loss Identify the various body type categories and recall characteristics of each Recall the initial steps in fat burning and enhancing your metabolism List meal plans and exercise for your body type Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!

Course 1- Nutrition Lesson 1: Nutrition Defined • What Is Nutrition? • Tools for Healthy Eating • Digestion, Absorption, and Transport • Carbohydrates • Lipids • Proteins • Alcohol Lesson 2: Vitamins and Minerals • Energy Metabolism • Fat-Soluble Vitamins • Water-Soluble Vitamins • Water • Major Minerals • Trace Minerals • Energy Balance and Body Composition Lesson 3: Life Cycle • Weight Management • Nutrition and Fitness • Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy Through Infancy • Life Cycle Nutrition: Toddlers Through Adolescence • Life Cycle Nutrition: Older Adults • Food Safety, Technology, and Sustainability • Global Nutrition and Malnutrition Course 2- Fitness and Wellness Lesson 1: Wellness Basics • Physical Fitness and Wellness • Behavior Modification • Nutrition for Wellness • Body Composition • Weight Management Lesson 2: Fitness Fundamentals • Cardiorespiratory Endurance • Muscular Fitness • Muscular Flexibility • Personal Fitness Programming • Stress Assessment and Management Techniques Lesson 3: Disease and Behavior • Preventing Cardiovascular Disease • Cancer Prevention • Addictive Behavior • Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections • Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Course 3- Coaching Lesson 1: Co-Active Basics • Co-Active Fundamentals • Co-Active Contexts Lesson 2: Principles • Co-Active Principles • Integration and Vision

All required reference materials are provided with this program. Technical requirements: Internet Connection • Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless) Hardware Requirements • Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher • Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended Software Requirements • Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher • Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) • Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended • Cookies MUST be enabled • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled) • Adobe PDF Reader

Upon successful completion of our Certified Nutrition and Fitness Coach program, students will be prepared to sit for the NCCB national certification exams to become a Certified Health and Fitness Coach (CHFC) and a Certified Nutritional Coach (CNC). Each state may have additional licensing requirements, be sure to research your states requirements for employment by visiting your states occupation board.

This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.