If you can change someone’s life in a one-on-one personal training session, just think what you can do when you’re able to train an entire group of clients in the same time slot! The NASM Group Personal Training Specialization arms you with the skills you need to conduct effective group personal training sessions, with topics such as group exercise selection, designing group personal training programs, coaching and cueing your clients, and much more.

When you choose NASM to receive your a Group Personal Training Specialization, you’ll get access to:

• • World-class fitness & nutrition experts

• • Peer-reviewed content from the brightest minds in the industry

• • State-of-the-art digital learning platform designed to meet multiple learning styles

• • A curriculum that is consistently reviewed and updated with the most up-to-date material available

Section 1: Basics of Group Personal Training

Chapter 1: Introduction to Group Personal Training
Understand the different types of group training based on volume, identify uses of the OPT™ Model within group personal training, and describe instructor and client benefits.

Chapter 2: Basic and Applied Sciences
Define the components of the kinetic chain and learn to use strategies that maximize its functions in a group training setting.

Section 2: Program Design and Coaching

Chapter 3: Group Exercise Selection and Technique
Determine exercise selection using client group size, understand common mistakes that group instructors overlook, and compare exercises used in groups with minimal equipment to exercises with common training modalities.

Chapter 4: Designing Group Personal Training Programs
Identify best practices in setting up group training programs based on volume, learn to use assessment protocols, and create group programs.

Chapter 5: Coaching and Cueing
Learn to determine and implement coaching techniques for various group sizes, and discover communication strategies and methodologies to increase participation.

Section 3: Building Your Group Training Business

Chapter 6: Building Your Business
Determine marketing strategies to create and retain group training clientele, develop pricing packages, and choose appropriate target markets.

Final Exam

NASM’s online program makes achieving your Group Personal Training Specialization as easy and convenient as can be. By completing the self-guided study materials at your own pace, you can begin running group personal training sessions in as little as 2-4 weeks.

To achieve your Group Personal Training Specialization, you simply have to:

• 1) Register in the NASM GPTS program.

• 2) Complete the self-guided online study materials in your own time from the comfort of home.

• 3) Pass the certification exam.

After completing the study materials, you’ll take an online exam to earn your Group Personal Training Specialization. This exam features:

• • 100 multiple-choice questions

• • 90 minutes to complete

• • 70% or higher required to pass

• • 3 exam attempts