About NESTA Personal Training Certification
The National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association, also known as NESTA, began assisting people to work in personal fitness in 1992. The company offers a number of innovative training and educational tools for those in fitness. Anyone interested in becoming a certified personal trainer can obtain their education through NESTA.
Education
The certification process begins when students sign up for the Personal Fitness Trainer Certification package on the NESTA site. Once they do this, they have access to online fitness training material that prepares them for working as personal fitness trainers in their own business or as team members at gyms.
The course package includes:
- Hours of training videos, instructions and lectures. The videos teach warm-up and weight training techniques. Students will learn how to apply the proper body mechanics to each technique they use with their clients.
- An interactive training manual with information on business operations, obtaining clients and many other areas of business. This area is very important if trainees hope to work as self-employed individuals after certification.
- The courses teach anatomy, biomechanics and physiology. Students also learn about nutrition and health fitness.
- Interactive class lessons with guided instructions. These classes provide tools on how to prevent injuries in clients, how to perform specific exercises and much more.
- Practice and review certification exam questions.
Certification Exam
After completing the program package, NESTA sends an email with instructions on how to take the certification exam. The email will contain pertinent information on how to sign up for one of numerous testing sites found around the world.