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Instructor Training

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Personal Trainer Course

September 9 - November 20, 2008

Learn all aspects of Personal Training with this ACE Certified program (www.acefitness.org). It will prepare you to take the ACE Personal Training Certification Exam. Heather Sanderson will be teaching the course.

Topics covered include:

  • principles of exercise science
  • human anatomy
  • kinesiology
  • principles and methods of training
  • individualized exercise instruction
  • communication skills
  • proper fitness machine usage

This course gives participants both the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to take a national personal trainer certification exam.

Program Dates: September 9 - November 20
Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Student Fee: $175.00
Rec Center Member Fee: $225.00
Non-UNCG affiliated: $250.00

Course fee includes all study materials. Sign-up at the 4th floor Reception Desk. Payment is due at time of sign-up.

Following completion of the course, you may be eligible for employment as personal trainer for the Department of Campus Recreation.



Group Exercise Instructor Course

'On The Beat' - Spring 2009

Learn how to teach all aspects of group exercise with this comprehensive course. Participants are prepared to teach safe and effective exercise classes.

instructorTopics covered include:

  • class format
  • choreography
  • music and cueing
  • exercise safety
  • anatomy
  • kinesiology
  • exercise physiology

This course gives participants both the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to take any national group exercise instructor certification exam.

Program Dates: February 3 - April 16, 2009
Days:Tuesday and Thursday
Time:TBA
Student Fee:$50
Rec Center Member:$75

Following completion of the course, you may be eligible for employment as an instructor for the Department of Campus Recreation.

Page updated: 20-May-2008

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Campus Recreation
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
412 Student Recreation Center, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
VOICE 336.334.5924
FAX 336.334.4017
EMAIL campusrec@uncg.edu