My Certifications

ISSA Bodybuilding Specialist

Upon completion of the ISSA’s bodybuilding course, you will have all the knowledge necessary to prepare an athlete for a high-level bodybuilding or physique competition.

But many who take this course will never go down that path; for these trainers, the course will provide essential information that can help them train the “everyday” clients who want to look and feel their best. All trainers can benefit from the information in this bodybuilding course, not only individuals looking to enter the sport of bodybuilding!

ISSA Corrective Exercise Specialist

As Trainers, it is of utmost importance to maintain the safety of our clients and teach them to properly put their individualized programs into action without causing harm. You will be the guide to restoring alignment and mobility for clients who have challenges in their bodies.

Corrective Exercise gives each trainer the knowledge to help clients achieve a better range of motion, fix muscle imbalances, optimize performance, and prevent pain and injuries.

 

ISSA Certified Powerlifting Instructor

From the fundamentals of the sport, to client program application - become an expert in all things powerlifting. With ISSA's complete course, you will gain all the tools you need to crush your client's goals, big or small. Gain all of this knowledge with ISSA's totally online course that will allow you to study, take the exams, and complete the course from the setting of your choice - and at your own pace.

ISSA Lifespan Coach Certification

Youth and senior clients have vastly different needs when it comes to personal training. If personal trainers want to positively impact their youth and senior clients for life-lasting results, they need to understand the fundamental differences in training these demographics.

The ISSA Lifespan Coach Certification gives you the specific knowledge and skills you need to train youth and senior clients. Find out how to give youth clients the motivation and guidance they need to continue healthy habits into adulthood as you instill the value of health and fitness at an early age. While also learning how to train aging or senior clients to decrease risks caused from inactivity through carefully regimented fitness routines to keep them feeling young, vibrant and healthy.

• Define terms to teach and educate your youth clients — Learn how to relay the importance of exercise and nutrition to your clients, no matter what age. Children interpret things vastly different from a senior – find out how you can effectively communicate to both groups.

• Movements — Learn additional dynamic flexibility movements to incorporate into your client programs that are beneficial to where they are in life – whether youth or senior.

• Measure and track physical fitness levels — Learn how to measure and track physical fitness levels in different age groups.

• Age related disease, strength and cardiovascular development in children and seniors — Learn how to create programs for your clients that are focused on their body's specific needs.

• Anatomy and physiology — Learn what happens in the body as it ages, and be able to educate your clients no matter where they are in life.

• Age related disease — Learn what diseases come with aging and how to prevent these diseases for your clients.

ISSA Certified Transformation Specialist

As a Transformation Specialist I'm armed with the skills and techniques required to truly coach and influence behavioral patterns as they relate to your physical, mental and emotional well-being. You will see better results faster, and have an easier time with the transition to the behaviors and activities I suggest.

ISSA Certified Weight Management Specialist

Certified Personal Trainer - The Academy

Nationell/Internationell licens

FRISK LICENSE: If you want the opportunity to work at many of the big chains in Sweden, the national FRISK license is required. This license means that we as a school live up to the highest requirements in the industry, and are thus an important quality mark. We have licensed delegation rights, which means that all students who take their PT license through us are automatically approved by FRISK.

EUROPEACTIVE: If you plan to work abroad, it is of great help that through our training you also become part of EREPS (European Register of Exercise Professionals), which is part of EuropeActive. This register is used by employers around the world to ensure that their international PT's have an education that meets the requirements.

Certified Personal Trainer - International Sports Science Association

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  Provide current or future clients with customized training programs based on their individual health and fitness goals. Go beyond "workout more" and "eat healthier" and give clients the true answer to their real needs.
• Gain the in-depth knowledge it takes to understand the body's muscle and skeletal structure and how they respond to exercise and movements. By the time you're done with our exam, musculoskeletal and musculature will be a natural part of your vocabulary.
• Learn how to assess a client's unique body structure and how it reacts to movement. Then, you can effectively communicate that to your client and provide personal direction so they can see real long-lasting results.
• Learn how to instruct clients on the importance of a healthy lifestyle in addition to a regular workout program. Share real and detailed outcomes of how diet and exercise work together to transform people's lives.
• Apply the principles of human motivation and learn how to make client fitness goals a reality!

Certified Personal Trainer - Brookbush Institute

The CPT certification is strength and performance focused. This certification requires the completion of credits in the following categories:

• Strength and Performance
• Introduction to Functional Anatomy
• Overhead Squat Assessment
• Corrective Exercise
• Research Corner
• Electives

Certified Nutritionist - International Sports Science Association

ISSA's Nutritionist Specialization is the most comprehensive approach to unlocking the secrets behind why clients eat the way they do, and the systematic approach to drive lifestyle change.

The ISSA Nutritionist course teaches the science of food intake PLUS a deep dive into the mental aspects involved in client behavior change. You will learn how to use food as fuel and the psychological strategies in food selection and habits. Master the art of creating personalized nutrition programs even in a world of diet trends.

In ISSA’s Nutritionist Course, You’ll Learn:

• Macronutrients and Micronutrients
• Lifestyle Changes and Strategies
• Client Assessments and Goal Setting
• Product Labels and Claims
• Dietary Guidelines and Applications
• Trending Diets and Myths
• Supplementation
• Business of Nutrition Coaching

Human Movement Specialist - Brookbush Institute

The Human Movement Specialist (HMS) is now a certification focused on corrective exercise. 

The Human Movement Specialist (HMS) certification is corrective exercise focused. This certification requires the completion of credits in the following categories:

• Corrective Exercise
• Movement Assessment
• Postural Dysfunction and Movement Impairment
• Integrated Functional Anatomy of Muscles
• Research Corner
• Electives

FMT/PMT Basic Kinesiology Taping Certification - Rocktape

FMT Basic Kinesiology Taping Certification

FMT Basic introduces functional kinesiology taping methods that can improve the movement and performance of patients and clients. It includes a review of current literature supporting the theories that describe and delineate specific techniques of applying kinesiology taping for enhancement of rehabilitation or performance outcomes. Evidence based chapters in this course include topics of technique, theory and practical lab experience in areas such as pain management; edema/swelling control and proprioceptive guidance to enhance postural positioning. Kinesiology taping for scar mobility and symptoms associated with nerve entrapment are introduced in this course.  

FMT Basic is an evidence-informed kinesiology taping course that advances students’ understanding of the efficacy of elastic therapeutic taping as a rehabilitation and performance intervention for patient and client conditions ranging from pain mitigation to improving fluid dynamics and sharpening proprioception. FMT Basic methodically examines the research-influenced content basis for a practical framework of ‘taping movement, not muscles’ replacing an outdated model of taping techniques which was focused on directional taping, specific percentages of stretch applied to the tape and the concept of activation or inhibition of muscles. 

FMT Advanced Kinesiology Taping Certification

FMT Advanced expands on the concepts taught in FMT Basic Kinesiology Taping and explores strategies to enhance human movement and performance through evidence-based functional taping methods. The anatomy and physiology of myofascial lines will be covered, the fascial lines are used in conjunction with kinesiology taping techniques to support efficient human movement. Sport-specific taping techniques are introduced, and students will have opportunities to assess dysfunction in specific anatomical planes of motion.  Tape application techniques are explored and practiced with an emphasis on taping fascial chains to improve movement and enhance function. Students will learn techniques in a hands-on laboratory environment where they will have ample practice and instructor feedback on their techniques.   

These courses are intended for health professionals with all levels of prior taping experience. All supplies needed for the course and lab experiences are provided. 

The Functional Movement Training (FMT) Certification Series are presented by industry leading experts in movement, assessment and rehabilitation. CEUs may be offered for DC, ATC, PT, LMTs, LAc, OTs and personal trainers – depending on location and class type.

FMT Blades – IASTM Certification

FMT Blades IASTM Course introduces the concept of movement therapy and performance enhancement with gentle soft tissue techniques. The term IASTM or “Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation” is commonly paired with the image of steel tools and deep tissue work that can cause redness and bruising on the skin.   

Current evidence informs us that IASTM techniques don’t need to be aggressive to deliver superior patient outcomes, the tools may be hard, but the techniques are soft. There are many forms of instruments or tools that can assist a clinician or coach’s skills and tools really do save your hands! You don’t have to buy an expensive set of tools and attend a class that locks you into one way of utilizing IASTM on your patients or athletes.  FMT Blades IASTM is a manual therapy and assessment course that encourages students to use clinical reasoning and creativity when incorporating tool work in their practices.   

FMT Blades IASTM Course is intended for health professionals with all levels of experience with soft tissue techniques.  

Certified Exxentric Level II Flywheel Trainer

Goals and Objectives

• To get a deeper knowledge of eccentric training

• To understand the physiology and benefits of flywheel training

• To be able to use flywheel training safely and efficiently within a professional setting

• To be introduced to different methods of load and eccentric overload

• To be introduced to the science behind flywheel training