Your time. Your location.

The Cooper Institute has captured the best of both learning worlds by blending self-paced content along with instructor-led sessions. We realize that not everyone is able to take time out of their schedules and come to our campus in Dallas, Texas for hands-on instruction. That’s why we created a way for you to have The Cooper Experience – at your own pace and your location.

Our personal training education is based upon fundamental scientific research. And this course should provide you with the knowledge base that’s needed in your preparation for The Cooper Institute Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) credential.

For more information about The Cooper Institute Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) certification exam click here.

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Course Content and Topics

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Session 1: The Need for the Health and Fitness Professional

• Physical Fitness and Wellness
• Role of the Health and Fitness Professional

Session 2: Scientific Foundations

• Anatomy
• Exercise Physiology
• Nutrition

Session 3: Client Fitness Screening and Assessment

• Risk Factor Identification
• Medical Screening
• Safe Exercise Practices
• Fitness Assessments

Session 4: Behavior Change and Goal Setting

Session 5: Designing Safe and Effective Training Programs

• Flexibility Training Principles and Program Design
• Resistance Training Principles and Program Design
• Cardiovascular Training Principles and Program Design

Session 6: Professionalism and Business Principles

Session 7: Putting It All Together: Case Study

Instructor-led Sessions:

• Anatomy In Action
• Energy Systems
• Max Testing
• How To’s of Flexibility Programming
• How To’s of Resistance Programming
• How To’s of Cardiovascular Programming

Case Studies, Discussion Boards, and Instructor Contact

Materials: In the online course you will have access to a downloadable course text and specific sections for each topic within the course.

Contact Hours: 33

To earn a Cooper Institute certificate of education completion you will be required to score at least 70 on an end of course test. This test is not the same as the CI-CPT Certification Examination and is used to award continuing education credit only.

Course Timelines and Specifics

• You should be able to login and start the course upon completion of registration.
• Discussion board are helpful to learn and apply the course information, but are not mandatory.
• You have 90 days from the purchase date to access the course content and instructor sessions.

 Requirements for Your Computer

• Any operating system
• Any modern web browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera. This includes the latest version and one version back.
• Javascript Enabled
• Cookies Enabled
• Flash Player 10.1 and higher - You can get the latest Flash Player here

Reference Text

Reference text is available for download and printing within the course content. A preprinted bindered copy of Principles of Health and Fitness manual is available here.

Continuing Education Credits:

The Cooper Institute is a pre-approved CEC provider for the following organizations.