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Join the HOTTEST Trend in Personal Training & Group Fitness     Course includes text, assignments & exam.     Level: Intermediate    13 CECs NAFC    $129.95/The Athlete Inside Course Go to Online Version          EXPAND YOUR TEACHING SKILLS: Learn to analyze the movement needs, select exercises and design workouts for any activity or sport. Design fitness activities that teach your students exercise related principles. Learn to write visualization scripts for enhancing skills and performance.

Group Instructors - Develop creativity, expand your versatility, and refine your teaching skills with this activity based course. You will: Learn a fun, creative method of choreography for aerobics and step. Discover new ways to teach group strength training. Explore methods of adding Mind/Body and flexibility training to classes. Practice effective correctional techniques. Develop goals for your teaching career. Course materials include a manual and a course assignment booklet with exam. Level: New/Intermediate $159.00/ Building Instructor Versatility Go to Online Version 15 NAFC CECs

What instructors say about books and programs from BodyBasics and Pam Germain: "...an excellent course that I will incorporate many ideas from into future training classes. This 'correspondence course' was much more valuable than many of the live workshops I've attended over the years." Cindy Holland, Pennsylvania "...I called to ask for help with one of the assignments and received an answer the same day! I had a newborn baby and the correspondence CECs were so helpful to me." Erika LeBeau, Texas "Your manual really took the guess-work out of teaching other instructors. I'm sure I'll refer to it many times." Marguerite Shimmel, New York "BodyBasics is recognized by the American Council on Exercise as a Continuing Education Specialist."

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Do Your Clients Hear What You're Saying? Lifestyle Communication Techniques by Pam Germain When you offer fitness instruction, do your clients hear you? A fitness, instructor, personal trainer, or lifestyle consultant provides a service which is based on effective communication. This booklet will teach you the communication tools you need to be an excellent teacher and consultant. Learn to demonstrate attentive passive listening and nonverbal communication using posture, gestures, and expressions. Practice an interview with a client for basic information and help set goals using amplification, clarification, and verification. Learn to plan a client routine using 3 brainstorming steps. This intermediate course includes the text and assignments/exam $39.95 Do Your Clients Hear What You’re Saying? 3 CECs NAFC ACE CECs by Petition Process Fitness is fun, but fitness is also business. To be successful, quality service must be delivered, problems must be solved, and challenges must be met. This course presents easy-to-use tools for Decision Making and Customer Service improvement. You will learn how to monitor problems and their solutions You will learn and practice quality improvement tools You will learn how to use 3 group techniques You will learn how to develop right and left brain thinking techniques This course includes the text, the course assignment booklet and exam. Course Level: Intermediate 4 CECs NAFC ACE CECs by Petition Process $49.95/CQI-IQ for Fitness Course

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Why Try Correspondence Courses?

Training, certification, and continuing education for fitness instructors is a necessary and rewarding part of being a fitness professional. Correspondence courses are a convenient and cost-effective way to obtain needed education. Across all educational and career fields, learning at home is widely recognized, with many correspondence schools and colleges being accredited by the most respected organizations.

Correspondence courses allow the student to study at times that fit into his or her personal schedule and at an individual pace. This is helpful to those who have many obligations such as other jobs, family, and personal activities. The expense of a distance learning course is often much lower than attending training workshops in person.

Tips on Taking Correspondence Courses:

1. Good study habits are formed by scheduling a specific time each day to study and work on assignments.
2. Contact the instructor or organization if you have a question about an assignment. They are happy to help you succeed.
3. Use a good English composition textbook to help you write papers.
4. Type or word-process written assignments for readability.

Tips on Test Taking:

1. Initially scan through the questions and answer the ones you know immediately. Even with open book tests, go through the test "closed book" to see how much you have really learned.
2. Re-read each question you have not answered. Eliminate the choices that are definitely wrong and use reason on the remaining choices. If you have studied the material, you should be able to choose the correct answer. This is the time to spend doing any necessary mathematical calculations. Continue to skip questions you are totally unsure about. Somewhere in the test, you may find other questions about the same subjects and you may be able to figure out the answers.
3. Finally, answer the questions you are totally unsure of. Make the best choice you can. It is usually better to choose an answer than not choose one because you have a chance of making the right one. A hint about changing answers: Do it only if you absolutely know you've chosen the wrong one. Usually the "gut level feeling" you have the first time you read a question is right.

BodyBasics and NAFC offer correspondence courses that use a combination of learning methods. By offering a variety of assignment types: reading, practice exercise assignments, written papers, and tests, the student retains the knowledge better. Many of the courses use open book final exams. The NAFC Certification final exams require the student to find a testing site, such as a library, and a proctor to administer the tests, such as the librarian.

Distance learning with correspondence courses from BodyBasics and NAFC are enjoyable, effective educational opportunities. Make your order today and begin a rewarding professional journey.

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