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Personal trainer courses and CPD, UK

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Get qualified My clients need more than I was taught Get genuinely good Train athletes Fix the business Coach nutrition Keep learning

FASTER runs 28 fitness courses, from a £120 introduction for 14 to 16 year olds up to £3,600 expert programmes. They sit on a five-phase ladder: Certified, Coach, Specialist, Expert, and Course Directors. Qualifying courses are delivered through FOCUS Awards, and many are CIMSPA endorsed. Every price on this page is the full price, and every course includes free return access to the content for life.

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Gym Assistant (14–16)

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £120

Gym Assistant (14–16)

Gain a regulated Level 1 Award in Assistant Gym Instructor. Open to anyone aged 14 or over.

Level 2 Gym Instructor

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £600

Level 2 Gym Instructor

Train to become a CIMSPA endorsed gym instructor.

Level 3 Personal Trainer

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £900

Level 3 Personal Trainer

Upgrade your Level 2 gym instructor course and become a CIMSPA endorsed personal trainer.

Certified Personal Trainer

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £1,500

Certified Personal Trainer

Become a CIMSPA endorsed personal trainer from scratch.

Career Mentored (from Level 2)

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £2,650

Career Mentored (from Level 2)

The degree-model route from your Level 2: add Level 3, learn the core, then choose each next course as you go.

Career Mentored

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £3,250

Career Mentored

The degree-model route to becoming a coach: qualify, learn the core, then choose each next course as you go.

For the client your qualification did not cover

My clients need more than I was taught

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED

Pre & Postnatal Training

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £300

Pre & Postnatal Training

Gain the CIMSPA endorsed Level 3 Award to train pre- and postnatal clients safely.

Exercise for Children

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £300

Exercise for Children

Learn to plan and lead safe, fun exercise sessions for children, with a regulated Level 2 Certificate.

PHASE 2 · COACH

PHASE 2 · COACH £375

Learn to use movement games that take clients from fear of pain to moving with confidence.

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST

Injury Recovery to Performance

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Injury Recovery to Performance

Gain the knowledge and confidence to train any client signed off by a medical professional.

Pelvic Floor & Core Specialist

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Pelvic Floor & Core Specialist

Gain the knowledge and confidence to train the core and pelvic floor after birth, surgery or injury.

Qualified, but you want to be the one they ask for

Get genuinely good

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED

Suspension Trainer

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £300

Suspension Trainer

Learn to run suspension training sessions anywhere, with a CIMSPA endorsed Level 2 Award.

PHASE 2 · COACH

PHASE 2 · COACH £375

Learn anatomy as it works in functional movement, then learn to build your own assessments, exercises and programmes from it.

Opens the builder.

Field-Based Biomechanics

PHASE 2 · COACH £600

Field-Based Biomechanics

Learn to see, describe and change movement accurately, in real time, and use biomechanics wherever you coach: the gym, the studio, the field or the pitch.

Skill-Driven Mobility Coach

PHASE 2 · COACH £600

Skill-Driven Mobility Coach

Build your clients' mobility with motor skill theory, matched biomechanics and hands-on techniques.

Advanced Combat Techniques

PHASE 2 · COACH £600

Advanced Combat Techniques

Learn the pad work, drills and combinations to run combat sessions clients love.

Hub Club with a Hub

PHASE 2 · COACH £600

Hub Club with a Hub

Get the FASTER Hub and learn to run fun, target-based sessions for individuals or groups. Its numbered system makes complicated exercises easy for clients to follow.

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST

Motor Skill Application Specialist (MSAS)

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Motor Skill Application Specialist (MSAS)

Apply motor skill theory to the most popular exercises and programmes, and develop a training style clients recognise straight away (and love).

Speed, strength, performance

Train athletes

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED

Level 4 Strength & Conditioning

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £700

Level 4 Strength & Conditioning

Learn the skills to train any athlete, from amateur to professional, on this Focus Level 4 course.

PHASE 2 · COACH

Stop Turn Accelerate

PHASE 2 · COACH £600

Stop Turn Accelerate

Learn the drills and skills to run speed and agility sessions for everyone, from regular clients to athletes.

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST

Fitness Programming Specialist

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Fitness Programming Specialist

Challenge everything you know about writing programmes. Find and apply the research that makes them engaging, effective and so much fun that clients come back and bring their friends. For the trainer who wants to know it all.

PHASE 4 · EXPERT

FASTER Sports Scientist

PHASE 4 · EXPERT £3,600

FASTER Sports Scientist

Stand out with clients who love sport or make a living from it. Work up through the knowledge and research taught at university, all the way to Master's level.

You can train. The business is the hard part

Fix the business

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £300

Train to become a CIMSPA endorsed group exercise instructor.

Online Personal Training

PHASE 1 · CERTIFIED £300

Online Personal Training

Keep clients wherever they live, with a CIMSPA endorsed Level 3 Award in online personal training.

PHASE 2 · COACH

Social Media Accelerator

PHASE 2 · COACH £375

Social Media Accelerator

Find social media hard, or can't get your personality across online? Find your funny and your character, then put them to work quickly and easily on every major platform.

Fitness Business Accelerator

PHASE 2 · COACH £500

Fitness Business Accelerator

Build a personal training business from scratch: plan how it runs, market it and make money, with the work-life balance you deserve.

When clients ask what to eat

Coach nutrition

Results-Based Nutrition Coach

PHASE 2 · COACH £750

Results-Based Nutrition Coach

Go deeper into nutrition than any other course, then learn the coaching skills that help clients get results away from the gym.

No more big courses, just stay at the front

Keep learning

Female and AFAB Fitness Professionals

PHASE 0 £45 a month

Female and AFAB Fitness Professionals

A library, a weekly mini course and PT Manager, monthly.

PHASE 4 · EXPERT

FASTER Training Expert (FTE)

PHASE 4 · EXPERT £3,600

FASTER Training Expert (FTE)

Reach FASTER's highest level and open an academy of your own, teaching other trainers everything the FASTER courses cover.

FASTER Sports Scientist

PHASE 4 · EXPERT £3,600

FASTER Sports Scientist

Stand out with clients who love sport or make a living from it. Work up through the knowledge and research taught at university, all the way to Master's level.

Phase 3 · Specialist

The long, nerdy, career-defining ones

Five courses. £1,800 each. The ones qualified trainers come back for.

Motor Skill Application Specialist (MSAS)

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Motor Skill Application Specialist (MSAS)

Apply motor skill theory to the most popular exercises and programmes, and develop a training style clients recognise straight away (and love).

Injury Recovery to Performance

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Injury Recovery to Performance

Gain the knowledge and confidence to train any client signed off by a medical professional.

Fitness Programming Specialist

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Fitness Programming Specialist

Challenge everything you know about writing programmes. Find and apply the research that makes them engaging, effective and so much fun that clients come back and bring their friends. For the trainer who wants to know it all.

Pelvic Floor & Core Specialist

PHASE 3 · SPECIALIST £1,800

Pelvic Floor & Core Specialist

Gain the knowledge and confidence to train the core and pelvic floor after birth, surgery or injury.

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The full list

Advanced Combat Techniques for Personal Trainers Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement (AVRA, Level 3) Career Mentored — From Level 2 Career Mentored — From Scratch Certified Personal Trainer Circuit Sessions (Level 2) Education and Training (AET, Level 3) Exercise for Children (Level 2) FASTER Sports Scientist FASTER Trainer Expert Female and AFAB Fitness Professionals Field-Based Biomechanics Fitness Business Accelerator Fitness Programming Specialist Games for Pain Group Training (Level 2) Hub Club with a Hub Injury Recovery to Performance Specialist Level 2 Gym Instructor Level 3 Personal Trainer Level 4 Strength and Conditioning Level Gym Assistant (14-16 year olds) Motor Skill Application Specialist (MSAS) Movement Coach Online Personal Training (Level 3) Pelvic Floor & Core Specialist Pre & Postnatal Training Red Flags in Workouts: A Trainer's Guide to Keeping Your Clients Safe Results-Based Nutrition Coach Skill-Driven Mobility Coach Social Media 365 Social Media Accelerator Stop Turn Accelerate Suspension Training (Level 2) The Edge

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