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Health Promotion – Personal Trainer

In the Health Promotion – Personal Trainer minor, you will be trained to give expert advice as a fitness guide and personal trainer. The main goal is to create and adjust training schedules for individuals to improve their performance. The minor leads to a certified personal trainer certificate from the National Strength and Conditioning Association of America (NSCA).

The minor covers a wide range of topics. You will learn all the necessary skills for a personal trainer, including knowledge about the musculoskeletal system, motivational strategies, training skills, and medical issues like obesity and diabetes. You will also learn about testing and assessing clients, psychological influences, biomechanics, anatomy, kinesiology, nutrition, balance, speed, designing programmes, resistance training techniques, and plyometrics.

More information

Would you like to know more about the programme structure, subjects, costs and admisison requirements of the Health Promotion – Personal Trainer minor?

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Health Promotion - Personal Trainer minor

Study periods

The minor runs twice a year:

  • Fall semester (September – January)
  • Spring semester (February - June)

Application

Application deadline fall semester

  • The International Office has to send us your official nomination by 1 April.
  • The application deadline for the programme is 15 April.

Application deadline spring semester

  • The International Office has to send us your official nomination by 1 October.
  • The application deadline for the programme is 15 October.
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