Weight Training In Class Course

Upcoming Dates:

March 31 - April 2, 2023 - if it shows as SOLD OUT, email to join waitlist.

June 2 - 4, 2023

About

This enjoyable and thorough course covers every aspect of weight room instructing including how to design safe and effective programs, different types of programs to match different goals, how use machines in the gym as well as body-weighted exercises. This is the second step in becoming a personal trainer and is the prerequisite for the Personal Training course. If you want to be a certified Weight Trainer or Personal Trainer in Canada, then this is the course you will need! This course will be taught by Personal Trainer, Christina Truscott.

Times

Friday evening 5:30 pm - 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 8:30 am - 4: 00pm (times subject to change slightly)*

Location

Friday and Saturday at Pearkes Rec. Centre on Tillicum

Sunday at Odyssey Gym on Nanaimo Street

Requirements

Must have completed Fitness Theory course or equivalent. 

If taking this course for certification and registration, Fitness Theory exam with designated registering body, as well as current First Aid and CPR, must be complete prior to receiving Weight Training Certificate. 

Note that the Weight Training course is a prerequisite for the Personal Training course. 

Info for the in-person courses (2022):

  *Courses will be kept small. We are taking all necessary precautions to protect against the spread of COVID19. If a course must be cancelled due to COVID, you can transfer into the online or next available course with no penalty or discuss refund. Thank you for your patience with us, and other small businesses, during this uncertain time. At this point, vaccination passports are required in gyms and recreation centres.