ISSA Fitness Certification Courses for Health Professionals Taught by Dr. William Elliott, PhD, MS, FT, CPT, CNMT, RMT

 

How to Enroll in the CIMT-ISSA Certification Courses taught by Dr. Elliott

 

Introduction to the ISSA Fitness Certification Courses for Health Professionals

In the mid-1990s, Dr. William Elliott, Ph.D., exercise physiologist and sports medical bodyworker, sought to bring fitness certification courses to students and graduates of the Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy (CIMT). Dr. Elliott also wanted these courses to be available to other health professionals in the surrounding area. Dr. Elliott and CIMT are firm in their belief that fitness and nutrition are important tools that all health care professionals can use to improve the health of their clients and patients. Dr. Elliott has worked closely with CIMT and the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) for many years and started the working relationship that has helped these two great academic institutions in their efforts to offer the highest quality of health and fitness education. Over the years, the ISSA certification courses offered at CIMT have produced great success stories and powerful, knowledgeable, and respected health and fitness professionals. All of the CIMT-ISSA certification courses are personally taught by Dr. Elliott, who has over 20 years of experience in the field (See Dr. Elliott’s bio below or visit his Web site at www.HealthBuilding.com). These courses involve uniquely supervised, personalized, hands-on classroom instruction that can’t be found in any other fitness certification course. Brief descriptions of the ISSA certification courses offered at CIMT, as well as information about the ISSA and Dr. Elliott, are presented below. Note that the Fitness Trainer and Fitness Therapist courses are offered together. Please contact CIMT or Dr. Elliott if you have any questions about these courses.

 

Fitness Nutrition Certification for Health Professionals

Clients often need a fusion of both nutrition and exercise programming in order to achieve the results they desire. Whether your client wants to gain muscle, lose fat, or live healthily, their limiting factor usually lies beyond their exercise training program. Poor nutrition is what holds clients back. Good nutrition will feed muscle and shed fat. This will improve nearly every measurable health marker. Good nutrition is what will get your clients the bodies they never thought they could have.

 

The CIMT-ISSA Fitness Nutrition Certification course blends nutritional science and practice in order to help you successfully guide clients toward a better body ... both inside and out. Dr. John Berardi (ISSA course author) helps to dispel common myths and fallacies associated with nutrition, as well as build a solid foundation in nutritional science as you discover how food interacts with your cells; how it becomes energy; and how your body balances out the food you eat with the work it does.

 

Then we'll take this knowledge eight steps further in our new Fitness Nutrition Certification by covering the art of "real world" nutritional coaching and teach you how to prepare for clients, how to interact with different personalities, selecting the right assessments and questionnaires, and how to keep clients progressing from day one until they reach their goals.

 

By mastering both the basic nutritional science (Section I) and the applied art of fitness nutrition (Section II), you will have the keys to emerge as the dominant fitness professional in your area – one who has both the knowledge to back up your recommendations as well as a fool-proof system to deliver outstanding, reproducible results from your fitness nutrition programs.

 

Included in the Fitness Nutrition Certification course:

 

In addition to the fundamentals of nutritional science you'll find in the Specialist in Fitness Nutrition (SFN) Certification textbook (478 pages), ISSA has included a comprehensive 8-step system for interacting with clients in your nutritional practice that includes how to prepare, collect preliminary information, evaluate and explain, offer nutrition suggestions, offer supplement suggestions, set goals and monitor outcomes, make adjustments, and provide continuing ongoing support.

 

You'll also find more than 20 pages of questionnaires and assessment tools to make sure you put each individual client on the right path to health and wellness. The easy-to-follow nutrition course book is complemented by a curriculum guide with detailed learning objectives to help you get the most out of your studies.

 

This course will also include insights from the instructor; Dr. William L. Elliott, Ph.D., who has over 20 years of experience in the field.

 

Fitness Training Certification for Health Professionals

 

The CIMT-ISSA Personal Trainer Certification course has been designed to prepare you for a rewarding fitness career. If you enjoy staying in shape and helping others, there has never been a better time to earn your personal trainer certificate. Countless medical and scientific studies have proven that the most important factors to change the current health crisis are increased activity, resistance training, aerobic conditioning, flexibility and proper nutrition.

 

According to the American Sports Data Company, a personal trainer can expect to earn $22-$45 per hour training at the gym, while a personal trainer with an entrepreneurial spirit will enjoy a much higher hourly rate. The CIMT-ISSA Personal Trainer Certification course has been designed to prepare you for a rewarding career in fitness.

 

Benefits of an ISSA Personal Trainer Certification:

 

Service - ISSA has been providing certification to personal trainers for over 20 years. They are unconditionally committed to providing the highest quality personal trainer certifications and are always available should you need help. Whether you have questions before you purchase, during your studies, even after you receive certification, feel free to contact CIMT, the ISSA, or Dr. William Elliott.

 

Assurance - ISSA is the first and only fitness organization in the United States to earn national accreditation by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The DETC is a non-profit [501 c 6] educational association that has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for over 50 years.

 

Completeness - All the materials you need obtain a Personal Trainer Certification are included for one price. We won't charge you any extra fees to take a practice exam or the final exam (you even get one free re-test).

 

Convenience - Every part of the ISSA Personal Trainer Certification course; the study material, quizzes, practice exam and final exam can be completed online at no extra charge.

 

Your Personal Trainer Certification Course Includes:

  • Personal Trainer Certification main course text: Fitness - The Complete Guide
    This 735 page book includes everything you need to earn an ISSA Personal Trainer Certification. The course material is continually updated with new information so you can be sure you're receiving the most up-to-date information available.
  • Personal Trainer Certification Study Guide and Workbook; a handy reference guide that helps you better understand the content of the main course text by allowing you to focus on important points and concepts.
  • Personal Trainer Certification Marketing & Business Guide. ISSA knows that getting your Personal Trainer Certification is only the first step in achieving your goals. They are there to provide support even after you get your certification. This business guide will help you take your first steps after receiving your certification by providing you with valuable business advice to advance your personal training career.
  • Personal Trainer Certification Practice Examination and Sample answers packet.
  • ISSA Fitness Science, Nutrition and Sports Medicine Video featuring ISSA founders Dr. Sal Arria & Dr. Frederick Hatfield (online).
  • Personal Trainer Certification Online and Home Study Section Quizzes.
  • Online and home study final examination available once you pass 66% of your course quizzes.

This course will also include insights from the instructor; Dr. William L. Elliott, Ph.D., who has over 20 years of experience in the field.

 

Fitness Therapy (Sports Medical Fitness) Certification for Health Professionals

 

Every day, thousands of health club members and clients of personal trainers are discharged from prescriptive medical care with the need to undergo a supervised fitness therapy program, specifically designed around their condition. If you are a personal trainer, physical therapist, occupational therapist, chiropractor, nurse or any other health care professional, the Fitness / Exercise Therapist Certification course will allow you to expand your clientele.

 

The CIMT-ISSA Fitness / Exercise Therapist Certification course takes the best technologies from the health care and fitness realms, and combines them into a course that helps personal trainers and health care specialists take over when medical treatment is over. Whether you're a fitness trainer wanting to expand your clientele to include individuals with medical conditions that require special care while exercising, or a health care professional wanting to go beyond the often ridiculous restrictions imposed by insurance companies, the CIMT-ISSA Fitness / Exercise Therapist Certification program opens up many new channels in which you can provide your skills.

 

Spearheading the drive to fill this need, the CIMT-ISSA Fitness / Exercise Therapist Certification course allows personal trainers and health care specialists to craft specifically designed exercise programs keeping in mind the fitness constraints of the client-patient.

 

The Fitness / Exercise Therapist Certification course materials will also include your Home Study Section Quizzes. Once you have submitted at least 66% of your course quizzes, you will be given your official home study final examination. You may also choose to complete your section quizzes online if you would prefer. Should you choose to complete your quizzes online, once you have submitted at least 66% of them, you will be given your official final examination.

  • Post-Rehab Orthopedic Exercise
  • Therapeutic Flexibility
  • Stress Management
  • Industrial Fitness/Workers Compensation
  • Avoiding Injury Recurrence
  • Drug Interaction With Exercise
  • Sports Medicine and Health Care
  • Achieving Maximum Insurance Reimbursement In A Managed Care Environment

Learn to work with and develop exercise programs for individuals suffering from:

  • Arthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Stroke
  • Cardiovascular Problems
  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Cancer
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Post Menopausal syndrome

Included in the Fitness / Exercise Therapist course

 

The easy-to-follow course book (256 pages) is enhanced by a workbook & study guide with detailed learning objectives to help you get the most out of your studies.

 

This course will also include insights from the instructor; Dr. William L. Elliott, Ph.D., who has over 20 years of experience in the field.

 

About the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)

 

ISSA is the first and only fitness organization in the U.S. that is accredited by a federally recognized agency. The ISSA is proud to be accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission is:

  • Listed by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) as a nationally recognized agency
  • Recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
  • Recognized by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA)

Since 1988, the ISSA has certified and provided continuing fitness education to over 130,000 people just like you who want to help others feel better, look better and improve the quality of their lives. The ISSA is unconditionally committed to providing expanded access to the highest quality health and fitness certification and continuing education programs available, advancing the fitness industry as a whole, and developing greater access to career opportunities for those who share our vision of creating a stronger, healthier World.

 

About Dr. William Elliott

 

Dr. William Leland Elliott is an exercise physiologist and neuromuscular therapist. He is the founder and director of HealthBuilding®, Inc. (HealthBuilding.com); a sports medical fitness company offering a variety of products and services which include: fitness testing and programming, neuromuscular therapy, medical and sports massage therapy, nutritional counseling, and wellness-related public speaking, writing and consulting. Dr. Elliott has been professionally involved in the health & fitness field since 1989 and he has been studying nutrition and exercise science since the early 1980s. He has trained and coached a wide variety of individuals, from professional and amateur athletes to fitness enthusiasts, youths, and seniors. Dr. Elliott has studied under some of the top experts in the areas of physiology, nutrition, and neuromuscular therapy. He holds a bachelor's degree in exercise nutrition, a master's degree in exercise science, and a Ph.D. in applied physiology and health informatics. Dr. Elliott is recognized and respected as an international speaker and author. He has taught a number of health and physiology-related classes at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and the Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy. He is also a professor for the International Sports Sciences Association and teaches their medical fitness, fitness training, and fitness nutrition certification courses. His research interests include computer-based interactive health and science education, body composition, metabolism, nutrition, fitness programming, resistance training, musculoskeletal therapeutics, and the physiological aspects of such areas. Recreationally, Dr. Elliott enjoys mountain biking and mountaineering. He has reached the summits of Mount Kilimanjaro and many of Colorado’s highest mountains. He also enjoys trail running, snow sports, and strength-related athletics. He has competed at the national level in the sport of natural (i.e., drug free) bodybuilding. His events include the North America Natural and the Northern California Natural bodybuilding championships, as well as other bodybuilding and regional weightlifting championships. Dr. Elliott is a finisher of the Pikes Peak Marathon, Pikes Peak Ascent, and several other marathons. He is also a cured survivor of life-threatening testicular cancer which was found to be spread throughout his body in 1992. Dr. Elliott currently resides in Colorado Springs with his wife Mary and their two pugs; Zeb and Kate.

 

How to Enroll in the CIMT-ISSA Certification Courses taught by Dr. Elliott