Design & Deliver Healthy Lifestyle Courses and Workshops

Undertaking this unit will assist you in designing a training program, or in delivering a course, workshop, seminar or lecture as well as working with small groups. Designing and delivering a course or training session can be a very rewarding experience for both the trainer and the participants. Providing others with opportunities to better understand their health and to be able to make informed decisions can be a vital aspect of community health. Put simply, you are doing a good deed in spreading the word about healthy lifestyles. Writing a program is hard enough, knowing what to include and when to stop is one of the biggest challenges in the early stages, but for many standing in front of eager participants and knowing how to chunk all the information you have in your head, structure it in a way that is not only logical but develops understanding, making it flow effortlessly and doing this with absolute confidence and in an entertaining way can be an entirely different 'kettle of fish' altogether. Holds substantial CEC and CPD points, see our website for more...

Dietary Assessment Methods

Dietary assessment for many is an essential part of the results they gain with clients, so understanding what tool to use, how to apply it, analyse the data and implement changes is vital. If you have ever wondered where to start with a clients diet diary or wanted to get the most from the time spent on diet analysis, this is the course for you! This short course guides you through weighed and non-weighed diet diary options and their limitations and benefits, through to software to analyse data. You will learn how to calculate information using the Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) such as EER (Estimated Energy Requirements) and nutrient requirements, including case studies to ensure practical application.

Fitness Professionals Guide to Client Nutrition

The Fitness Professionals Guide to Client Nutrition takes you through the latest evidenced-based information about essential nutrition knowledge. You'll cover defining a 'good diet', a review of global dietary guidelines, all you need to know about carbohydrates and sugars, the latest on dietary fats (including updated views on saturated fats and low-fat diets), how protein functions, and a special look at vegetarian and vegan diets. You'll also look into micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), water balance and hydration. Plus special topics such as food safety, food labels, eating disorders, and a chapter on dietary assessment (based on a non-diet approach). We teach nutrition, not diets! You'll hold solid foundation knowledge to make, and share, informed decisions, and you'll be able to know where to find credible information. We don't cover every diet known to man, we teach you how to evaluate them past, present and future, a life long skill. 15 CECs with Fitness Australia

Food Groups & Dietary Diversity

This course draws the best from the Dietary Guidelines (DGs), reviews topics covered in subjects such as the introduction to meal and menu planning and uses food groups and dietary diversity measures so that you can support clients in their healthy eating. Of course, the DGs can seem a little limited, in fact, it's all in the way you use the extensive data they are based on as to how useful they are for you and clients. This course uses evidence-based dietary assessment techniques, easily accessed meal evaluation apps and a non-diet based approach along with coaching for wellbeing strategies. You will learn to use a collaborative framework that supports clients in making their own informed decision about their lifestyle choices, after all, we know that it takes more than information to change eating habits permanently. You will be able to assist clients in creating charts and graphs on their diet and then making improvements, and the course offers you numerous templates to assist this change process. The benefit of a nutrition course like this for health professionals is that you stay within your scope of practice, yet you can work with your clients in a food coaching capacity by using approved means of analysis and applications to aid clients in creating improved meals, eating habits and health. CECs with Fitness Australia and CPD with REPS NZ - see website for more details

Fuelling & Physical Activity: A guide to sports nutrition

Fuelling is one of the most critical aspects of nutrition of physical activity. This course will review foundation concepts in nutrition and a health-filled diet and then move quickly on to explore energy production and energy substrates, fuel conversion, energy needs. Hydration is covered in detail including testing and measurement and the ideal fluid temperature and body temperature influences. You'll come to understand what foods are best for fuelling, how much and when to fuel in relation to exercise. Part of the course looks at functional foods and their role in health as well as supplements in physical activity. 15 CECs with Fitness Australia

Motivational Techniques

This course has a very diverse appeal; health care and fitness professionals can improve their success rate as well as their client's successes and increase their motivation. Understand people better and learn how to use rewards appropriately to encourage clients, staff, even your children. If you are a manager, learn to motivate your staff in a positive way to improve staff and customer satisfaction, leading to improved staff retention and productivity. Inclusive all learning facilities, resources, text and guides. Also, a perfect short course of PTs requiring fast, inexpensive and informative CECs. CECs with Fitness Australia and CPD with REPS NZ - see website for more details

Nutrition Psychology: Food choice and eating habits

This is the course everyone's talking about and can't get enough of! 'Nothing else like it anywhere!' Why is it that some foods have more appeal to us than others? Why are some foods harder to say ‘no’ to? And why is it so hard to change our eating habits? The course delves into the science and the psychology behind our eating habits to help make sense of why some habits die hard, and just how they came about in the first place. Understanding why we eat what we eat is essential knowledge to anyone who works in the area of health and nutrition. Also ideal for those working in the nutrition, fitness or weight-management industries. Creating eating plans for others will be most effectively done if you hold a thorough understanding of food psychology. This course has extensive continuing education points for various industries, please refer to the website for more details.

Physical, Emotional, Mental Health (PEM)

A unique single unit course (also a core unit in our Certificate of Nutrition & Health Coaching ) that offers you an insight into the minimum requirements for movement for good health, along with the opportunity to begin a journey into understanding mental health challenges and how to respond appropriately and support those with such challenges. This course is currently made up of 3 components: Principles of Physical Activity Emotional Health - BCoached* Mental Health Awareness Exemptions may be applicable for those with fitness or exercise or mental health qualifications. Please contact the office before enrolling. * Additional cost in this module, please refer to the website for full details

Pregnancy Exercise of Optimal Outcomes

We are well aware of the benefits of exercise for the general population, these same benefits also apply to the pregnant woman. It is in a trainer’s best interest to manage their pregnant clients well, so that they return once the baby is born to get back in shape, and also prepare for any subsequent pregnancies. Therefore it is important to have a sound knowledge base to best serve the client and help maintain their optimal health. No two pregnancies are the same; many are uncomplicated however some encounter complications. This means a sound knowledge base is essential and will help to manage not only the straightforward client, but the more complex one as well. Appropriate exercise prescription is rewarding for both the client and trainer. Online course of study. Continuing education points on this course - refer to the website for more. Both pregnancy exercise programmes are provided by Lorraine Starsmeare B.App. Sc.( Physio); M.Clin.Physio Course author: Lorraine Starsmeare is a co-director of Pilates Physio Style, a successful business grown out of personalising the service and modifying programs in line with the most recent research. Lorraine is an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist who has specialised for the last 12 years in providing rehab programmes, particularly for pre- and postnatal women. Each individual, including the pre- and postnatal woman, are always managed based on the outcomes from their initial consultation.

Post Pregnancy Exercise

It's in a trainer’s best interest to have a sound knowledge base in order to develop, establish, and be able to modify an excellent postnatal programme. The aim of the programme is to maintain the mother's optimal health after the birth of her baby. Once the baby is born, a mother is usually keen to regain her shape, strengthen her abdominal, back and deep core muscles to help deal with the increased physical activity related to the care of her new baby, and also prepare for any subsequent pregnancies. A thorough understanding of the changes that have occurred to a woman’s body and mind, during pregnancy, and after the delivery of her baby is essential. These changes, which are specific to every woman, guide the trainer in developing an optimal personalised exercise programme and manage not only the straightforward client but the more complex one as well. Online course of study. Continuing education points on this course - refer to the website for more. Both pregnancy exercise programmes are provided by Lorraine Starsmeare B.App. Sc.( Physio); M.Clin.Physio Course author: Lorraine Starsmeare is a co-director of Pilates Physio Style, a successful business grown out of personalising the service and modifying programs in line with the most recent research. Lorraine is an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist who has specialised for the last 12 years in providing rehab programmes, particularly for pre- and postnatal women. Each individual, including the pre- and postnatal woman, are always managed based on the outcomes from their initial consultation.

Sports Nutrition for Optimal Performance

This industry-recognised sports nutrition course is based on the latest research but presented in a practical and easy to follow format. Developed by a nutritionist who worked extensively with elite athletes from various sports such as tennis, rugby union and rugby league, this course is not just theory it is based on real clinical situations with actual cases from elite athletes. Additional support is offered by the 2x NRL Premiership winning Sea Eagles Head of Performance, and Sports Performance Manager numerous National Rugby League sides, Don Singe, for those looking for additional information on strength and conditioning. This course has continuing education points for various industries, please refer to the website for more details. This course is not recommended if you have already completed Fuelling and Physical Activity which is our corresponding course with Fitness Australia CECs.

Abdominal Fats: The facts

We are all aware that abdominal body fat can be a challenge to shift, but do you understand the issues in the different types of abdominal fat (in both storage and liberation) and are you up-to-date on the very latest on what exercise is best to move abdominal fat safely. What works and what doesn't, essential knowledge for Personal Trainer's. CECs with REPS NZ - see website for more details