A Practical 1-Day CPD Course To Help You Turn Your PT Knowledge Into Confident Coaching

Course Overview

The PT Ready To Coach is a practical one-day CPD course designed to help trainee and newly qualified Personal Trainers build the confidence, practical skills and coaching ability to start working with clients.

You'll explore the fundamentals of effective personal training, from refreshing your understanding of programme planning and training systems through to coaching cardiovascular and resistance training with real clients.

The day is built around four practical workshops, covering coaching confidence, cardiovascular training, resistance training and bringing everything together. You'll work through practical examples, practise your coaching, ask questions and develop your ability to make confident decisions as you go.

This isn't a day of sitting back and listening to generic theory. The group is kept small and interactive, giving you plenty of opportunities to ask questions, practise your coaching and get guidance that's relevant to you and where you are right now.

You'll leave with greater confidence, practical coaching skills and a clearer understanding of how to put your PT knowledge into action, with the confidence to take those skills into your next client session.

Make a weekend of it. Combine FITPRO Ready To Coach with FITPRO Ready To Grow and spend two practical days building your coaching confidence, getting found and taking the steps towards getting clients.

Want to do both? Simply select the FITPRO Ready weekend option when you enrol.

Since 2012, Parallel Coaching has helped thousands of learners gain the qualifications, knowledge and confidence to build their careers in fitness.

We’re committed to supporting you beyond simply getting qualified, helping you develop the practical skills and confidence you need to start coaching real clients.

By the end of the day, you’ll have a clearer understanding of programme planning, training systems and what effective coaching looks like in practice.

You’ll develop greater confidence in planning, instructing, observing and adapting training, while learning how to make better decisions around the client in front of you.

And when you leave, you’ll have more than a refreshed understanding of your PT theory. You’ll have practical coaching skills, greater confidence and the ability to put your knowledge into action with real clients.

You'll Get 2 Certificates

1️⃣ Level 2 Certificate in Practical Coaching & Programme Planning

2️⃣ Level 2 FITPRO Ready To Coach

Entry Requirements

You should already hold or be working towards a recognised Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification, such as a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification.

But this course is really about what happens next.

If you’re ready to start putting your PT knowledge into practice, build your coaching confidence and feel more prepared to work with real clients, PT Ready To Coach will give you the practical guidance and experience to take those next steps.

You don’t need to have worked with clients before.

You don’t need to feel completely confident in your coaching.

You simply need to be ready to learn, practise and make your PT qualifications worthwhile by putting your knowledge into action and helping people.

What You'll Learn

WORKSHOP 1: COACHING CONFIDENCE

Start by bringing the foundations back into focus.

You'll recap the key principles of training, coaching and programming, while revisiting the practical coaching skills that help you communicate clearly, build rapport and create a great experience for your clients.

We'll also spend time building confidence both in yourself and in the people around you. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions, share ideas, practise your coaching and learn from others in the room.

Because confidence doesn't come from knowing everything... It comes from understanding the basics, practising them and knowing what to do next.

WORKSHOP 2: COACHING CARDIOVASCULAR TRAINING

Knowing a cardiovascular training system is one thing. Knowing how to coach it is another.

You'll learn how to plan effective cardiovascular training blocks around specific client goals, then explore what actually happens when you're standing in front of a client delivering the session.

Where should you stand?
What should you say?
What should you be looking for?
How do you use coaching cues?
How do you spot posture or technique issues?
How do you adapt your coaching while the client is actually moving?

We'll explore the soft, often-overlooked nuances of coaching that aren't always covered in a qualification but can make a huge difference to the quality of a client's experience.

WORKSHOP 3: COACHING RESISTANCE TRAINING

Take the same approach into resistance training.

You'll explore how to select and plan appropriate resistance training systems around different client goals, then put your attention where it matters most: the coaching.

We'll look at exercise setup, positioning, demonstrations, instructions, coaching cues, technique, posture, observation and feedback.

You'll learn what to look for, what to say and when to say it... while developing the confidence to make decisions and adapt your coaching as the session unfolds.

It's about moving beyond “Here's the exercise.”

And learning how to actually coach the person in front of you.

WORKSHOP 4: BRING IT ALL TOGETHER

Now it's time to put everything into practice.

You'll bring together the principles, training systems and coaching skills from the day and learn some simple, practical frameworks you can use immediately with real clients.

We'll work through how to take a client's goals and needs, choose appropriate training, structure a session and coach it with confidence while knowing when and how to adapt your approach.

You'll leave with practical ideas you can take straight into your next session, rather than a head full of information you're not sure how to use.

MORE THAN A REFRESHER

This isn't about cramming more information into your head.

It's about helping you feel more confident using what you already know.

By the end of the day, you'll have:

✔️ More confidence coaching real clients
✔️ A clearer understanding of cardio and resistance training systems
✔️ Practical frameworks for planning effective training blocks
✔️ More confidence selecting, progressing and adapting training
✔️ A better understanding of the small details that make great coaching
✔️ Practical ideas you can take straight into your next session

Most importantly, you'll leave knowing what to do, how to do it and why you're doing it.

Your 1-Day Practical Training

Your face-to-face training takes place at our Milton Keynes Academy, from 9:00am–4:30pm. Across the day, you’ll take part in four practical workshops, giving you the time and space to refresh your knowledge, practise your coaching and build your confidence.

This isn't a day of sitting back and listening to generic theory.

You’ll be actively working through programme planning, cardio and resistance training systems and practical coaching skills, with plenty of opportunities to practise, ask questions and get guidance.

And you don’t need to be super-fit to take part.

This isn’t a test of your fitness. It’s about learning how to coach clients effectively.

You’ll be supported throughout the day by your tutor, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions, practise your coaching, receive feedback and work through the things you’re unsure about.

By the end of the day, you’ll have greater confidence, practical coaching skills and a clearer understanding of how to put your PT knowledge into action with real clients.

How you'll be assessed

There’s no formal assessment on this one-day CPD course. Instead, the day is focused on learning, practising and building confidence.

You’ll work through practical coaching exercises, practise your programme planning and develop your ability to instruct, observe and adapt training for different clients.

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, get guidance, practise your coaching and work through the things you’re unsure about.

The aim is simple: leave with practical coaching skills, greater confidence and the ability to put your PT knowledge into action.

Everything You Need To Be A Confident Coach

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Pay in full: £99 today, with no further course payments.

Payment plan: £49.50 today, followed by 1 automatic monthly payments of £49.50 on the same date each month.

Or upgrade and join us for the full FITPRO Ready Weekend for £168 or payment plan of £85 today, followed by 1 automatic monthly payments of £85 on the same date each month.

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