CITYFITNESS BRINGS NASM TO NEW ZEALAND

Begin or Boost Your Career in Personal Training

The most respected name in fitness certification has teamed up with CityFitness, the largest health club chain in New Zealand to offer world-class education to fitness professionals - both aspiring and experienced. For the past 30 years, the National Academy of Sports Medicine has been world-renowned for the quality of their personal trainers and the scientific rigor of their program. NASM offers a Certified Personal Training program along with specialisations that can take your personal training skills to a whole new level.

Become a
personal trainer
Corrective exercise
specialization
Performance enhancement
specialization

In 10 to 12 weeks you could be an NASM Certified Personal Trainer—setting your own hours and enjoying the job security of working in a growing industry.

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CPT

Certified personal training

Jumpstart Your Journey

Our comprehensive programs and dedicated support team will empower you with all the tools you need to become a Certified Personal Trainer.

The NASM-CPT Premium Self-Study program can help you successfully prepare for the exam, and can be completed in as few as 10 weeks.

Real results based on real science. The OPT™ model

The NASM Certified Personal Trainer Certification and Specializations are developed with NASM's exclusive Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) model, one of the industry's first comprehensive training system based on scientific, evidence-based research. It takes the guesswork out of program design and helps you produce consistent and remarkable results for your clients.

The OPT model was developed to concurrently improve all functional abilities, including flexibility, core stabilization, balance, strength, power, and cardiorespiratory endurance.

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CES

BECOME A NASM CORRECTIVE EXERCISE SPECIALIST

Why you need to pursue Corrective Exercise Training.

Specializing in Corrective Exercise with NASM can stretch your earning potential along with your clients’ abilities to avoid injury—helping them move, feel and live better.

As a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), it's important to realize that just about every client you work with could be susceptible to common injuries and ailments, ranging from low-back pain to ACL tears to shoulder pain.

BECOME A NASM CORRECTIVE EXERCISE SPECIALIST

The techniques learned in the NASM-CES can be used with all clients.

Become an even more valuable asset to any fitness facility where you can be the "go-to" expert. Plus, the reach of the NASM-CES extends beyond the gym - you'll find professionals in complementary fields holding the NASM-CES including chiropractors, massage therapists, group fitness instructors, athletic trainers, strength coaches and sports teams, and so many more.

The NASM-CES teaches you how to use a variety of static and dynamic assessments to identify imbalances and use the results to design effective programs for your clients with the Corrective Exercise Continuum (CEx).

Corrective exercise continuum

Inhibit
Inhibit tension in areas identified as being overactive or shortened through assessments.
Self-myofascial Release Techniques:
1. Reduce muscular tension
2. Relieve muscle soreness
3. Improve circulation
Lengthen
Lengthen the muscles with static stretching or neuromuscular stretching techniques.
Stretching Techniques:
1. Reduce stiffness
2. Increase range of motion
3. Improve posture
Activate
Activate the muscles identified as underactive or weak
Strengthening Techniques:
1. Activate individual muscles
2. Improve muscular endurance
3. Increase strength
Integrate
Integrate uses dynamic total body exercises that are progressed to solidify and coordinate the changes made.
Integrated Strength Techniques:
1. Improve total-body coordination
2. Improve movement patterns
3. Enhance performance

NASM master Instructor Kyle Stull talks about applying the NASM-CES to one of his clients.

By applying NASM-CES programming, a fitness professional can quickly improve, and with time, correct a client’s movement compensation(s), leading to clients feeling better, moving better, and performing at higher levels!

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PES

BECOME A PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT SPECIALIST

Get them in the game. Elevate yours.

Athletes have high level of expectations from themselves and their coaches. They demand the best from fitness professionals who can provide them with unparalleled performance training results. To meet these expectations we deliver:

BECOME A PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT SPECIALIST

Dynamic

exercise techniques that maximize performance and help prevent injuries.
Innovate

proven approaches that have been used by almost every professional sports team.
Evidence-based
solutions

that help build tougher, faster and stronger athletes.