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Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training (Online)

  • Access to course materials via an online platform.
  • Online learning is the most practical and accessible way to gain your fitness qualification. You have to be prepared to spend time going through the online modules and worksheets on the Active IQ website, and complete your Learner Achievement Portfolio (LAP) before finally filming, and submitting, your practical assessment. 
  • Full email support from your Personal Tutor. Calls can be scheduled with your tutor between 11am and 4pm, Monday to Friday. Calls are conducted via Zoom and a recording made available afterwards for your reference.
  • 1 practical assessment and 2 theory exams.
  • 12 month timeframe to complete your qualification.

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Choose How To Pay:

  • Pay in full today by Paypal. Start your course and schedule your practical assessments as soon as your enrolment has been processed*. Single payment of £997.
  • Don’t delay your career development, use the instalment plan. Start your course as soon as your enrolment has been processed*. You will make 4 x Paypal payments of £298.75 (total cost £1195). Please note: practical assessments will only be scheduled and your certificate will only be issued once final payment is received.

    *Please read the section "How It Works" for full details

Who Is This Course For?

This qualification gives me the knowledge and skills to work with individual and groups of clients in a personal training setting. I’ll be able to travel throughout the UK, Europe and Australia and my qualifications will be fully recognized.

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With the Personal Trainer Online Option I can start my course as soon as as soon as my enrolment has been processed because I’m learning online! I will have access to the Active IQ Academy, an online study platform, as well as email support from my designated tutor. I can work my way through each section of the course in order and because it’s all online, I’m able to study when it suits me. I will have one year to complete my course.

What Qualification Will I Gain?

The Personal Trainer qualification I will gain is accredited by Active IQ. It also provides access onto The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) at level 3 and is internationally recognised. This means I’ll be able to travel throughout the UK, Europe and Australia and my qualifications will be fully recognised.

This qualification gives me the knowledge and skills to work with individual and groups of clients in a personal training setting.

How it Works

  1. When you are ready to enrol, you will be asked to complete your payment. 

  2. We will contact you by email to request your registration details. Please check your inbox for your Registration Form and Welcome Email. These are not automated emails, they are sent by a real person and and will not arrive immediately.

  3. You will return the Registration Form to us by email, along with a copy of your photographic ID and any existing qualifications, if applicable.

  4. We will process your enrolment and request your access to the Active IQ Online Academy, subject to cleared payment.

  5. You will receive your login details by email, directly from Active IQ. Please check your inbox for this email and be aware that it can take up to 5 days for this to be processed.

  6. Study online, in your own time. The Active IQ Online Academy is where you access your course content. You will have full tutor support via email and you have 12 months to complete your courses. You can also purchase hard copies of the course manuals as an add-on. 

  7. Assessment. 

    Learner Achievement Portfolio (LAP) 
    Complete this as you work through each module and email it to your tutor for feedback. Don’t worry if you make a mistake, you can download another copy from your ELearning dashboard.

    How do I take my exams? 
    Once you are ready, contact us! 

    How do I complete my practical assessment?
    When you are ready for assessment, your tutor will guide through the process. You can then film and submit your practical assessment to us on DVD - we will send you filming guidelines.

    If you have any questions, please send us an email or request a call from our team on +442871414030.

How Is This Course Taught?

  • You will have access to the Active IQ Academy, an online study platform* as well as email support from your designated tutor.
  • Practical assessment can be filmed and sent to us on DVD.
*eLearning system requirements: you will need access to a computer or laptop. You will need Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe website. You will also need to ensure your computer is able to play sound as some of the videos include audio.

Also, please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

Teaching Tools

The Active IQ Academy is an online study platform offering leading learning resources written by educators with a specialism in each field, so you can have absolute confidence in the quality and content of our products.
​Watch Our Online Course Demo

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Entry Requirements

  • A relevant Level 2 qualification in Gym Instructing
  • This course requires physical exertion and individual participation is essential, therefore a degree of physical fitness is necessary
  • There is an element of communication (discussing, presenting, reading and writing) and application of number involved, and learners should have basic skills in communication and numeracy
  • As this is an online study course, it is recommended that you have some experience of gym-based exercise, including free weights

Course Content

The Personal Trainer qualification comprises 7 mandatory units.

Units 1 to 3 will have already been achieved at Level 2, and in order to achieve the full Personal Training Certificate learners must achieve units 4, 5, 6, 7.

1. Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity
2. Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment
3. Principles of exercise, fitness and health

If you have completed a REPs Level 2 Gym Instructor Course then you will only have to complete units below.

4. Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health
5. Programming personal training with clients
6. Delivering personal training sessions
7. Applying the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme

Successful achievement of all seven modules is essential in gaining the qualification.

Personal Trainer Course Content
Unit 4: Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health
  • Heart and circulatory system and its relation to exercise and health
  • Musculoskeletal system and its relation to exercise
  • Postural and core stability
  • Nervous system and its relation to exercise
  • Endocrine system and its relation to exercise and health
  • Energy systems and their relation to exercise

Unit 5: Programming personal training with clients
  • How to prepare personal training programmes
  • Importance of long term behaviour change for personal training
  • Principles of collecting information to plan a personal training programme
  • How to screen clients prior to a personal training programme
  • How to identify personal training goals with clients
  • How to plan a personal training programme with clients
  • Adapt a personal training programme with clients
  • Collect information about clients
  • Able to agree goals with clients
  • Plan a personal training programme with clients
  • Manage a personal training programme
  • Review progress with clients
  • Adapt a personal training programme with clients

Unit 6: Delivering personal training sessions
  • How to instruct exercise during personal training sessions
  • How to adapt exercise to meet client needs during personal training sessions
  • How to review personal training sessions with clients
  • Plan and prepare personal training sessions
  • Prepare clients for personal training sessions
  • Instruct and adapt planned exercises
  • Bring exercise sessions to an end
  • Reflect on providing personal training session

Unit 7: Applying the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme
  • Principles of nutrition
  • Key guidelines in relation to nutrition
  • Nationally recommended practice in relation to providing nutritional advice
  • Relationship between nutrition and physical activity
  • Collect information relating to nutrition
  • How to use nutritional information
  • Principles of nutritional goal setting with clients
  • Collect and analyse nutritional information
  • Apply the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme
Download the Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training Qualification Guidance :
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Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training
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Assessment Methods

  • Coursework – submitted via email or post
  • 2 x Multiple Choice Examinations
  • Portfolio of Evidence (LAP) – submitted online or by post
  • Practical Assessment/Assignment – filmed and sent on DVD

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