Wednesday, April 7, 2010

AFAA Launches Personal Trainer Certification Online Course

“The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) announced today the launch of the industry's first fully secure and monitored online Personal Trainer Certification course available through www.afaa.com. Personal Trainer Certification Online is AFAA's premiere eAFAA course, combining AFAA's industry leading personal trainer certification standards with the convenience of independent self study, and the security of third-party monitoring and authenticating systems. The launch comes days after AFAA was accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). This fulfills IHRSA's 2005 recommendation on accreditation. The Accrediting Commission of DETC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency...

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

May I know what is the syllabus of the Personal Training Certification course?Also are there any distance education facility available for these courses?

Jackson said...

I think AFAA handles the personal training courses. It also helps in recruiting the trainers to a gym. hiring a personal trainer can be very beneficial rather then joining to gym.