Certifying Personal Trainers
Get your Credential. Start your Career.
- Accredited
- Affordable
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BECOME A PERSONAL TRAINER and Start Training in 5 Easy Steps
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Exam included, or ‘Exam Only’ to test-out
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Immediate access to online education
Pass Your Exam
Test Center or In-Home Testing option
Schedule anytime, get instant resultsStart Training
Put your credential to work
Create your trainer listing, get noticedStay Certified
Renew for 1 or 2 years, your choice
Free CECs for the life of certification
Pick your Certification Package
- Interest-free ‘Pay Later’ payment option
- Become a personal trainer in less than a month
- Love what you do, make money doing it
Free Career Guide
Our start-up guide, packed with tips from career personal trainers, lets you explore what a trainer does each day, income potential and career options. Learn more about the exciting career ahead!
Join Our NFPT Trainer Family
Being a family-run business means that NFPT’s leaders are the same people answering your calls and emails, and will be there to help you earn and keep your personal trainer certification active. At NFPT, we want you to succeed doing what you love to do. Meet our team and see how our family atmosphere and focus on people offers individualized care throughout the certification process. You don’t have to go up the chain to speak to your FitFam…we’re right on the other end waiting to support you and your career as a certified personal trainer. Everyone’s needs are different, so our promise is to provide individualized care and support to meet you where you’re at in this new journey.
Accreditations and Affiliations
Interactive learner? Add a Workshop!
In-person Workshop
Bring the NFPT Personal Fitness Trainer Manual to life in a comprehensive, interactive gym environment. You’ll emerge from the workshop ready to take your certification exam.
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Recorded Workshop
Can’t make it to a workshop? NFPT recorded a full workshop so you can watch it from the comfort of your home.
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Be a Specialist
Fitness Nutrition Coach
Gain valuable nutritional expertise and guide your clients to fitness success through healthy eating.
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Functional Training Specialist
Take a comprehensive look at the foundational principles of functional training and the importance of testing for core strength.
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Cancer Recovery Specialist
A Cancer Recovery Specialist is a fitness professional who supports long-term recovery by supplementing medical treatment with hands-on fitness principles.
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Get exercise science info, fitness programming and business advice. This is where you’ll find articles for getting free continuing education credits to maintain your certification, too.
What Others Say
I started personal training more recently but it didn’t take long to know that being a personal trainer is what I want to do with my life! I had the pleasure of working directly with (NFPT founder) Ron (Clark) and I learned so much that I knew I could put it to work. Getting certified was the next step. I know now that it’s possible to take my passion and make it a career — because I’m doing it! Thank you, NFPT!
Being a personal trainer has been the most rewarding career choice I’ve ever made. After 25 years of acting and entertainment, I met a personal trainer with NFPT; his knowledge was amazing. I investigated the many associations but none of them offered what the NFPT did. I feel blessed to be a part of such a committed organization!
The NFPT Certified Personal Trainer program is my recommended certification for entry level trainers to pursue. What makes NFPT different is how effective it is in giving trainers a good foundation of knowledge in an easy-to-understand format without overwhelming them. Beyond certification, NFPT gives trainers an amazing-yet-cost effective platform to grow and expand their expertise.
To have what I’ve never had before, I had to do what I’ve never done before. I started with NFPT certification and it helped me to gain the confidence to start my own personal training business. Thank you, NFPT, for giving me the foundation to build on!
Pick your Certification Package
- Interest-free ‘Pay Later’ payment option
- Become a personal trainer in less than a month
- Love what you do, make money doing it
