Certification Process

You’ll receive a detailed exam content outline that covers the subjects on the exam. The full checklist, which has each main category broken down into specific content areas, will be available as a download in your NFPT Account to use as a tool to prep for your exam.

There are five main content areas:

1. Principles of Human Anatomy
2. Principles of Physiology
3. Fitness Components
4. Training Program Development, Implementation and Modification
5. Professionalism and Communication Skills

NFPT’s education board develops, reviews and approves our fitness education. We teach fundamental exercise science and fitness training methods that you’ll put to work as a personal trainer but you are not required to purchase NFPT education materials to take the certification exam.

With NFPT, there are no hidden exam fees; the cost of your first exam is included in each certification package. Purchase the certification package that’s right for you to receive your login and instructions and choose your exam day and time when you’re ready. You can choose to take the test in person at one of 400+ sites worldwide or with a virtual proctor from home. If you don’t pass on the first try, you can retake the test for $119.

The NFPT Personal Fitness Trainer Manual helps you to understand the fundamentals and goal-oriented training methods that are required of safe and effective personal training. While studying from this manual, you’ll learn exercise science, program design and consultation and assessment guidelines to put into practice after you’re certified.

The NFPT Workbook supports your review and understanding of the NFPT Personal Fitness Trainer Manual. It includes 365 questions designed to reinforce the course learning objectives. Answer keys are provided for self-assessment.

The online version of the workbook follows each of the 19 chapters in the trainer manual. Chapter summaries and quizzes allow you to gauge your understanding of the concepts as you go along. Take chapter quizzes as many times as you need to retain the information.

You’ll receive resources about offering virtual, in-home training for your clients. Learn about platforms, best practices for video streaming and our recommended fitness design app to create workouts and implement remote training that is still personalized for your clients but designed with the home in mind.

With NFPT, there’s no guessing what you need to do as a certified personal trainer. We provide step-by-step instructions and essential templates that include:

• Assessment forms for general fitness, athletic and older clients
• Screening forms
• A sample liability waiver
• A sample informed consent form
• A template for you to write your business plan

You’ll receive a detailed exam content outline that covers the subjects on the exam. The full checklist, which has each main category broken down into specific content areas, will be available as a download in your NFPT Account to use as a tool to prep for your exam.

There are five main content areas:

1. Principles of Human Anatomy
2. Principles of Physiology
3. Fitness Components
4. Training Program Development, Implementation and Modification
5. Professionalism and Communication Skills

NFPT’s education board develops, reviews and approves our fitness education. We teach fundamental exercise science and fitness training methods that you’ll put to work as a personal trainer but you are not required to purchase NFPT education materials to take the certification exam.

With NFPT, there are no hidden exam fees; the cost of your first exam is included in each certification package. Purchase the certification package that’s right for you to receive your login and instructions and choose your exam day and time when you’re ready. You can choose to take the test in person at one of 400+ sites worldwide or with a virtual proctor from home. If you don’t pass on the first try, you can retake the test for $119.

The NFPT Personal Fitness Trainer Manual helps you to understand the fundamentals and goal-oriented training methods that are required of safe and effective personal training. While studying from this manual, you’ll learn exercise science, program design and consultation and assessment guidelines to put into practice after you’re certified.

The NFPT Workbook supports your review and understanding of the NFPT Personal Fitness Trainer Manual. It includes 365 questions designed to reinforce the course learning objectives. Answer keys are provided for self-assessment.

The online version of the workbook follows each of the 19 chapters in the trainer manual. Chapter summaries and quizzes allow you to gauge your understanding of the concepts as you go along. Take chapter quizzes as many times as you need to retain the information.

You’ll receive resources about offering virtual, in-home training for your clients. Learn about platforms, best practices for video streaming and our recommended fitness design app to create workouts and implement remote training that is still personalized for your clients but designed with the home in mind.

With NFPT, there’s no guessing what you need to do as a certified personal trainer. We provide step-by-step instructions and essential templates that include:

• Assessment forms for general fitness, athletic and older clients
• Screening forms
• A sample liability waiver
• A sample informed consent form
• A template for you to write your business plan

You’ll receive two practice tests with samples of the types of questions you can expect on the NFPT Personal Fitness Trainer exam. Each practice test includes 50 multiple choice questions that represent the five exam categories.

You’ll get access to more than 80 exercise animations that provide dynamic instruction, demonstrating a broad range of properly performed movements involving every major muscle group.

You can view 45 videos that take you step-by-step through assessments for creating and implementing fitness training programs personalized for individual client types: general fitness, athletes and older adults.

NFPT expert trainers are available by appointment to answer questions about training and programming concepts and other subjects in the education material.

Free shipping in the United States for printed course materials

You’ll receive a detailed exam content outline that covers the subjects on the exam. The full checklist, which has each main category broken down into specific content areas, will be available as a download in your NFPT Account to use as a tool to prep for your exam.

There are five main content areas:

1. Principles of Human Anatomy
2. Principles of Physiology
3. Fitness Components
4. Training Program Development, Implementation and Modification
5. Professionalism and Communication Skills

With NFPT, there are no hidden exam fees; the cost of your first exam is included. Purchase the certification package that’s right for you to receive your login and instructions. You can choose to take the test in person at one of 400+ sites worldwide or with a virtual proctor from home. If you don’t pass on the first try, you can retake the test for $119.