canfitpro: Personal Training Specialist

Get the tools you need to start changing lives.

Canfitpro’s Personal Training Specialist course is an interactive and comprehensive learning experience available virtually and in-person with a live course instructor (a.k.a. PRO TRAINERS).

Immerse yourself in this in-depth self-directed, in-class, and practical application learning experience and feel ready to help others achieve their personal fitness goals.

Personal Trainers can earn a positive income and enjoy an emotionally satisfying career, let canfitpro get you there.

Learn more on canfitpro's website

Get Certified In 4 Steps

  • Register & Prepare

    Choose your package, register, and start your self-study with the course materials and gain the theoretical knowledge to support the practical skills learning taught in the live course.

  • Attend the Course

    Attend the live course (in-Person or virtual) and apply your knowledge while learning high-performance practical skills, and getting expert advice, feedback, coaching.

  • Pass the Exam

    Take and pass your Theory Exam, then complete your live Practical Exam observed by a PRO TRAINER. An 80% grade is required to successfully complete each exam.

  • Submit your CPR

    Submit a copy of a valid CPR Certification (minimum requirement is CPR Level A) to canfitpro and your Certified!

Find a Course

Increase your knowledge and confidence to train clients.

  • Fitness, wellness, and training principles

  • Nutrition and bioenergetics

  • Cardiorespiratory, skeletal, and muscular system anatomy and function

  • Flexibility, mobility, and fascia

  • Passive and dynamic assessments

  • Periodized program design and delivery

  • The business of personal training

  • Behaviour change and coaching principles

  • Motivational Interviewing and client relationship tools

  • Includes virtually and in-person concepts

  • Diversity, equity and inclusion components throughout to recognize, and create, a more inclusive training environment

Personal Training Specialist (PTS) program topics:

The Personal Training Specialist Exams

We recommend you attempt the Theory Exam approximately 3 – 5 weeks after finishing the virtual or in-person course. This provides adequate time to prepare for the exam.

The Theory Exam:

  • Multiple choice questions

  • Written client case study

The Practical Exam:

  • An actual workout with a client, evaluated by your PRO TRAINER, either in-person or virtually

  • Assesses theoretical knowledge, rapport building, and practical application of fitness theory