Personal Fitness Trainer Certification 2.0

"When potential clients see the NESTA logo on my business card, they feel assured they're choosing a true fitness professional."
- Jim Loggins NY, NY

Personal Fitness Trainer 2.0 Details

As the exclusive education provider for POLAR, NESTA’s personal training certification is designed to provide you with the knowledge and tools to catapult your fitness career to the highest ranks of the fitness industry.

Go from education to real-world application:

• Easy training models: NESTA's Assess- Design - Instruct model makes it easy for you to apply the science you have learned to your training
• Applied business skills: NESTA's Sales - Marketing - Referrals model will give you an understanding of business and marketing critical for you to succeed with your own business or at a club
• Correct assessment techniques using objective POLAR heart rate monitor technology to determine your client's "optimum training zones" during both resistance training and cardiovascular training
• Save hundreds by recertifying every 4 years, instead of every 2 years

What makes the Personal Fitness Trainer Certification 2.0 different?

-The industry’s only 4-year certification

-3D biomechanics animations and visual learning

-Detailed science with practical applications and research references

-Comprehensive business training for starting your own business or employment opportunities with leading national fitness clubs

View PFT 2.0 sample pages

View and download the complete table of contents

View and download PFT exam sample questions

Prerequisites: Minimum 18 years of age; high school diploma or GED; exercise science background recommended. CPR certification is strongly suggested for all personal fitness trainers and is required by many places of employment, but is not a prerequisite for achieving NESTA certification.

Learning Format: Home Study. 220 page interactive .pdf manual delivered on CD-ROM + proctored certification exam to be taken at over 450 Prometric testing centers in the country.

Related Programs:

Master Personal Trainer

Elite Personal Trainer

Fitness Nutrition Specialist

NESTA's PFT 2.0 is accepted by:

24 Hour Fitness	Town Sports International
Bally Total Fitness	XSport Fitness
Urban Active Fitness	Sports Club LA
Gold's Gym International	Fitness Together

and more...

 

Policies/Testing

NESTA Proctored Exams - all proctored exams results are immediately given after completing the exam. Student exam questions and answers are not provided once the exam has been taken. Only a final grade is provided. Once the results are in the NESTA system (within 3-5 business days) the student will be notified by email of their next steps.

Certification Exam
100 multiple choice questions – 2 hour proctored exam. Passing score 70 correct or higher. All exams must be proctored; therefore exams are given at Thomson Prometric testing centers. To locate a testing facility near you, please go to http://www.prometric.com/NESTA There are over 400 testing locations within North America.

Proctored Exam Fees and Extensions
Students who did not meet the exam passing requirements can purchase a retest 60 days from the date of the exam by clicking the "fees" tab here, or by calling our offices at 866-348-6692. Exam extensions can also be purchased on the same page.

Shipping Fees
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Shipping Operations
Orders are shipped from our California warehouse Monday through Thursday excluding major holidays. All orders placed after 12:00 PM PST, will ship out the following business day or you will be notified within five (5) business days of any delay in shipment. Keep in mind that delivery time does not include order-processing time. Orders that have already shipped from our warehouse cannot be canceled. We cannot accommodate requests for credit on orders that have been refused by the recipient or are undeliverable because of an incorrect address.

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) CAREFULLY PRIOR TO PLACING AN ORDER, ENROLLING IN A WORKSHOP, COURSE OR MEMBERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL EXERCISE SPORTS TRAINERS ASSOCIATION (“NESTA”). THIS AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND NESTA. BY CLICKING THE “COMPLETE ORDER” BUTTON, OR BY ORDERING, ENROLLING IN A WORKSHOP, COURSE OR MEMBERSHIP WITH NESTA, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT CLICK “COMPLETE ORDER” AND DO NOT COMPLETE OR PLACE THE ORDER.

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Prices subject to change at any time without notice.

Recertification Process

The NESTA ECB requires its certified personal fitness trainers to complete 4.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) over a four year period. Each 0.1 CEU is worth one hour of study time or one contact hour in a live training format. All NESTA ECB approved coursework is listed with predetermined CEU values at http://www.nestapft.com/continuing-education-approved-providers.html.

Renewal Deadlines
Recertification applications with necessary completed CEUs and full fee payments are accepted and on time if submitted as early as 90 days prior to certification expiration and no later than the actual expiration date.

Late applications for NESTA PFT recertification will be accepted by the NESTA ECB
between 1-90 days after expiration. Late applications will require an additional $25 fee
every 30 days late up to 90 days. After 90 days following certification expiration, NESTA
PFT certification will be null and void. Formerly certified NESTA PFTs who fail to comply
with recertification polices and procedures will be required to retake the PFT exam to be
certified and recognized by NESTA and the NESTA ECB.

Recertification Fee: $95 (between 90-1 day(s) prior to expiration)
Late Application Fee: $25 (between 1-30 days late)
$50 (between 31-60 days late)
$75 (between 61-90 days late)

For complete details on the re-certification process and CEU category descriptions download the NESTA Recertification Guide.

For a list of NESTA approved providers, refer to our Continuing Education Approved Providers page.