Weight Training In Class Course

Upcoming Dates:

February 22 and 23 2025

May 3 and 4 2025

October 18 and 19 2025

Saturday at Saanich Neighbourhood place (9am to 4pm)

Sunday is at Odyssey Gym on Nanaimo St (9am to 4pm)

($449 early registration - $479 later registration; cuts off 32 days prior to course start date to ensure course 

About

This enjoyable, educational and thorough course covers every aspect of weight room instructing including how to design safe and effective programs, different types of programs to match different goals, how use machines in the gym as well as body-weighted exercises. This is the second step in becoming a personal trainer and is the prerequisite for the Personal Training course. If you want to be a certified Weight Trainer or Personal Trainer in Canada, then this is the course you will need! 

Times

Saturday and Sunday 9:00am - 4:00pm (times subject to change slightly)*

You will be sent the manual in advance and will be required to complete pre-course readings prior to attending the course. 

Location

Saturday at Pearkes Rec. Centre on Tillicum in Victoria BC

Sunday at Odyssey Gym on Nanaimo Street in Victoria, BC

Requirements

Pre-rec: You will need to have completed the Fitness Theory course first as much of the information you learn in Fitness Theory prepares you for the Weight Trainers course. If you have questions, please let us know. 

Note that the Weight Training course is a prerequisite for the Personal Training course. 

*Note that for BCRPA certification, you must have your Fitness Theory designation and First Aid and CPR as prerequisites before you can finish the Weight Training course. And after the course, you will need to complete and ICE within your first year of registration with BCRPA (or later if you have another BCRPA specialty). 

Weight Trainers Instructor Course info from Body Blueprint on Vimeo.

MTAS - 32 Primary CEUs 

Course Withdrawal or Transfer information