Anatomy, physiology and kinesiology

• Understanding bones
• Understanding joints
• Understand postural and core stability
• Understand the heart and circulatory system and its relation to exercise and
• health

Lifestyle management and client motivation

• Be able to collect and analyse nutritional information and apply the principles
• of nutrition to a physical activity programme
• Nutrition and physical activity

Health and wellbeing

• Understand components of a healthy lifestyle and factors that affect health
• and wellbeing
• Motivational theories/approaches: e.g. arousal theories, stages of change /transtheoretical model, motivational interviewing. 3 – 006 Motivational theories/approaches: e.g. arousal theories, stages of change /transtheoretical model, motivational interviewing.

Exercise programme design and delivery

• Consultations
• Health benefits if exercise
• Goals
• Resistance training
• Cardiovascular systems
• Periodisation and principles of progressive training
• ACSM guidelines
• RPE

Exercise technique

• Exercises
• Movement patterns, muscle actions, components of fitness
• Technique, how to adapt, progress and regress strategies as required

Information technology

• Technology systems to support your PT career

Professional practice

• Health and safety considerations
• Policies/procedures to follow

Communication

• Interaction with clients and professionals
• Communication techniques

Business acumen

• Marketing
• Business planning
• Finance