Strength Training for Fat Loss Online CE Course With Print Book

This package includes the following:

• Strength Training for Fat Loss book
• Online study guide
• Recorded webinar
• Online continuing education exam

In Strength Training for Fat Loss, Nick Tumminello, renowned trainer and innovator in the field of human performance, explains his science-based approach to using the three Cs of metabolic strength training—circuits, combinations, and complexes—to accelerate metabolism, maximize fat loss, and maintain muscle. With step-by-step instructions and photos for more than 150 exercises—using barbells, dumbbells, resistance bands, machines, and body weight—new and seasoned professionals alike will be equipped to help clients looking for innovative and effective ways to lose fat and develop muscle.

You’ll find 30 predesigned workouts for clients to use at home and in the gym, along with warm-up and cool-down exercises that include stretches and self-massage techniques. You’ll also get advice on programming and sequencing so you can customize programs for each client to help them lose fat and keep it off. Plus, realistic nutrition advice will enable your clients to regulate their metabolism, staying healthy and maintaining muscle while decreasing fat levels.

A one-hour recorded webinar included with this course explains the beneficial effects of strength exercise on body composition, metabolic rate, and resting blood pressure, providing additional insight into the creation of strength training programs that positively affect clients’ body composition and help them lose weight. The accompanying study guide offers learning activities to help you focus on the important concepts in each chapter.

Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the health and performance benefits of fat loss through strength training.
• Describe the three main concepts of metabolic strength training and understand how to apply them in workout programs for all levels.
• Learn metabolic strength training exercises using a variety of equipment as well as body weight.
• Understand nutrition concepts to accelerate metabolism for fat loss and how they complement strength training exercise programs.
• Design effective metabolic strength training programs to meet specific goals for fat loss.
• Learn correct positioning and technique for circuit, combination, and complex training routines with weight equipment and body weight.
• Learn proper warm-up and cool-down techniques to use as part of strength training for fat loss.
• Develop progressive, systematic strength training workout programs, which in combination with nutrition recommendations will result in fat loss for beginning and advanced exercisers.
• Understand the science and research related to why strength training should be a vital part of any weight-loss program.

Audience

Personal trainers, strength and conditioning professionals, and certified health, wellness, and fitness coaches and consultants.

Chapter 1. Benefits of Fat Loss
Chapter 2. Strength Training and Fat Loss
Chapter 3. Nutrition for Fat Loss
Chapter 4. Circuits
Chapter 5. Combinations
Chapter 6. Complexes
Chapter 7. Body-Weight Training
Chapter 8. Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs for Fat Loss
Chapter 9. Fat-Loss Workouts
Chapter 10. Fat-Loss Training for Life

Coach Nick Tumminello is the owner of Performance University International, which provides hybrid strength training and conditioning for athletes and professional educational programs for trainers and coaches all over the world.

As an educator, Coach Nick has become known as the trainer of trainers. He has presented at international fitness conferences in Iceland, China, and Canada. He has been a featured presenter at conferences held by such organizations as IDEA, NSCA, DCAC, and ECA, along with teaching staff trainings at fitness clubs throughout the United States. Nick holds workshops and mentorship programs in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has produced more than 15 instructional DVDs and is a CEC provider for ACE and NASM.

Nick has been a fitness professional since 1998 and co-owned a private training center in Baltimore, Maryland, from 2001 to 2011. He has worked with a variety of exercise enthusiasts of all ages and fitness levels, including physique and performance athletes from the amateur to the professional ranks. From 2002 to 2011, Nick was the strength and conditioning coach for the Ground Control MMA fight team and a consultant and expert for clothing and equipment companies such as Sorinex, Dynamax, Hylete, and Reebok.

Nick’s articles have appeared in over 30 major health and fitness magazines, including Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Oxygen, Muscle Mag, Fitness RX, Sweat RX, Status, Train Hard Fight Easy, Fighters Only, and Fight! Nick is also a featured contributor to several popular fitness training websites. He has been featured in two New York Times best-selling exercise books, on the front page of Yahoo.com and YouTube.com, and in the ACE Personal Trainer Manual, Fourth Edition.