Become the Personal Trainer You Wish You Had.
+ CPR/AED Certification
💪 Achieve tangible results for clients
💸 Focus on a chosen career pathway
🤝 Unlimited hands-on learning support
Special offer: $100 off!
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+ CPR/AED Certification
💪 Achieve tangible results for clients
💸 Focus on a chosen career pathway
🤝 Unlimited hands-on learning support
Special offer: $100 off!
Use coupon code: 100CPT
Certified Personal Trainer
Unlock the Power of Personal Training: Get Your Personal Trainer Certification Now.
Personal Training Certification
CPT Bootcamp
NCCPT NCCA- Accredited CPT Exam
Purpose-Driven Training Model
Online Textbook, Practice Quizzes, & Forums
FREE – CPR/AED Certification
The #1 Rated and Reviewed Personal Trainer Certification
Get certified and change lives — In 3 easy steps:
Master the Art of CPT: 3 steps to Personal Training Certification.
Complete your Personal Training Certification
Enroll and get instant access to a host of tools and resources designed to ensure your maximum success!
Land a job as a Personal Trainer (Guaranteed:)
100% job guarantee for U.S.-based students that meet basic requirements.
Impact lives
Confidently build effective, personalized training plans — knowing exactly how to help your clients hit their fitness and body goals.
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Shift Your Career And Make A Difference
Over 10,000 Gym Partners Choose ISSA
Inside the Certified Personal Trainer Program
What's Covered:
How to motivate anyone to make their fitness goals a reality
In-depth knowledge of the body's muscle and skeletal structure
How to assess and build custom training programs
How to help clients get stronger with less pain or injury
How to pinpoint what exercise is most effective for each movement
Details of how diet and exercise work together to transform people's lives
The deeper answers to help go beyond "workout more" and "eat better"
Comprehensive Online Textbook
Foundations and Applications for a Certified Personal Trainer is new and improved, updated with new exercise descriptions, chapter quizzes and the latest information on nutrition, motivation and behavior change, and exercise science. It has everything you need to successfully earn your Personal Trainer Certification. The 715-page book even features a chapter on business and marketing to help you start and grow a profitable training business.
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Including all these tools to help you pass!
Why ISSA?
With the proven success of nearly a half million students, the first personal training certification - now in our 35th year is always up-to-date.
Our students say it best as the most and the best reviewed with over 10,000 Five Star reviews you can trust.
Your certification is recognized and respected worldwide with trainers in 174 countries and nearly a half million students.
Your job or side hustle is guaranteed with our over 10,000 gym partners.
You will succeed in learning and then passing your exam with unlimited study support and free retests.
Your Certification Creates Opportunities
Stay ahead of the competition! Becoming a Certified Personal Trainer allows you to make more money.
Become a Full-Time Trainer
If you want a job as a personal trainer - you’ve got one. Our certification is recognized by over 10,000+ national gyms including major national gym chains.Get A Money-Making Side Hustle
Trainers routinely make $100 an hour or more in small group personal training. Personal training is the ultimate side hustle where you get to choose when and where you coach.Become An Influencer
Make money by posting your workouts and fitness advice. With your ISSA certification, you’ll join some of the world’s top influencers with the credentials people trust.Own Your Own Gym
Network with ISSA professionals to learn how to operate your own gym or work with ISSA’s partners including F45, Camp Gladiator, and more to own a franchise.
Additional Learning Opportunities
Fast Track Program
Learn the most important information you need to complete the course and enjoy all the benefits of being certified as an ISSA personal trainer in record time!
CPR/AED Certification
Receive your CPR/AED Certification online from the comforts of your home. You don't need to leave your living room to complete this certification today.
CPT Study Expansion Pack
Have FUN and prepare for the CPT final exam even faster. This pack accommodates all four learning styles (auditory, kinesthetic, visual, reading/writing) so whatever your preferred learning style is, we've got you covered!
Risk FREE!
Job Placement Guaranteed or
You'll Get Your Money Back.
We guarantee you will be a working personal trainer within 6 months of certification. We will refund your course fee in full if you do not receive a job within 6 months of certification.
Step One
Pass your ISSA Personal Trainer Exam and your NCCPT Accredited Proctored Exam
Step Two
Interview with at least 3 gyms within 6 months of completing your certification course (requirements)
Step Three
Meet Basic Requirements of the gyms (background check, drug test, available to work in the U.S.)
The NCCPT exam is included with the purchase of some ISSA CPT course packages. There is an administrative fee to sit for the exam.
*Only available in the continental U.S. Terms and conditions apply.
Purchase of ISSA training materials is not an eligibility requirement to take the accredited exam nor does it imply a passing score.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is required to get my personal training certificate?
You must meet the following:
Submission of all course quizzes
A score of 70% for CPT, a score of 75% or better on all sections of the final examination
Proof of current Adult CPR/AED certificate
Is there any interest on payment plans?
No! There is 0% interest on all ISSA courses.
Does ISSA offer the ability to take quizzes and exams online?
Yes, Online testing, for both quizzes and final exams, is the preferred testing method. Online testing saves you the hassle of organizing and photocopying your answer sheets, saves you from a trip to the post office, saves you postage for registered mail, and keeps track of your submissions in your Member Account. What's more, online testing produces a much faster turn-around time for grading!
Can I get a printed copy of the textbook?
In addition to the free online version of the course textbooks, you can purchase printed copies of our most popular courses. Click here to look for your course and buy the book.
Does ISSA offer NCCA accredited exams?
Yes, ISSA offers the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) nationally accredited personal trainer certification through its subsidiary, The National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT). Click to learn more about the NCCA and NCCPT.
NCCPT exams are included in your cart with some course bundles.
To purchase the accredited exam separately, click here.
Purchase of ISSA training materials is not an eligibility requirement to take an accredited exam nor does it imply a passing score.
