Short Courses

Apply First Aid and Perform CPR

Apply First Aid (HLTFA311A) and Perform CPR (HLTCPR211A) courses are now available online and at the FIT Skill Centre on a regular basis.

Our First Aid facilitator is registered with the Australian Resuscitation Council. This ensures the information being delivered is updated on a regular basis.

CPR needs to be assessed annually and here at FIT we keep the courses to the point, whilst ensuring the necessary elements of the course are covered. Everyone is welcome.

Boxing for Fitness

Chris Haseman’s Boxing for Fitness course has to be one of the best CEC courses in Australia.  This course will provide you with correct technical ability in a friendly learning environment that is inclusive of all prior skill levels.

At the completion of this course you will have all you need to design and incorporate Boxing for Fitness into a workout program that will keep your clients super fit and looking forward to their next session. You’ll learn boxing stances and movement drills, how to incorporate boxing into a training plan, hand wrapping techniques, health and safety with boxing equipment, footwork drills, training facilitation, punching drills and combinations, equipment type and usage,  and focus pad and body pad drills.

Nutrition for Personal Trainers

This would have to be FIT’s signature course that is positively changing the Nutrition education pathway for Personal Trainers.

With the latest scientific information in the field of Nutrition boiled down into terms that make sense, this course will teach everyone how to eat for optimum efficiency, whatever the goal. Give yourself the edge in this competitive market and have your clients achieve their body composition goals. They will thank you for a life time.

In this course you’ll learn about macronutrients and how they effect fat loss, how to establish dietary intakes, pre and post workout meals to enhance performance and assist recovery, all about vitamins and minerals and their effect on training effectiveness, pre screening, food labelling, the role of hydration, and some take-home popular diets.

The course also comes with a comprehensive nutrition manual, shopping lists, and recipes. Nutrition for Personal Trainers can be taken as a two-day course on campus or online anytime!

Want to take a free test drive of the Nutrition course online? Register here!

Self Myofascial Release with Foam Rollers

This course will teach you self myofascial release techniques including 22 target areas and how long to spend on each area. It includes a fantastic manual with photos, ensuring you will never forget how to perform each movement.

Polar Education Zone: Heart Rate Training

This accredited Polar training course provides the latest information on heart rate training through a combination of online and practical based learning.

You will discover how to plan, implement and execute effective training sessions for both yourself and your personal training clients. This course is ideal for those who want to broaden their knowledge and gain the essential skills in delivering heart rate based training sessions whilst using the latest Polar technology.

Crankit Straps Essentials + Advanced Course

The essentials course is designed to give fitness professionals the essential skills and knowledge to safely and effectively train clients of all levels using the CrankIt Straps and Suspended Fitness Training.

You will learn 36 essential exercises and progressions that will enable you to incorporate CrankIt Straps training into your business immediately. The course also goes beyond the exercises and teaches you about functional shoulder movement patterns, as well as touching on Myofascial lines (anatomy Trains) and multi-joint and multi-muscle integrations. This knowledge will set you apart from the pack and improve the training of your clients dramatically!

The Advanced course teaches you an additional 20 advanced CrankIt Straps exercises, and you will also learn about exercise programming and how to incorporate primal movement patterns, planes of motion and programming variables to create effective exercise programs for clients with different needs.

Fundamentals of Kettlebell Training Level 1 & 2

In partnership with the Australian Institute of Kettlebells, we bring you the Fundamentals of Kettlebell Training Level 1 course.  This course will teach you the fundamental concepts behind kettlebell training with a particular emphasis on safety and correct technique.

In a full day of practical and theory based training you’ll learn 16 fundamental kettlebell exercises and variations, basic anatomy and breathing techniques, the safety principles behind kettlebell lifting, specific programming principles for beginners to intermediate, how to make kettlebell training safe and enjoyable, and how to instruct clients via a step by step approach.

Level 1 comes with a comprehensive 82 page manual and DVD.

Following on from Level 1, the Level 2 course will teach advanced sequences including the Jerk and Long cycle, alternate holds and presses, correct use of two kettlebells, kettlebell core exercises and kettlebell complexes.

Level 2 comes with a comprehensive 55 page manual and DVD.

Battling Ropes

Battling Ropes are becoming an increasingly effective means of training the whole body, with particular emphasis on neuromuscular coordination and fascial proprioception.

In this course you’ll learn how to progress movements in the three cardinal planes of motion: frontal, saggital and transverse; how to train your neuromuscular coordination; and the increasing importance of proprioception in preventing injury and engaging the senses of the body more fully.

Battling Ropes will train your mind and body to maintain power over a greater period of time. This power is a combination of strength and explosiveness. With the Battling Ropes system you will not only generate more power, but maintain the power over a much longer duration.

Fundamentals of  Powerbag Training

In partnership with the Australian Institute of Kettlebells, we bring you the Fundamentals of Powerbag Training.  Training with Powerbags teaches the body to use its core stabilizers effectively. In doing so, transferring of energy can take place effectively during even the most complex of movement patterns. This course emphasises a high level of co-ordination within each movement and increases the power by which these movements can be carried out.

In this full day course you’ll learn how to stabilize the core, increase strength and incorporate into power moves, stabilize, strengthen and produce power, and programming principles. The course comes with a comprehensive 50 page manual.