HOW TO BECOME A CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER W/ SHOW UP FITNESS SUF - CPT

BY NOW YOU’VE HEARD THE NEWS, SHOW UP FITNESS CPT HAS PARTNERED WITH LIFE TIME FITNESS (170-GYMS), Equinox (36-gyms), Bay Club (3-gyms, and is recognized nationally and internationally.

Do you want to become a qualified Certified Personal Trainer?

As of 2024, Show Up Fitness CPT has been certifying personal trainers for over two years and certified #133 personal trainers! Why is this important? We can now start the process for accreditation via the NCCA / ICE. The application process can still take over 24-months and will cost us over $20,000+ (which we would have loved to give back to science, but in order to play the game, we need to get the accreditation.)

In 2023, we had 57-trainers get hired at Life Time Fitness, Equinox, Bay Club, Crunch, LA Fitness. The SUF-CPT can get you hired at Equinox and Life Time Fitness, LA Fitness, Crunch and 24-Hour (smaller gyms and group classes like F45 and OTF MAY require a textbook certification like NASM or ACE.)

Cost:

$449 ($200 for access to online material and $249 to sit for the SUF-CPT exam)

If you want to become a SUCCESSFUL personal trainer, start your online training business, own a gym, or train independently, the SUF-CPT is the most reasonable certification (as of *Jan 2024 - to get your limited liability insurance here!)

 

STEPS TO BECOME A SUF-CPT

YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE STEPS BEFORE SITTING FOR YOUR SUF-CPT:

STEP 1: PURCHASE THE SUF-CPT HERE, WATCH THE 21-VIDEOS ON THE PLATFORM. Here is the LIVE schedule PST / CALIFORNIA TIME:

STEP 2: SUBMIT YOUR 6 workouts (3 for a HUNK & 3 for a HUNKETTE) using the following format to INFO@SHOWUPFITNESS.COM

STEP 3: POST YOUR 8-CORE MOVEMENT PATTERNS ON IG / FB / Tik Tok OR SUBMIT VIA INSTAGRAM OR DROP BOX TO INFO@SHOWUPFITNESS.COM

STEP 4: Know the following for the SUF-CPT

• ANATOMY: NAME THE 17-SHOULDER MUSCLES & 20-MUSCLES OF THE LOWER BODY: QUADS (4), HAMSTRINGS (3), ADDUCTORS (3), GLUTES (3), CALVES (7). MISS ONE AND YOU FAIL. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SHOW ON YOUR BODY WHERE 1-2 OF THESE MUSCLES ARE.

• NAME THE CORE MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND THE AGONIST & SYNERGIST FOR THAT SPECIFIC MOVEMENT PATTERN. MISS ONE AND YOU FAIL:

Squat Pattern: Agonist: Quads or Glutes Depending on starting position, Synergist: Adductors,

Hinge Pattern: Agonist: Glutes, Synergist: Hamstrings & erector spinae

Unilateral Pattern: (also depends on torso vs shin angle): Forward lunge agonist: Quads, Reverse lunge: Glutes, Step-Up: Forward torso = Glutes; Upright torso w/ more knee bend = Quads

Transitional / Jumps: Agonist: Gastrocnemius / Soleus (ankle), Quads (knee), Glutes (hip) - be able to demonstrate proper mechanics & why you shouldn’t jump more than 10x)

Vertical Push Pattern: Agonist: Anterior and medial deltoids. Synergist: Triceps brachii, Upper & lower trapezius, Serratus anterior

Vertical Pull Pattern: Agonist: Latissimus dorsi, Synergist: Rhomboid major, Rhomboid minor, biceps brachii

Horizontal Push Pattern: Agonist: Pectoralis major, Synergist: Anterior deltoid, triceps brachii, pectoralis minor & serratus (except for a press on a bench)

Horizontal Pull Pattern: Agonist: Posterior deltoids, Latissimus dorsi, Synergist: Biceps brachii, Middle trapezius, Rhomboid major / minor

 

3- BE ABLE TO DESIGN A WORKOUT FOR A CLIENT UTILIZING SHOW UP FITNESS CCA (CORE, CORE, ACCESSORY) BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY BEGINNERS USE LIGHTER WEIGHTS: NEUROMUSCULAR COMMUNICATION, OPTIMIZE MOVEMENT COMPETENCY & STRENGTHEN CONNECTIVE TISSUE.

FOR EXAMPLE:

CLIENT RICKY WANTS TO LOSE FAT.

HERE IS HIS WORKOUT:

Warm-Up hitting all 10-movement checkpoints.

CCA1: Core, Core, Accessory

CCA2: Core, Core, Accessory

CCA3: Core, Core, Accessory