PROPTA The Professional Personal Trainers Association offers multiple courses in nutrition. All these courses are crucial to the development of the personal trainer.
Online Nutrition Tech™ NT™ Certificate Course
It is recommended that all certified personal trainers must know Nutrition.Without Nutrition fat loss or muscle gain is unattainable. Proper food and supplement application is a must. Understanding food and supplements will make your job dealing with clients much easier.
Upon completion of this course, a Nutrition Tech should:
- Have an understanding of protein, carbohydrate and fat and how these nutrients are essential to a balanced and healthy life style.
- Understand vitamins and minerals
- Understand portion control.
- Understand and implement food diary to help enhance guidance. https://propta.com/course/proper-food-safety/
- Understand food label
- Understand meal timing for better performance and fat loss without muscle loss.
- Fat testing and measurements
- Guide any one to make proper food choices for better results.
Steps to complete this course:
- Nutrition Tech course is a home study course or an Online study course.
- You are given 90 days to complete this course and submit the written exam
- Food handlers permit certification recommended.
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It is advisable to obtain the Food Handlers Certification to obtain any PROPTA certificate.
Food Safety is everyone’s business. It’s important as a Personal Trainer and a Nutritionist to be informed in food safety and sicknesses that are caused by mishandling food.Certification in food safety simply means that you will be required to have a basic knowledge as to the causes of food born illness and its prevention, pass an approved examination, and possess a valid certificate in food safety.