Sports Periodization Specialist Training certification course - Professional Personal Trainer Association

Sports Periodization Specialist Certification – PROPTA-CSPS

Train Smarter. Progress Longer. Perform Better.

Periodization is the science of organizing training so the body adapts, improves, and stays healthy over time. This course teaches students how to properly structure training programs using proven periodization models instead of random workouts, social media trends, or copy-and-paste athlete routines.

This certification course is designed for personal trainers, coaches, and fitness professionals who want to move beyond basic programming and learn how to build safe, effective, long-term training plans for real people with real lives and for any athlete on any level.

Cadidates are required to study Periodization training for Sports by Tudor O Bompa,Phd / Michael C. Correra as a foundational reading. The Certification examination is independently developed and administered.

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This book is a required reading in order to sit for the certification exam.

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Periodization are designed exercises and techniques that promotes long-term performance improvements. Personal Trainers implement these techniques with variations of intensity, frequency, volume and pressure within certain training cycle.

- Using nonlinear and linear programming, modifying variables to optimize performance with overload training.
- Periodization is commonly applied and designed to prepare for competition, with performance peaking at the most competitive times in the season.

Periodization Cycles

- Macro- cycle training lasting 1 year to 4 years. Typically one competition season.
- Meso- cycle training lasting 2 to 4 weeks with specific programming goals and different meso-cycles to optimize performance.
- Micro- cycle training lasting 1 to 4 weeks, the shortest training cycle focusing on daily and weekly training.

The goal is to maximize your gains while reducing risk of injury

and staleness of the protocol over the long term.

Periodization phases and goals

Basic strength is the ability to lift/move weight while exercising at high intensity ranging from 80 to 90% of 1 repetition maximum.

Applying proper bio-mechanics and ability to move weight efficiently with high intensity and proper approach reaching high intensity from 75 to 95% of 1 repetition maximum of an exercise.

Muscle fiber growth with muscular endurance sustaining long-term repetition, exercising at a lower to moderate intensity from 50 to 75% of 1 repetition maximum.

Reaching peak performance, focusing your exercise program on very high intensity above 90% with low volume.

Maintaining strength and preserving muscle gains that you acquired exercising, moderate intensity and moderate volume.

What You’ll Learn

Help your clients reach their maximum potential with PROPTA Periodization course. This course is ideal for preparing and training athletes for amateur or professional competition.

This course builds the plans to maximize muscle strength, agility, endurance and performance for all types.

This specialization course will build the skills and focuses on training athletes and improving sports performance. Proper bio-mechanics is about proper movement and low risk injury.

Clear understanding on muscle gain and peak performance.

The Periodization Specialist Certification covers both theory and real-world application, teaching you why training works—not just what exercises to choose.

Core Topics Covered

- Principles and laws of periodization
- Training cycles vs. training careers
- Long-term athletic development (LTAD)
- Fatigue management and recovery planning
- Deloading, peaking, and performance timing
- Central nervous system (CNS) stress and readiness
- Injury prevention through intelligent programming
- Program adjustments based on goals, age, and lifestyle

Students learn how to organize training into phases, blocks, and cycles that build strength, endurance, power, and resilience—without burnout or overtraining.

What’s Included?

- Self Study course
- Book mailed to you as a Home course
  - For inmates, book and exam mailed to inmate
- Digital book access for Online course
- Online exam with unlimited attempts to pass
- 90 days to complete the exam
- Access through app or desktop
- CSPS Certification Upon completion

Why Periodization Matters

Most training failures happen because programs ignore:

- Individual differences
- Recovery needs
- Nervous system fatigue
- Long-term health and longevity

This course teaches why not every client should train like a professional athlete, and why copying workouts from social media often leads to plateaus, injuries, and stalled progress.

Periodization allows trainers to:

Match training to goals
Control intensity and volume
Prevent overuse injuries
Sustain results over months and years

What are the prerequisites for this course?

it is recommended but not enforced that students have at least one of the following:
- PROPTA-CPT / Certified Personal Trainer
- PROPTA-CNT / Certified Nutrition Tech
It is not necessary either to have a PROPTA certification, we accept any student from any organization to register to take this specialization course.

Is this course a Certification or a Specialization?

- The PROPTA-CSPS is a Specialization Certification course

Is there a time limit on this course?

You will have 90 days ( 3 months ) to complete the PROPTA-CSPS Specialization exam and access to the course content.

- Extension is available with additional fee.

How is the exam administered?

- The PROPTA-CSPS Certification Specialization course exam is administered online via your computer or via PROPTA app from anywhere and anytime with unlimited attempts within the allowed time.

For Inmates:

- The PROPTA-CSPS Certification Specialization course and exam books will be mailed directly to prison location of imate.

Who This Course Is For

This certification is ideal for:

- Personal trainers
- Strength and conditioning coaches
- Sports performance professionals
- Fitness professionals working with adults, athletes, or aging populations
- Trainers who want to program with purpose—not guesswork

No matter the setting—commercial gym, private studio, sports facility, or remote coaching—periodization applies.

Real-World Application

This course bridges science and practice. Students learn how to:

- Build structured programs for clients and athletes
- Adjust training based on fatigue, stress, and recovery
- Design peaking plans for performance goals
- Modify programs for longevity, not just short-term results
- The focus is practical programming, not academic theory alone.

Certification Outcome

Upon successful completion, students earn the Periodization Specialist Certification, demonstrating advanced knowledge in training structure, progression, recovery, and long-term planning.

This certification strengthens your credibility and sets you apart as a professional who understands how the body adapts over time—not just how to count reps.

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Mark Fusco 10-6-2017

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Cynthia Avital / Israel

Joe, I have been wanting to tell you that I never dreamed to be sitting down with the PROS and exchanging words, especially about a subject that I like, for once in my life, being at the academy, I felt so good, not only did I learn so much more than I have ever learned from other certifications, but I had a lot of fun learning. Especially when it got to the practical application, you guys know what you are doing. No one taught this before like you do. I do have other certifications under my belt and they are going to end up in the garbage, what a waist of money and time, I cannot wait to see you again next Saturday, I am so excited. Please tell Mike Sable that we love his lecture. I know this is for six weeks but I wish I can come to the academy every week, it is so great.

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