This 30-hour certification is an advanced certification for fitness professionals and other types of health occupations. If you are ready to take the next step in your career and offer safe new services to a wide variety of clients, then this program will prepare you to succeed. You will learn in this challenging exercise course the core essentials of helping clients with specialized chronic illness. You will be able to practically apply the knowledge in programming safe and effective workouts. Nothing is more rewarding than working with the medical community to do great things for people with special medical issues. This MFS Level 1 Certification includes a written core exam and a practical case scenario exam to demonstrate operational safe and effective competency. PREREQUSITES: Preferred experience or certification in the Personal Training field. Required textbook (sold separately): ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities-4th Edition, American College of Sports Medicine Geoffrey Moore, J. Larry Durstine, Patricia Painter, © 2016. Students must purchase required textbook prior to start of class. Textbook is not available for purchase at the ALC. PLEASE NOTE: Call WITS at 757-428-4796 for any questions you may have. Summary: 15 hours of lecture - 3 hours virtually each week for 5 weeks 15 hours of practical skill labs - 3 hours each week for 5 weeks at a fitness center 1- Written exam – 2 hours 1- Practical skill exam – 30 minutes at a fitness center Please contact WITS for more details. www.witseducation.com