Education

Aside from personal training, Ricky Gonzalez is also available for seminars and lectures for schools, groups, and businesses across South Florida who wants to promote health and fitness amongst their students, members, and employees. Education and application of health, fitness, and exercise can promote more productivity, energy levels, motivation, fewer sick days, and better, healthier attitude towards everything in life.

You can now also register for the NSPA Certified Personal Trainer Course at Miami-Dade College North Campus and learn everything you will need to know about personal training, becoming a certified personal trainer with one of the leading certification bodies in the country, the NSPA!

This 6-week course is far beyond the 2-day certification courses you may have heard about in the past from other certification bodies. In this course, Ricky will guide and teach you all that the NSPA has to offer, including the NSPA's own H.I.T Training System. At the end of this course, we promise that you will be the most well-rounded and notable fitness professional you can be!

Topics covered in this course include:

• The Business of Personal Training (Marketing, Building Clientele, Personal Growth, etc.)
• Comprehensive Physical Fitness Testing/Assessments (ACSM Guidelines & PAR-Q)
• Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Muscular Anatomy and Physiology
• Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise Prescriptions for All Fitness Levels
• Aerobic Interval Training and Vo2 Max
• Training Sports Specific Energy Systems (SSES)
• Training for Different Muscle Fiber Types (Slow Twitch and Fast Twitch)
• Periodization for Sports and General Fitness Enthusiasts
• Training Techniques/Principles (Circuit Training, Super Sets, Drop Sets, Giant Sets, etc.)
• H.I.T. Training System (Created by and Exclusively Taught by the NSPA Only)
• Practical, Hands-On Application of All Training Techniques Taught in the Course
• Stretching Techniques and PNF
• Biomechanics and Mechanical Advantage and Disadvantage
• Weight Management and Nutrition
• Exercise Prescription for Special Populations
• Injury Prevention

Register now and join the NSPA! 15,000 certified personal trainers strong. Are you next?

To register, please visit Miami-Dade College, scroll over "Professional and Workforce," then "Certification Programs," then "Certified Personal Trainer."