Advanced Exercise Prescription for Coaching (Strength & Conditioning CPD)
This course is endorsed by CIMSPA and provides a comprehensive approach to exercise prescription, movement assessment, and performance coaching.
- ABOUT COURSE
Understanding the Course
This advanced training bridges the gap between general fitness and specialised sports performance, equipping personal trainers and fitness professionals with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to coach athletes and clients towards their specific goals.
You’ll learn how to design safe, effective, and personalised programmes that boost performance and reduce injury risk across a wide range of disciplines. Whether supporting clients preparing for endurance events like marathons or Hyrox, improving team sport performance in rugby or volleyball, or developing speed, strength, and agility for combat sports, this course provides the structure and science to achieve results.
Beyond sport, you’ll also explore how strength and conditioning principles can enhance health, lifestyle, and occupational performance in physically demanding professions.
By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of biomechanics, energy systems, and progressive programme design, empowering you to deliver advanced, evidence-based coaching with confidence.
Who The Course is for
This course is designed for fitness professionals who want to deepen their understanding of applying scientific training principles and strength & conditioning (S&C) methods to a variety of clients or athletes.
It’s ideal for those working with:
- Regular gym clients are seeking to develop athletic qualities, including strength, power, speed, and agility.
- Clients preparing for endurance events, such as marathons or triathlons.
- Individuals aiming to enhance performance in team sports (e.g., rugby, football, volleyball).
- Combat sport or track & field athletes focus on improving explosiveness and movement efficiency.
Whether you’re working with everyday gym-goers or competitive athletes, this course equips you with the tools to apply evidence-based training methods that support performance and long-term progression.
- Course Content Overview
What the Course Covers
Scientific Principles
Hierarchy of Performance
Explores how movement quality, mobility, stability, strength, and power interact to support long-term athletic performance.
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Examines how the body responds and adapts to training stress over time, forming the foundation of effective programme design.
Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID)
Biomechanics
Functional Movement Screening (FMS)
Learning how to screen movement quality using a structured protocol to identify limitations and asymmetries.
Intrinsic & Extrinsic Biomechanics
Understanding how internal factors (joint structure, mobility, stability) and external forces influence movement and performance.
Joint & Movement Assessments
Gait Cycle & Performance
Gait Cycle Analysis
Breaking down the gait cycle to understand how efficient movement patterns are created.
Transfer to Performance
Exploring how gait mechanics influence speed, efficiency, and overall athletic performance.
Plyometrics
Plyometric Training
Understanding how plyometric methods are used to develop explosive power and efficient force production.
Speed & Agility Development
Olympic Lifting
Introducing the fundamentals of Olympic lifting through the power clean and power snatch to develop explosive strength and coordination.
Periodisation
- COURSE SCHEDULE
Course Structure by Day
DAY 1.
- Introduction to advanced exercise prescription
- Functional anatomy and biomechanics fundamentals
DAY 2.
- Movement assessments
- Postural analysis
- Joint actions and muscle function
DAY 3.
- Strength and conditioning principles
- Movement preparation
- Functional strength
DAY 4.
- Power development
- Plyometrics
- Landing mechanics and progressions
DAY 5.
- Running technique
- Posture, cadence and foot strike
- Technique drills
DAY 6.
- Olympic lifting
- Clean and jerk progressions
- Snatch progressions
- Technical breakdown
DAY 7.
- Periodisation
- Training cycles
- Load management
- Progression models
DAY 8.
- Periodisation
- Training cycles
- Load management
- Progression models
- TESTIMONIAL
Results You Can See. Experiences You Can Trust.
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