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Posted by bposton on December 3rd, 2006 — Posted in online degree programs in pyschology counseling

Did you read about Perdue’s new undergraduate personal fitness trainer degree program in my last post?

Well I thought you’d want to know that there is an online option for fitness training want-to-be’s right now.

Its the  National Academy of Sports Medicine in Calabasas, Calif.

They certify about 10,000 people a year in the field, and they began offering a fully accredited personal training undergraduate degree online through California University of Pennsylvania this summer.

They also offer an online master’s degree.

Even though it’s online, the program is based on models that have taken 20 years to develop and it’s not a fly-by-night” certification program.

Here are the facts- there are about 275 certification programs in the fitness world, but only four are certified by a third-party accreditation organization.

Just last year, a 5000 health club member organization called The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association urged its health clubs in the United States to hire personal trainers with at least one certification from a group that has third-party accreditation.

So eat right, and excercise, and if you need a personal trainer make sure he or she is not just certified, but accredited as

well.