GET CERTIFIED WITH AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE (ACE)
The decision to become professionally certified is an important step in being recognized as a competent practitioner in your discipline. With an internationally recognize certification, it does not only validates your expertise and commitment to excellence in the fitness industry, but also inspire confidence in your future clients; fostering trust and loyalty in your services.
The American Council on Exercise (ACE)’s acclaimed Certified Personal Trainer Certification is the leading industry recognized certification. One of the main benefit of being an ACE certified trainer is the opportunity to continue providing personal training services despite relocating to another country (e.g Australia).
Our Personal Trainer Development Program (PTDP) course gives you the chance to complete ACE certification alongside two other industry certificates. The course offers everything you need to start your amazing career as an exercise professional. At FIT Asia, we provide the most comprehensive practical training; getting you ready to be a Functional Tools Coach, armed with the essential skills (art of coaching) of being a Personal Trainer.
Insights
- We have one of the highest passing rate among local academies with a 88% passing rate in 2022.
- Produce confident and technically proficient Personal Trainers
- Receive comprehensive practical training as well as essential science
- Obtain THREE Certificates
- Upcoming Intake:
Starting Friday, 27th June 2025
Runs from 9am to approximately 5-6pm - Course Fee:
- Early Bird – S$2,850 (ends on 18 May 2025)
- Regular – S$2,950
- Eligible for SkillsFuture & UTAP claims
For more information, please refer to our FAQ here.
What is this Personal Trainer Development Program about?
Our flagship Personal Trainer Development Program (PTDP) provides you with all the necessary tools to become an internationally recognized Certified Personal Trainer. The hands-on experience serves as the platform for you to go greater heights within this fast growing industry. You will never regret it!
Upon completing PTDP course, you will be able to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate safe and effective exercise programs for healthy adults. In addition, the course provides a systematic approach to personal trainers with unique entry points, allowing you to take a client from being sedentary all the way to training for athletic performance. Most importantly, this course prepares you for the international certification exam with our proven exam review method!
How it benefits me?
- Expedite your competencies of becoming a world-class personal trainer and fitness professional
- Discover the latest exercise programmes & techniques for function, health to fitness and performance
- Builds solid foundation in nutrition and exercise science, giving you huge room to advance in the industry
- Get trained as Functional Tools Coach by Functional Training Institute (Australia)
- Equiped with Personal Trainer Essential Skills
- Learn from the best fitness educators in the country with strong academic background, work experience and teaching experience
Who will benefit from this course?
- Fitness Enthusiasts; aiming to equip themselves with skills to improve their training
- Fitness Enthusiasts entering the fitness industry; career switch
- Current Fitness Instructors/ Personal Trainers wanting to be an Internationally Certified Personal Trainer
What does it include?
Personal Trainer Essential Skills [14 hours]
- Resistance Training Equipment
- Grips in Resistance Training
- Teaching Technique “Tell, Show, Do”
- Learning Styles and Strategies
- Correcting Form
- Movement Patterns and Exercises
- Programming Resistance Training
- ASSESSMENT: You will be assessed on your technical knowledge and instructional skills at the end of the 2nd day.
FTI – Functional Tools Coach [7 hours]
The Functional Tools Coach Workshop by the Functional Training Institute (Global/AUS) is designed to give you a basic understanding of the exercises, principles and programming around the following tools: Kettlebells, Battling Ropes, Functional bags, Suspension Training.
- Progress and regress functional tools movements for clients with various fitness levels
- Learn how to effectively coach movement using the FTI coaching method
- Understand the key coaching and programming methodology to enhance your sessions
- Add another dimension to your coaching practice by undertaking a systematic method of learning and applying functional training
- Learn to apply fun and engaging warm up activities to enhance the culture and effectiveness in your sessions
ACE Certified Personal Trainer [42 hours]
- Introduction to Personal Training, Code of Ethics, Introduction to Program Design
- Behavior Change & Communication Skills
- Nutrition & Weight Management
- Anatomy & Movement
- Physiological Assessment
- Functional Assessment, Training & Programming
- Essential Anatomy, Physiology and Biomechanics
- Resistance Training – Assessments, Training & Programming
- Personal Trainer Essential Skills
- Cardiorespiratory Training– Science, Assessments, Training & Programming
- Special Populations & Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Exam Review
- ACE EXAM: We recommend that you sit the ACE exam within one (1) to three (3) months of the preparation course. You can request for our team to get you enrolled whenever you are ready.
- Have a look on the ACE website and choose a date and time. DO NOT go further and book the exam yourself as you will have to pay for it again (exam is included in your course bundle). Please note that the date should be at least 15 days away.
- You will be required to complete the Exam Booking form provided and submit a copy of your valid CPR+AED Certificate.
- Once your request is approved, you should then receive an email from ACE within about two working days, containing your exam vouchers. These should be printed and taken with you for the exam (along with a photo ID like your passport or IC).
*To change your exam date or book a retake will cost you SGD 450
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With more than 24 hours of practical components added to the curriculum, covering Personal Trainer Essential Skills, Functional Training, and Program Building, FIT Asia ensure that we are offering the highest standards to our students; producing confident and incredibly skilled Personal Trainers.
- This course includes:
- Personal Trainer Essential Skills
- Functional Tools Coach
- ACE Certified Personal Trainer
- Course Manuals
- Free access to our Learning Management System with extra learning materials
- ACE Exam Ticket
- Personal Career Development Advisor from FIT Asia Team
What our graduates say about the course
Good combination of practical and theory sessions and group discussion/sharing
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Really informative and in depth on each chapter. Trainers share their experiences and also giving us guidance on what to expect from various clientele, plus it is very informative. Understanding anatomy and being a lot more excited about this industry is definitely my biggest take away. Ending this course on a high as I'm looking forward to this new industry.
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Gave a comprehensive view of the content and was a good additional view from the manual. The team were very engaging and provided an excellent coverage to help my learning.
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Good planning of the curriculum, excellent educators that are passionate about fitness and open to share their knowledge beyond the textbook. It also covers the practical application of exercises and some adaptation to SG.
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The instructors helped us understand theory using real experiences and simulations; teach backs were useful for building rapport with classmates and learning new content
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Well paced and informative. Good that we constantly had support from instructors and teachables.
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There were a lot of information to digest in a day but with the help of knowledgeable educators, they were able to break it down nicely and keep us engaged.
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Highly, highly recommended. I did my Sports Massage Therapy certification with them prior and it was such a great experience that I knew I wanted to do my ACE PT with them. Sessions are all conducted in person in a comfortable and safe environment. A very good balance between necessary theory and hands-on practical. Very in-depth coverage of everything you’d need to know as a PT, from keeping your clients safe to liabilities and business development options. ALL the trainers involved are amazing. They’re all very generous with their knowledge and have very good communication skills, and they’re all experts in their own rights in their respective fields. They specialize in seniors’ training, sports massage therapy, kettlebell, performance training, calisthenics and more! The schedule/curriculum is well planned and thought out. It’s suitable for people from beginners to those of us already active in the fitness industry.
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I did the ACE Personal Trainer certification course with FitAsia in 2023. Not only did I enjoy my experience, I found it extremely useful to do it with them as it was well designed and organised. The practical sessions, in particular, made it easy to understand and learn the fundamentals of the ACE program. If you are thinking of getting certified as an ACE personal trainer, spend the extra money (offset with Skills Future Credits) because you will get much more out of it then if you just do the course on your own via self-study.
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Attended the ACE CPT course and I'm very pleased with how the course was conducted. Very satisfied with the content as it helped to prepare new PTs. Learned much from the Trainers and fellow course mates. Staff is very knowledgeable and helpful too. Appreciates Dolly for the revision after a long gap-time.
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