Personal Training Course

The Personal Trainer Prep Course is designed to prepare individuals to take the ACE Personal Trainer certification exam. This nine-week course provides curriculum and materials consisting of PowerPoint presentations, lectures, interactive group activities and practical programming/training. The Prep Course does NOT certify individuals as personal trainers. Individuals wishing to become certified personal trainers must register separately for an ACE Personal Trainer certification exam.

Location: Student Recreation Facility, conference room 117.

Date/time:4-6 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17 to Nov. 21. No class Oct. 29 and Oct. 31.

Registration closes: Sept. 16.

Location: Student Recreation Facility, Conference room 117

Cost: Students $75, members $100 and non-members $125

Only 10 spots available.

Required Textbook: “American Council on Exercise The Exercise Professional’s Guide to Personal Training.”  ISBN: 978-1-890720-82-7

Eligibility Requirements: The ACE Personal Trainer Prep Course is open to UIC community.

Completion of the ACE Personal Trainer Prep Course does not guarantee a job as a personal trainer for UIC Campus Recreation.

In the event a class cannot take place in person, the instructor reserves the right to hold the class via Zoom.

For more information, please contact Vito Olvera via email at golver2@uic.edu or 312-996-7813.