ISSA Middle East

Strength and Conditioning Certification

Become a Certified STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH! Help athletes achieve their optimal performance with everything you need to build the best strength, agility, and conditioning training that sports science has to offer!


What You'll Learn From This Course

ISSA's Strength and Conditioning Certification course is regularly updated to ensure students are getting access to all the latest in exercise and training developments.

  • How to apply the principles of metabolism, body mechanics, and anatomy to help athletes of any level reach their optimal performance
  • Understand the athlete anatomy and how body mechanics and structure influence energy and performance levels
  • Learn how to communicate exercise instruction and benefits to your clients
  • Get the tools to develop personalized fitness programs intended to increase endurance, strength, power, and speed
  • How to apply the principles of nutrition and supplementation as they relate to each individual athlete
  • Learn to identify the strains of over-training and how to prevent injuries
  • How to properly perform fitness assessments and monitor an athlete's progress and growth
  • Learn the fundamentals of sports psychology and how to mentally prepare athletes to overcome hurdles and perform to their highest ability


What You'll Gain in a Career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach


As a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, you'll be able to pursue your passion for fitness and helping coach athletes to reach their peak performance. By becoming certified in strength and fitness, you'll learn how to train high performing athletes and produce result-driven programs that any employer would be begging to have.
Plus you'll be able to:

  • Study at your own pace with flexible, online learning to fit your busy schedule.
  • Pass your certification exam online wherever you're most comfortable.
  • Enjoy unlimited educational support from your team who loves fitness too!
  • Rest easy with great customer support before, during and after your certification.



How the ISSA Corrective Exercise Specialist Works


We know that balancing your studies with an already busy schedule can be a challenge, which is why we designed a flexible, self-paced online course schedule that allows you up to 12 months to finish the program so you can study when, where, and how often you'd like. Here's how the program works


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    Get Instant Access and Start Studying Right Away

    Access your digital textbook online. With 1-2 hours of studying per day, most students finish in just 8-10 weeks. Feel free to study at your own pace.


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    Complete Quizzes and Test Your Comprehension

    We offer multiple online practice quizzes throughout the course to completely prepare you for the final exam and for real life coaching and helping.


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    Take the Open-Book, Untimed Final Exam from Anywhere

    You read that correctly - the final exam is online, open-book, untimed, and can be completed over multiple sessions! You can even go back and change any answer, at any time, before you submit your exam. If you don't pass the first time, we even allow you to re-take the exam.



What You'll Get With This Course


Online Course Textbook


TStrength and Conditioning is a 586 page book that includes everything you need to earn an ISSA Strength and Conditioning Certification. The course material is continually updated with new information so you can be sure you're receiving the most up-to-date information available.

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    Online Study Guide and Workbook

    This online handy reference guide walks you through the course unit-by-unit, allowing you to gain a better understanding of personal trainer concepts.

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    Online Exercise Lab

    ISSA and Hyperstrike provide you with an exclusive online exercise lab with over 250 animated exercises. 3D animation and three different angles ensure that proper form and technique are a breeze!

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    Practice Exam and Section Quizzes

    The practice exam and quizzes test your understanding of the materials; so while you're reading you're preparing for the exam at the same time.

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    Free NCCPT accredited exam*

    * Proctoring fee not included

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    Online and Home Study Exam

    ISSA's certification exam solidifies your proficiency as a fitness professional. Choose a paper-and-pencil exam or utilize our secure online testing portal. One No-cost Retest (if necessary).

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    Online Student Forum

    Our online forum is where you can post client or business challenges and receive guidance from our on-staff Master Trainers and members of the ISSA family worldwide.

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    ISSA Take Home Strength and Conditioning Certification Exam



Plus Bonus Support After Your Exam...


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    Free Professional Website

    All ISSA members get a free website to support their personal trainer careers online. Five pages of professionally designed, easily editable, fully hosted content is included. Choose from nine designs and put your best face forward online! To learn more about this benefit, .



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    Unlimited Educational Support

    All ISSA students have access to unlimited educational support. If you have questions about the course materials, our on-staff professors can guide you through.



Option 1


Hands on Training + Online Sessions

5,500 AED

Option 2


Online (self study):

1,500 AED