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The CFES Fitness Knowledge Course

The Fitness Knowledge classroom course, or its equivalent, acts as a prerequisite to all CFES instructor courses and is the first step in becoming a nationally-recognized fitness instructor. You can also take the course for your own personal health and fitness information.

Expect this course to provide comprehensive information on how to keep yourself and others safely fit and well. Thousands of students have found the course and resources learner friendly, academically credible, and very practical.

In the course you will learn:

  • all about your bones and muscles and how they function in exercise and basic movement;
  • about your heart and lungs and how to care for them;
  • how to burn fat, shape and tone muscle
  • exercise physiology for strength, flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance;
  • the principles of exercise safety;
  • basic nutrition guidelines and weight management principles;
  • teaching approaches for the adult learner.

No one "fails" our program. If you do not receive 80% or higher we ask you to re-do the incorrect section and charge a small fee. All completed students receive an attractive CFES Certificate of Completion.

Course Resources

  • Comprehensive CFES Fitness Knowledge Student Resource Manual
  • Student Program Booklet
  • Open Book Exam
  • CFES recognized Certificate of Completion *

Click here to see some sample pages from CFES Fitness Knowledge Course Student Manual (Adobe Pdf File)

The CFES Fitness Knowledge Course Student Manual - A Canadian Best Seller 
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(click the blue highlighted hyperlink and open in Microsoft Word to read): CFES 8th Edition Fitness Knowledge Manual Released

For course locations, dates and times click Course Calendar on left. To register contact the location near you.


CFES Student Reviews: Classroom Courses

"[The] educator's energy is contagious and she presented the material very clearly and coherently. I am truly enjoying this course to its full extent."
S. Durrel

"I have found this one of the most enjoyable classes I have ever taken and feel I can put all that was taught into practice."
B. Kmety

"I was extremely pleased with the educator's teaching style. Her training knowledge and expertise was very obvious and she was so helpful in every way she could be."
E. Haveman

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