Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the ongoing learning process a Certified Trainer employs to advance professional knowledge, skills and abilities beyond minimum requirements. This ongoing learning process is accomplished by activities such as attending seminars, courses or lectures; attending coaching workshops, or participating in advisory panels.
It is expected that through the CPD process, trainers will develop goals and follow individualized learning plans to ensure that they meet and exceed the standard of practice in the fitness industry. Appropriate CPD activities are empirically based (i.e., have some practical application and are not purely theoretical), relevant and applicable to improving fitness and health as defined by CrossFit, presented by a qualified source or instructor who is in good standing with CrossFit, LLC, and free from commercial bias.
Certificants are required to complete 36 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) of approved professional-development activities within the three category types.
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The Level 1 Certificate Course is an introduction to CrossFit's methodology and foundational movements.
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The Level 1 Certificate Course is an introduction to CrossFit's methodology and foundational movements.
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The Level 2 Certificate Course is an intermediate-level seminar that builds on the concepts and movements introduced at the Level 1 certificate course.
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The online CrossFit Kids Certificate Course provides specific methods for teaching CrossFit to children and adolescents.
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CrossFit Fundamentals is a one-day course designed to provide an overview of the foundational methodology and movements of CrossFit.
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The Aerobic Capacity Course is appropriate for all CrossFit populations ranging from the day-to-day CrossFitter to the competitive CrossFit athlete looking to create a more robust and efficient aerobic system.
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The CrossFit Educators course is a live and interactive webinar that provides safe, effective, and age-appropriate methods for teaching CrossFit (i.e., physical activity that also improves cognitive health) to students between the ages of 4 and 12.
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This interactive two-day course covers basic, intermediate and advanced gymnastics movements in a lecture setting, with practical application following as participants and coaches perform all presented movements. Skills are repeated until the student has a
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Two days are spent detailing each lift (snatch on Day 1, clean and jerk on Day 2). The focus is on participants experiencing the basic positions and learning the foundational teaching points for instructing others to achieve them.
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The CrossFit Training Skills Workshop involves hands-on drills and exercises to hone training skills critical to be an effective CrossFit trainer.
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CrossFit’s one-day, in-person Healthcare Professional (HCP) Fundamentals course is designed to empower physicians and healthcare professionals to use the CrossFit methodology.
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The online Level 1 Course is a temporary offering, developed in response to global constraints related to COVID-19.
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The Coaching the Aging Athlete Course (formerly known as the CrossFit Masters course) presents practical methods for applying CrossFit to an aging population, taking into account how age, fitness, goals, and injury state interact to create different coaching challenges and scenarios.
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The CrossFit Programming Course introduces the fundamental skills needed to create CrossFit workouts, design a basic program, and evaluate its effectiveness.
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Learn why and how dumbbells will be a valuable addition to your training.
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The Anatomy Course provides information on basic anatomical terms, and offers an introduction to the structure and mechanics of the major joints of the human body.
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Develop the ability to analyze commonly used movements, including weightlifting, gymnastics, and monostructural modalities.
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The Scaling Course reinforces the skills a CrossFit trainer will use when modifying workouts for their athletes.
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The Lesson Planning Course introduces and improves the skills necessary to accurately plan a lesson for CrossFit group-training sessions.
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The Running Course is designed for anyone looking to learn and improve their basic running technique.
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This assessment is the final stage in completing the CrossFit Level 2 Certificate Course. If you have already completed the in-person course, sign in with your CrossFit ID email to access the assessment.
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The CrossFit Judges Course offers an introduction to the skills the CrossFit Judge will use during any competition.
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