Become a Certified Online Trainer and Level Up Your Fitness or Nutrition Business

The Essentials and Advantage plans both include the course itself and the certification (upon completion). The Essentials plan is digital only and includes no physical products. The big difference with the Advantage plan is you get several extras to take your learning to the next level including:

• Most popular option
• Physical textbook with free worldwide shipping
• Physical graduation certificate (it’s a beautiful ‘suitable for framing’ certificate mailed to you upon graduation.)
• 12-Months Personal Breakthrough Coaching. The Breakthrough Coaching team is your secret to success. You’ll be welcomed by your personal coach upon enrolling and have unlimited access to him/her for a FULL 12 MONTHS via one-on-one phone calls, live chat, and email to cheer you along, keep you accountable, and provide clarity. With your breakthrough coach, you’ll never be guessing and you’ll never be alone again.
• Unlimited Founding Client Challenge Access (The Founding Client Challenge is a facilitated 7 day process guaranteed to get you 1-5 new online training clients in 7 days (with no paid ads or phone selling.) We recommend our students do 4 a year. The challenge runs every week and you get unlimited access.)
• *Bonus: Facebook Ads Minicourse ($199 Value)
• *Bonus: Instagram Mastery Minicourse ($199 value)
• *Bonus: Website Design Minicourse ($199 value)

*Note: Not available for purchase separately.

We want to make OTA as accessible as possible so both our Essentials and Advantage plans are available with payment plans. The Essentials payment plan is 12 easy monthly payments of $87 and the Advantage payment plan is 12 each monthly payments of $217.

You can use any major credit card or PayPal, whichever is best for you. All transactions are processed on a server secured with 256-bit ssl – the industry standard for encryption of data online.

Absolutely! If you opt to add the physical textbook we offer international shipping to any country for $25.

Once you enroll, you’ll receive an email with your login information. You’ll be able to access the OTA Success Center right away and download your digital textbook and workbook so you can hit the ground running. 

You won’t be able to unlock everything at once but you’ll be able to unlock the first module, chapter 3. After you complete each chapter, you’ll click “next lesson” to unlock the following chapter. 

We decided to build The Online Trainer Academy this way so as not to overwhelm you with too much information at once. You’ll get access to materials precisely when you need them as you build your online training business. Once you pass the test, graduation materials become available. You have lifetime access to all materials to review whenever you like.

While we don’t think this will happen, we offer a 90-day, no-questions-asked money back guarantee. Because, well, we believe in you and our product. If for any reason you’re not happy with the program, you can request your money back minus a small restocking fee, if applicable. Just email us at coaches@onlinetrainer.com

We appreciate you doing your due diligence. Transparency is always a high priority of ours and we don’t want you to make an investment that’s not right for you.

What we teach in the Academy is a framework of core truths that can be applied to a wide variety of situations. With thousands of students from all walks of life in 82 different countries, odds are that somebody in a similar position as you has benefited from the OTA. Check out more of our success stories here:

https://onlinetraineracademy.theptdc.com/success-stories/

The certification program is self-paced with no hard deadlines so you can dictate how fast (or slow) you make your way through the materials.

In terms of how it’s structured, we’ve put a lot of consideration into both flow and delivery of the information to make it as seamless, comfortable, and easy to consume as possible.

We hired two independent education consultants to evaluate the course. One is a PHD in distance course learning design and the other was the senior distance course learning design instructor for Yale University. So trust us when we say that this course isn’t just a jumble of information. A ton of time, effort, and energy has been put into curating an educational experience that you’ll love.

Here’s a brief overview of how it’s all put together:

The textbook (which you get digital access to immediately) is your guide with the core curriculum organized into four modules and references to watch a video in the Student Success Center or do an assignment in your workbook as you go. 

So even though you can go at your pace, you’re walked through the entire process, start-to-finish. We know how frustrating information overload can be and how paralyzing it can be to not know where to look or what to study next, so we’ve eliminated that completely. 

You can spend as much or as little time as you wish working through The Online Trainer Academy materials. If you invest 3 – 5 hours each week, the program should take 8 – 12 weeks to complete. And remember, there are no deadlines to complete the program, and you have lifetime access to every component.

Yes, we have students in over 80 countries all around the world from India to Australia to all over Europe and North America.

The fundamentals are the fundamentals, no matter where you live. You will always slightly adapt systems and skills in a way that works for your situation and target audience. Don’t worry though, you’re walked through every step of the way to building the right kind of online training business for you.

The Online Trainer Academy does not require any software installation. All study is completed in our online learning environment, the Student Success Center.

You don’t have to invest in software to use the business systems we teach – we give you free workout templates to send to your clients via Google docs. However, we do explore some professional software options that will enhance your business. Whether you choose to use the software is up to you. We’ll show you how to make your business succeed either way.

We don’t produce software nor is additional software required to use with the systems that we teach. Or, if you choose to use additional software, we make recommendations in the course and, in many cases, there are discounts offered to our students. They are an extra cost to an outside company if you choose to use it.

While having an existing client base is helpful, The Online Trainer Academy will work for you. In the course curriculum, we show you the exact steps to grow a client base.

We’re here for you. We know walking this road can seem daunting, and we want to ensure you know that you’re never walking it alone. We offer two great plans depending on your needs.

If you enroll with the Essentials plan, you’ll get support through our Students and Grads Facebook group. 

If you enroll with our Advantage plan, we are happy to offer unlimited business coaching for 12 months, 3 different ways: 

• Quick: Refer to our comprehensive answer vault.
• Direct: Live chat with your coach if a quick back and forth is all you need.
• Comprehensive: Email your coach if you’re looking to have a more comprehensive and in-depth conversation or book a 20-minute accountability call.

Once you enroll, you’ll receive an email with your login information. You’ll be able to access the OTA Success Center right away and download your digital textbook and workbook so you can hit the ground running. 

You won’t be able to unlock everything at once but you’ll be able to unlock the first module, chapter 3. After you complete each chapter, you’ll click “next lesson” to unlock the following chapter. 

We decided to build The Online Trainer Academy this way so as not to overwhelm you with too much information at once. You’ll get access to materials precisely when you need them as you build your online training business. Once you pass the test, graduation materials become available. You have lifetime access to all materials to review whenever you like.

Immediately after enrolling you’ll be sent an email with your login instructions and credentials for the OTA Success Center. You can download your digital copies of the textbook and workbook and jump into module 1.

The Online Trainer Academy is trusted worldwide and has been pre-approved for CEC’s / CEU’s with the following certifying bodies:

• NASM
• AFAA
• ACE
• Fitness Australia
• REPS UK
• ISSA
• NESTA
• CPTN
• PTA Global
• CSEP

If we aren’t pre-approved with your governing body, not to worry. Our students have successfully petitioned and gained CEC’s / CEU’s from almost every governing body, and the OTA has never been turned down for CEC’s or CEU’s from any organization. 

Upon passing the test and graduating you will receive your certificate. You can access this certificate, along with our Continuing Education Credits Approval Information guide, in the Student Success Center.

You can absolutely train online with no in-person experience. It’s not the in-person experience that matters as much as comfort in the programming. If you feel confident programming and in looking after your people, then you’re good to go.

You can absolutely build a killer online training business with no in-person experience. It’s just a matter of how good a job you can actually do once you have the client.

If you want to train clients online, we recommend becoming a Certified Online Trainer via the Online Trainer Academy (on this page).

Yes, many of our students are Nutrition Coaches only and have became Certified Online Trainers to show that they are qualified to work with clients remotely.

Yes, the majority of our students are personal trainers or gym owners and are looking to expand their businesses online (as it’s the future of personal training).

Yes. If you’ve never trained a client online before, then we recommend becoming a Certified Online Trainer via the Online Trainer Academy (on this page). This is your first step to becoming qualified to train clients online.

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