该计划旨在培训和准备在健身，健康促​​进和生活方式行业工作的合格健身和健康促进从业人员。毕业生具备准确评估和监控健康水平的技能，可以准备满足客户目标的安全有效的计划。作为健身和健康促进的从业者，毕业生将为各种不同的人群提供服务和计划，例如健康的个人，青年，老年人和医疗弱势群体。该计划提供以下方面的指导：解剖学和生理学，健康评估和运动处方，健康促进，生活方式指导和行为改变，营养，治疗性锻炼，计划规划，营销，领导力和企业家精神，动机和人际交往能力。
The fitness and health industry is continually evolving as it responds to the challenges of building and maintaining healthy lifestyles for aging well across the lifespan. To meet this challenge, the Fitness and Health Promotion program is designed to open a variety of career pathways, such as personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and healthy lifestyle coach. Furthermore, the program provides you with academic pathways if you are interested in health care and rehabilitation, kinesiology, athletic/sports training, and teaching. This Ontario College Diploma program allows you to gain an in-depth understanding of exercise science, personal training/coaching, and behaviour change theory, as well as nutrition concepts, group fitness, and health promotion. Graduates develop valuable marketing and leadership skills, as well as an entrepreneurial spirit with aspects of business threaded throughout the program. Whether your goal is to work one-on-one with clients, groups, or the community, the Fitness and Health Promotion program will prepare you for career success. Courses offer a variety of hands-on learning opportunities that develop teamwork, as well as individual knowledge and skills. This program has two (2) state-of-the-art active learning labs where you practice training and coaching scenarios to prepare you for entering the field. Current fitness equipment and the latest gamification software used in the industry is also available to you. An industry placement offered in the final semester will allow you to put your skills to practice in a real world setting while also providing opportunities to network for future employment. Included in the curriculum, you can obtain internationally recognized fitness certifications such as group fitness instructor, personal trainer, and older adult fitness trainer.Exclusive to Conestoga's Fitness and Health Promotion Program, you participate in simulation activities that mimic everyday events.<br><br>Length: 2 years<br>Start: September 2024<br>Campus: Kitchener Doon<br>Credential: Ontario College Diploma