Break through the screen. Build powerful online coaching experiences while mastering business skills to grow your brand and reach more clients.
The Virtual Coaching Specialization is designed for fitness, wellness, and coaching professionals who want to expand their impact by delivering effective coaching services through virtual platforms.
Through this course, participants will learn how to build and grow a virtual coaching business, communicate effectively with clients online, and create engaging coaching experiences even with limited space or equipment. The course also focuses on helping professionals reach clients beyond their local area and deliver meaningful support from anywhere.
Participants will explore virtual assessments, online coaching strategies, client motivation, sales, marketing, budgeting, bookkeeping, and technology selection. This specialization helps professionals strengthen both their coaching delivery and business development skills in the online fitness space.
The Virtual Coaching Specialization equips participants with the knowledge and tools needed to coach clients effectively through virtual platforms. Key outcomes include building a virtual coaching business, applying online assessment strategies, improving communication and motivation, using technology effectively, and developing sales and marketing skills to attract and retain clients.
Key Knowledge & Skills Gained
Professional Benefits
Prerequisites
A fitness or wellness credential or a bachelor’s degree is recommended, but not required. This course is intended for personal trainers, wellness professionals, life or accountability coaches, nutrition coaches, group fitness instructors, PE teachers, and youth sports coaches.
As one of the most trusted sources of fitness training certifications in the world, NASM is a distinguished name that will stand out to fitness employers. When you choose NASM for your Virtual Coaching Specialization, you'll get access to world-class fitness experts, your top choice of gyms to work for, and much more:
This course is a perfect complement for fitness professionals who want to effectively train their clients virtually. It's a great fit for personal trainers, wellness professionals, life/accountability coaches, nutrition coaches, group fitness instructors, and youth sports coaches.
No. A fitness, wellness, or nutrition credential or bachelor's degree is recommended but not required.
You can complete your personal training certification in as few as 2-4 weeks, but you can feel free to take your time--you'll have access to the course materials and the online exam for 365 days.
Absolutely! You can complete the Virtual Coaching Specialization while also working full-time. The study material is 100% online and self-paced, and can be accessed on a computer, or a mobile device such as a phone or tablet.
The Virtual Coaching Specialization exam is taken online inside your customer portal. You'll have 365 days from the date of purchase, to study and complete the exam. This exam features:
100 multiple-choice questions
90 minutes to complete
Open-book format
70% required to pass
Three exam attempts included
Don't worry! You'll have three attempts to pass the exam, and you can purchase additional retests.
