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Fitness Certification
Are you interested in helping others on their fitness journey? Become a nationally certified personal trainer with UAB URec and NASM this spring?
UAB URec has partnered up with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) to provide you with one of the top, nationally recognized Personal Training Certification in a new Interactive Virtual format led by a certified instructor. The course will run from February 8 - April 16.
This course is normally priced at $1,500 but due to our exclusive partnership with NASM, UAB students and UAB URec members have access to discounted pricing.
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Student: $650
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Non-students: $750
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Course Includes:
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- NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training textbook
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- Chapter-by-chapter online courses
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- Quizzes and reviews of each chapter
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- NASM Certified Personal Trainer (NASM CPT) pre-test
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- NASM CPT practice exam
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- NASM CPT exam
Registration deadline: February 1, 2021.
You can sign up and pay online or through our mobile app.
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Shallow Water Lifeguarding (Blended)
*Discounted Certification for Prospective University Recreation Center Lifeguard Staff
Get certified to work at the Rec! Then, earn back a portion of your registration cost by working with us!
The Lifeguarding course is designed to teach skills and knowledge to prevent, recognize, and respond to aquatic emergencies in water up to 5 feet deep. An option to bridge to deep water lifeguarding will be offered at a later date. Participants must successfully pass a pre-course swim exam, skills check, and written exams with 80% or better score to obtain certification (valid for 2 years from the date of last scheduled class.)
The blended learning format (online learning with instructor-led skill session) requires completion of 7 hours of online learning throughout the class. The instructor led sessions will total approximately 20 hours.Certification Cost UAB Students $150
Prerequisites
- Be at least 15 years of age on the last scheduled day of class.
- Successfully complete the online Introduction to the Lifeguarding Course prior to the pre-course skills session via the class roster and online content completion status report
- 100 yard continuous swim
- Tread water for 2 minutes using only legs
- Complete a timed event within 1 minute and 40 seconds: swim 20 yards, dive to 4 foot depth, retrieve a 10 lb. brick, and swim it back to the starting point
Upcoming Class Dates TBD *Must attend all listed course days and times
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Recertification: American Red Cross Lifeguarding
The purpose of a review course is to give individuals the opportunity to review the course content within a formal course setting. The review course format optimizes a participant’s ability to successfully complete the knowledge and skills evaluations. Participants must successfully pass a pre-course swim exam, skills check, and written exams with 80% or better score to obtain certification (valid for 2 years from the date of last scheduled class.) The responsibility for preparing for the final written exam is shared by the instructor and the participant.
Certification Cost UAB Students and Members $75 Non-Members $85
Prerequisites
- Current or recently expired (less than 30 days) American Red Cross Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED certification
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Water Safety Today
This class is for foster and adoptive parents who already possess a current CPR/First Aid certification and is offered within the full Water Safety CPR/First Aid course. Participants will receive training in water safety only. This course is designed to teach participants how to recognize, prevent and respond to emergencies in, on or around the water.
Certification Cost UAB Students and Members $30 Non-Members $30
Prerequisites
Must already possess a current CPR/First Aid certification
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Water Safety Today with CPR/AED/First Aid (Blended)
This class is for foster and adoptive parents. Participants will receive training in water safety, first aid and CPR. This course is designed to teach participants how to recognize, prevent and respond to emergencies in, on or around the water. Additionally, this course is designed teach participants to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. Participants will learn skills needed to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over.
Blended learning format (online learning with instructor-led skill session) formats requires a 2.5 hour online learning section which must be completed prior to the scheduled date of class. Classroom portion is a 3 hour review and hands on skill based session. Certification is valid for 2 years from date of classCertification Cost UAB Students and Members $80 Non-Members $80
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Customized Certification Programming
We offer customized certifications for various American Red Cross Safety classes to individuals and groups.
Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
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Wilderness First Responder
5-Day Certification Course
Dates December 26-30, 2020 Price $700 Where UAB Campus Recreation Center Registration Deadline - November 22, 2019
- December 6, 2019This 5-day, blended learning course will teach you everything you need to know to successfully manage medical emergencies in wilderness and remote settings. You will learn the following specialized problems:
Extended Patient Management - Situations when many hours or days stand between the injured person and definitive hospital care.
Extreme Environments - Heat, cold, altitude, and other environmental factors that pose a significant threat to the safety of patients.
Limited Resources, Equipment, and Personnel - Learn to successfully improvise with available equipment to create tools such as splints or litters for the safe evacuation of patients.Please contact Payton Joyner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions about the course or how to register.
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Wilderness First Responder Re-certification
3-Day Certification Course
Dates December 28-30, 2020 Price $380 Where UAB Campus Recreation Center Registration Deadline December 6, 2019 This Open Re-certification course is open to graduates of any wilderness-based first aid training course that was at least 64 hours long and completed within 3 years of the proposed recertification option. Successful graduates of this course will receive Wilderness Medical Associates’ Wilderness First Responder, Anaphylaxis, and BLS/Healthcare Provider-level CPR certifications. WMA WEMT graduates with a current EMT-B or Paramedic certificate may also recertify the wilderness portion of their WEMT with this course.
Please contact Payton Joyner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions about the course or how to register.
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CPR/AED/FIRST AID for the Professional Rescuer (Blended)
American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers program trains professional-level rescuers to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants until more advanced medical personnel take over. Participants will learn proper use of a resuscitation mask, a bag-valve mask, AED as well has how to perform two-person CPR.
The updated blended learning format (online learning with instructor-led skill session) formats requires a 3 hour online learning section which must be completed 2 days prior to the scheduled date of class. Classroom portion is a 2 hour review and hands on skill based session. Certification is valid for 2 years from date of class.Certification Cost UAB Students and Members $60 Non-Members $70 UREC Staff * $35
No Prerequisites
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Challenge: CPR/AED/FIRST AID for the Professional Rescuer (Blended)
The challenge course provides a skills test and test out option for those who have a current or recently expired (less than 30 days) certification. Upon successful completion of the review course, the participant receives a certificate that is valid for 2 years from date of completion of the review course Blended learning format (online learning with instructor-led skill session) formats requires a 3 hour online learning section which must be completed prior to the scheduled date of class. Classroom portion is a 1 hour, hands on skill based session. Certification is valid for 2 years from date of class.
Certification Cost UAB Students and Members $45 Non-Members $55 UREC Staff * $35
Prerequisites
Must have an equivalent, current or recently expired (less than 30 days) certification.
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