Unlock Your Professional Potential with FBA Certification!
Strive for the best version of yourself that propels everyone forward:
- Find better, more correct answers to close more sales, make more money, & retain more clients.
- Master helping clients stay motivated, meet their goals, and love their results.
- Become more influential to your clients and as a leader among your peers.
- Help your business or facility rise to the highest standards.
- Be in high demand: earn increased and more consistent income.
Amazing Bonuses:
Included: Start your choice of a FREE FBA Specialization each year on renewal*
Your yearly FBA Specialization covers your education requirements to maintain your FBA Certification.
Includes the perks of membership: library, discounts, and more.
The top 10% in the industry earn over $76k/yr. Source: bls.gov
Senior fitness instructors earn up to $148k/yr. Source: indeed.com
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What You’ll Learn
FBA Certification helps you master skills in 3 core areas to accelerate your income and longevity in the fitness industry.
Client Success Blueprints
- Deliver unmatched results
- Become an elite practitioner
- Attract more clients and earn more money
Business Fundamentals
- Communicate with confidence
- Sell with ease
- Transform client interactions
Career Advancement
- Strengthen your professional mindset
- Pursue a healthy work-life balance
- Learn the keys to career progress
The latest education in client engagement, communication, behavior change, marketing and more!
Modern, science and systems-based coursework, taught by top industry experts.
Convenient and approachable video education, on the highest-rated online platform.
Dramatic change: The fastest way to grow your income potential to a whole new level.
What the FBA is doing for the industry is amazing.
Todd Durkin, Industry Leader, Studio Owner
How It Works: Everything Online and at Your Pace
On-demand video education in 10 modules with a test in each. Can retest without cost.
Keep your certification current with a new FBA Specialization each year, included in price.
Enjoy FBA Perks. Home to the largest & highest-rated virtual conferences, award-winning suite of benefits & inspiring community of peers.
Resources to Get Started
What you'll learn. Impact on you and your clients. Essential skills.
How to Leverage Your Certification
Explore how certification can open doors and catapult your fitness career.
Details and Frequently Asked Questions.
Have Your Facility Cover Your Cost: Training Request Letter
Model letter to write your supervisor to ask them to cover your investment.
The FBA offers health and exercise professionals invaluable resources, networking opportunities, and industry insights.
Cedric X. Bryant, President & CEO, ACE
Top FAQs
Do I need technical credentials prior to starting FBA Certification or Specializations?
Ideally, yes. However, anyone who has a personal trainer, group fitness, or nutrition certification, is a health coach, or similar will work! This course builds on the essential knowledge necessary to build on your current educational background.
How long does it take to complete the education?
FBA Certification is intended to take about 3 months, and FBA Specializations are intended to take about 4 weeks on average. You have access to the entire coursework online to progress through the education at your own pace.
Are FBA Certification and Specializations widely recognized?
SUCCEED! is the largest online conference in the fitness industry. FBA is the premier business association in the fitness industry, enjoying the support of all major certifying organizations and 100+ industry brands. An FBA Specialization carries FBA's reputation for quality industry education from top experts.
How will FBA education help my career?
Our education programs have the dual purpose of making you a confident and skillful practitioner in fitness, and to empower you with the tools and practices to succeed in your career or business.
How is FBA education related to the SUCCEED! Conference?
FBA education takes advantage of 1000+ hours of video education content in the FBA catalog, primarily recorded at SUCCEED! events, delivered by 300+ expert presenters. FBA education is designed by conducting an expert panel review of our vast education catalog to select the best and most impactful education for your career success.
Why should fitpros learn a Specialization from a business association?
Experts and industry leaders agree: The most impactful education for fitpro career success is related to business and client management skills. FBA focuses on the in-demand skills that make the most difference for gyms, studios, solopreneurs and successful coaching. All of our education puts your career success first.
All included in a single yearly fee:
FBA Certification + One Yearly FBA Specialization
Renews at $249/yr . Easy cancel anytime.
Coursework Preview
Sample the Education and Meet Some of the Educators
In this video, meet a few of the presenters, and get a glimpse of the education from video excerpts taken directly from the certification coursework.
Visit the coursework page to see all the education included in the program:
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INCLUDED in FBA Certification Program: Done-for-you solutions you can apply to your business and career immediately.
Email template kit! (member joins, referrals, purchase abandonment, upsells, and more)
Systemizing the online coaching experience for your clients.
Specific strategies to increase client retention.
Proven steps and blueprint for value selling and handling objections.
The anatomy of a successful program in personal training and group training.
Concise guides to help you learn and implement solutions.
2 Included: Receive a FREE FBA Specialization Every Year to Recertify!
Completion of your FBA Specialization is all that's necessary for recertification.
Streamlined renewal process: Complete any FBA Specialization to recertify with the FBA!
- Boost your resume and professional value.
- Convenient online video education. No cost to retake tests.
- After 5 years, no additional CEC requirement necessary!
Your choice from any FBA Specialization with a value up to $350.
Highly Effective, In-demand Industry Specializations, including:
I love the convenience of the online format!
Renee Cotton, Owner, Healthy Habits Fitness
Unprecedented Support Along Your Journey
Certification Supporting Materials
Includes workbooks, guides, and additional curated education to help you learn the topics.
Unlimited Retests - No Extra Costs
Focus on learning and leave the stress of one-big-test behind.
The Power of Association
All of the FBA resources at your disposal. Enjoy community, solutions library, and other tools.
More than Just a Certification
Trends, Library and Trainings
Periodic education to keep you sharp and well-informed on trends and advanced topics.
Done-for-you Solutions
Toolkit of fitpro-ready and business systems, including how-to guides and templates.
Perks After Becoming Certified
FBA directory page and pro badge. Priority spotlight opportunities.
And so much more. An association is your trusted companion throughout your career. All included.
We are all growing and learning from each other, and the FBA is leading the way. We are incredibly grateful to have found the FBA. What an amazing resource!
Bryant and Justine Sharifi, Co-founders of Perform for Life San Francisco, CA
What You Get By Being FBA Certified
FBA = Legacy. Credibility. Prestige. A history deeply rooted in the legacy of the fitness industry, the FBA has the backing of the most influential fitness companies and certifying organizations.
Strategies to Get a Schedule FULL of Clients (and who will happily recommend you). Rise to the highest standards as you build better relationships with clients and enhance your contribution to your facility.
Industry Longevity: A More Sustainable Financial Future. Leverage your certification to increase your performance and job opportunities. Become more in-demand as you modernize and sharpen your skill set.
Proven Solutions to Increase Your Income in a Short Amount of Time. Unlock your potential in the industry as you grow as a leader and expand your professional network.
Freedom to Enjoy a Better Work-Life Balance. Implement what you learn immediately, for a direct effect on your performance, lifestyle, and income potential.
Clarity, Confidence, and a Game Plan to Achieve Your Goals! Everything necessary to elevate your skill sets, reinforce your technical certifications, and excel in your career.
SUCCEED! AND THE FBA
Passionately led by 3 generations of "fitness industry royalty"
See why SUCCEED! and the FBA are built differently than everything else out there with a mission to provide the best education, accessible for everyone to get you to succeed faster.
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FBA Certification Membership
$249/yr
The power of FBA credibility and prestige. Includes:
- FBA Certification (includes renewal)
- A new FBA Specialization upon yearly renewal ($350 value, included!)
- Perks of FBA Membership: FBA education library, support, industry discounts
Best Education Value in the Industry
SUCCEED! UPGRADE:
Add SUCCEED! and CEC/CEUs
$299 /yr
Get everything in FBA Certification Membership, PLUS:
- VIP-Access to all SUCCEED! Virtual Conferences
- CEC/CEUs from major certifying organizations at each event
All included. All online, at your pace.
All included in a single yearly fee:
FBA Certification + One Yearly FBA Specialization
Renews at $249/yr . Easy cancel anytime.
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