Coach with clarity
Use Demonstrate, Explain, Coach and Affirm to make exercise instruction more precise and useful.
Free course resource
Look inside the EPTA coaching system.
Download a five-page preview of the 206-page student coaching logbook and see how the Academy turns movement screening, programme design and coaching practice into a clear system.
What is inside?
A practical preview of how EPTA teaches.
The EPTA Coaching Logbook Preview is a short extract from the workbook used to support the Academy's practical personal trainer course.
It introduces several tools used during the 10-week programme, including client screening, coaching communication, programme decisions and a roadmap of the complete curriculum.
The preview is useful for prospective students who want to understand the level of structure and practical detail behind the course before applying.
Featured tools
Four ideas from the wider coaching logbook.
The full student workbook develops these ideas through structured tasks, case studies and studio practice.
Read the session
Use Gain, Pain and Sustain to consider what the client is achieving, tolerating and ready to progress.
See the full client
Review ten screening stations covering posture, core control, movement patterns, balance and capacity.
Make decisions
Connect goals, screening information and training variables through a realistic client scenario.
Course roadmap
From foundations to systems mastery.
The guide previews the progression students follow across three connected phases.
Foundations and screening
Warm-up science, ten screening stations, programme design and the DECA coaching framework.
Applied biomechanics
Upper-body mechanics, practical coaching rotations, business ethics and professional pitching.
Systems mastery
Lower-body exercise matrices, energy systems and advanced programme structures.