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Brought to you by Summit Professional Education, the NFPT podcast helps aspiring personal trainers pass accredited exams and be successful in the fitness industry. Tune in each week for bite sized learning that's delivered in easy to understand language. Listen for free at any time! Visit www.nfpt.com to confidently get certified and start training clients.

  1. 3D AGO

    Body Composition Testing

    In this episode, NFPT covers the importance of body composition testing (also known as body fat testing) for CPT exam day. This includes the different methods of assessing body composition and ways you can improve accuracy. We'll also cover what's most important for test day on this topics versus what you don't need to study.

    9 min

  2. APR 15

    Trending Diets Sample CPT Questions

    Many clients experience rapid initial weight loss from trending diets. This is why knowledge around trending diets is so important for personal trainers to know for their CPT exam day and on the job. While trending diets may change over time, how they impact clients will not. Here we give a sample CPT test question on nutrition and diets to showcase the level of nutrition detail you'll need to know.

    8 min

  3. APR 8

    Macronutrient Percent Question

    In this session, we start exploring nutrition and exactly how much do you need to know about nutrition for test day. Then Erin gives you a sample CPT test question as it might appear on test day. The question is about percentage recommendations for macronutrient daily intake.

    7 min

  4. APR 1

    Simple Nutrition Question

    In this episode, we do a sample question walk through on nutrition, specifically the role and calories of fat. Nutrition is a subtopic addressed on your CPT exam and knowing the right information to study will help prevent you with overwhelm on all things nutrition sciences.

    6 min

  5. MAR 25

    VO2 Max Simplified

    Although it's unlikely you'll be using equipment to accurately measure a client's VO2 Max, this concept is still important for test day. In this episode, Erin simplifies the definition of this term, how to think about it, and why it matters to clients.

    8 min

  6. MAR 18 ·  VIDEO

    Biometric Data Sample Question

    Biometric data includes direct body measurements during a fitness assessment. In this episode we walk you through a sample question on biometric data, testing your knowledge around what you can expect to see happen to these measurements as a client starts a training program.

    7 min

  7. MAR 11 ·  VIDEO

    Excessive Forward Lean

    When a client's torse migrates forward during a squat, beyond parallel to the lower leg, they have what's called an excessive forward lean. This movement impairment is common and also frequently answered incorrectly by students on test day. This episode gives a sample test question with a "select the best answer" approach to responding correctly with this topic.

    9 min

  8. MAR 4 ·  VIDEO

    Low Back Arch Sample Question

    It's common for clients to have an arch in their lower back that worsens during an overhead squat assessment. More often than not, these clients may also complain of back pain. In this episode, Erin gives you a sample question walk through of what to do when the lower back arches during a squat. Then, she breaks down why this movement is ocurring in the first place and how other muscles can impact the same movement impairment.

    9 min
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Brought to you by Summit Professional Education, the NFPT podcast helps aspiring personal trainers pass accredited exams and be successful in the fitness industry. Tune in each week for bite sized learning that's delivered in easy to understand language. Listen for free at any time! Visit www.nfpt.com to confidently get certified and start training clients.

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    2025 - 2026
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