Course Overview
Fitness Athlete L2 Online
This 8 week online course is designed for physical therapists and chiropractors with an existing foundation in working with fitness athletes who want to take their treatment and coaching skills to the next level after taking Fitness Athlete - L1 Online. The fitness athlete is already committed to his or her own health and wellness but faces unique problems with lifestyle integration, training program development, and movement dysfunctions that impair performance.
The Level 2 course takes a deep dive into the advanced principles required to truly specialize in this space. You’ll learn how to design and critique programming for strength, hypertrophy, and conditioning — and how to integrate these principles into the rehab setting for elite performance outcomes. Topics include:
- Programming mastery: Strength and hypertrophy programming best practices for the fitness athlete.
- CrossFit® programming analysis: Understanding volume, intensity, and movement patterns to prevent overload and optimize recovery.
- Skill development: Deep dives into the Olympic lifts and advanced gymnastics skills including bar muscle-ups, ring muscle-ups, toes-to-bar, and handstand push-ups.
- Accessory work design: Write programs to build mobility, gymnastics, and hypertrophy programs that complement WODs.
- Career growth: How to market yourself as the go-to clinician for fitness athletes in your community.
Graduates of Level 2 emerge as the next generation of expert clinicians — professionals who understand the sport of fitness as well as they understand rehab.
Format
All content (videos, resources, etc) through our online learning platform with discussion facilitated through the ICE Physio App.
Live video conference calls take place weekly to discuss content and dive deeper into the material. These meetings take place on Tuesdays at 8 PM EST and are recorded if you cannot attend live. While live attendance is optional, you will be responsible for viewing the recording afterwards as you will be assessed on the content discussed.
Schedule
Week One
Programming for hypertrophy
Week Two
Programming for strength
Week Three
CrossFit Programming
Week Four
Olympic Weightlifting
Week Five
Gymnastic Skills Part I
Week Six
Gymnastics Skills Part II
Week Seven
Accessory Programming
Week Eight
Business Principles
Objectives
- Course participants will understand how to write fitness programs with the goal of muscle hypertrophy and/or strength
- Course participants will learn the basic methodology of CrossFit training, as well as how to write constant varied, functional fitness programs
- Course participants will learn to write accessory mobility programs to help functional fitness athletes improve their movement capacity
- Course participants will learn to analyze advanced Olympic weightlifting and gymnastics movements commonly performed by functional fitness athletes
Additional Information
While not pre-approved by CrossFit HQ for CEUs, CrossFit HQ will manually accept any of the Fitness Athlete courses for 16 CEUs towards your CrossFit Level 3 credential renewal through the individual approval process.
PREREQUISITES
EDUCATION LEVEL
- Entry-level
Please Note: Our online courses require active participation to be awarded credit which may include reading, homework assignments, and quizzes. We do not allow students to “drop back” to preceding cohorts due to inability to complete work assigned except under extraordinary circumstances. ICE Physio faculty have the final decision in allowing a “drop back” but students are only allowed one “drop back” per course. Failure to complete the course on your 2nd attempt will not yield CEU credit. All courses allow for a 7-day grace period after course conclusion to receive CEU credit.
