Understand the science.
Improve your coaching.
Clear, in depth education for personal trainers and fitness coaches.
Created by Altus Performance, Altus Academy helps you build on your qualification and understand why your coaching decisions matter. Study the science in plain language, work through realistic client cases and learn from detailed explanations that help you understand the science.
Free foundation lessons · Eight guided pathways · Learn at your own pace.
LEARN.
REASON.
APPLY.
For coaches who want to understand more.
For personal trainers and fitness professionals building their knowledge beyond their initial qualification. Start with foundations, then explore deeper science as your understanding grows.
Understand the “why”
Connect anatomy, physiology and biology to the exercises and training decisions you use with clients.
Make more informed decisions
Practise interpreting client information, comparing credible options and explaining a programme’s purpose.
Keep developing your knowledge
Follow structured lessons at your own pace, review detailed feedback and retain scores in your learner profile.
Eight clear pathways into the science.
More than remembering the right answer.
Interpret a changing workload. Separate heart-rate targets from physiological thresholds. Consider how an existing condition changes the information you need before coaching. The aim is to develop reasoning you can explain.
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Understand the lesson
Build understanding through clear explanations, worked examples and deeper reading.
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Challenge your decisions
Compare credible alternatives in client cases and review why each option fits or falls short.
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Build your learning record
Pass the checkpoint, keep your best score and move to the next lesson.
Better informed. Clear about your role.
Learning about osteoarthritis, osteoporosis or rehabilitation does not qualify a personal trainer to diagnose or treat a condition. The Academy teaches understanding, referral awareness and collaboration with appropriate practitioners, alongside exercise coaching within your existing competence.
This is an educational platform. Checkpoint completion is not a clinical qualification or accredited professional award.
Foundations free.
Keep growing for £7.99/month.
20 foundation lessons are free. Membership is planned to unlock the other 64 lessons across all eight pathways.
Paid enrolment is not open yet. You can start learning the free foundations now.
Education with a coaching purpose.
Built by Altus Performance, the coaching brand of Altus Health & Performance Ltd. The Academy brings that interest in training and education into a structured place to learn. Explore Altus Performance for coaching, training programmes and more educational content.