Why Choose AIHP?

We understand you have options. The goal of AIHP is two-fold. One, provide best-in-class content that fully prepares students for careers as strength and performance professionals. Two, provide exceptional customer service that includes complete transparency regarding our policies and pricing with a focus on value, not price gouging.

Our Promise to You

We prioritize excellence. We’re easy to work with. We chose our team carefully – from support team to contributors. Our content is high-quality and relevant. We don’t believe in selfish policies. We’re here for you before, during and after your studies.

All Science, No Bias

We work with top experts to create accurate science/evidence-based course content with no biased or rigid methodologies. We present science-based content comprehensively, clearly and concisely so that strength coaches can apply this information on an individual basis to the population they work with.

A ‘No Money Grab’ CEU Policy

We strongly believe in continuing education, but we don’t believe you should have to pay for it. Until now, most continuing education policies of existing fitness organization are little more than a money grab. We don’t believe this is the correct method. Our policy is to offer an option to recertify at no fee, while still educating yourself.

No Tiers, No Upselling

We don’t believe in upselling or hard selling. Within the ISPC certification, we include many topics/areas that other certification companies charge extra for. Same goes for what you get when you sign up. We don’t have tiers of bundles to purchase. We have one option that includes everything that we think you will need to be successful in your studies.

Our Customer Service Will Blow Your Mind

Regardless of how great our content is, without superior customer service to back it up, it means nothing. Emails responded to within 12 hours (but likely much sooner!)? Check. Friendly and helpful AIHP team? Check.

Tools Instead of Rigid Philosophies

We prepare you for coaching in the real world with a broad toolbox. Our ISPC Certification emphasizes teaching coaches HOW to coach rather than adhere to a rigid and broadly applied methodology. Fully prepared coaches understand how to apply training principles to each individual.

We Live Up to Our Promises

Talk is cheap and we appreciate that especially as a new fitness education company, we have to earn your trust. For that reason, our ISPC Certification is backed by a 30-day, 100% money back guarantee ensure that we live up to our promises.

Customer-Centric Integrity

We believe in ‘common courtesy, functioning with integrity and excellence, and making something you’re proud of.’ Much of the world seems to have forgotten how to do this. When the standard of what’s expected from a company that you’re relying on just keeps getting lower, nothing will ever change … unless someone decides they’ve had enough. That’s us. We’ve had enough.

The Benefits of AIHP Certification

Getting certified through AIHP is just the beginning. The best is yet to come. AIHP Certified Strength and Performance Coaches enjoy an amazing Coaching Community, business and coaching resources, job placement opportunities, product/service discounts, and ongoing support.

AHIP + Fibr Connects you with top fitness opportunities

AIHP partners with Fibr to help you launch your career and find the job of your dreams. Fibr specializes in strength and performance fitness professionals’ careers and helps AIHP certified coaches gain access to leading gyms and top opportunities with employers who value your expertise.

Learn more about fibr

Certification Features

  • 100% Online Learning Modules, Self-Paced
  • Online Final Exam, included
  • Downloadable Full Course PDF
  • Lifetime Access to Certification Content and Updates
  • Complimentary 1-year Muscles & Motion App License
  • Study Guide and Flash Cards for Exam Success
  • A Free Recertification Option Available
  • Free Access to our Research Summary Library
  • Discounts on Additional AIHP Courses
  • Listing in the Public Facing Strength Coach Directory
  • Business and Coaching Resources
  • Access to Exclusive AIHP Coaches Facebook Group

Frequently Asked Questions

The ISPC course contains 26 modules and on average will take approximately 40-60 hours to complete.

Yes, the ISPC course is self-paced, and you have access to all course content as soon as you enroll.

You will be qualified to work as a personal trainer and/or strength and conditioning coach in any setting (gym, team, remote, independent). You will be qualified to work in corporate/commercial fitness settings, gym ownership, work with special populations (older adults, pregnancy/post-partum, youth, tactical personnel, sports teams, and endurance athletes).

You have lifetime access to the ISPC course content and all future upgrades.

Yes the ISPC Certification Course enrollment fee includes the course and the exam.

Once enrolled, students have 1 year to take the exam. Exam access extensions can be purchased.

No, the ISPC exam is not proctored. It is offered online and can be taken at your convenience once the coursework is completed.

The ISPC certification final exam contains 200 questions (multiple choice), and requires a passing grade of 80% or better. The exam must be taken in one sitting and has a 3.5 hour time limit. There are two attempts of the exam allowed. If neither attempt is successful, students will be permitted to purchase additional attempts.

The exam is online and requires an internet signal. Any modern browser can be used and it is highly recommended that the browser is updated to the latest version. JavaScript and cookies must be enabled in the browser.

Yes, absolutely. For group sales, contact us at sales@aihp.com and we can work with you on that.

Yes, the ISPC certification course is 100% online, including the final exam.

We offer a 30 day 100% money-back guarantee. In order to be eligible for a refund of any amount, the Full Course PDF must not have been downloaded.

Our payments are processed through Stripe and we accept all major credit cards.

Yes, for certification courses we offer a 2-payment and 3-payment plan which can be chosen at checkout.

Yes, the ISPC Certification Course is available online and can be taken from any country.

The ISPC certification course is not accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). After thoroughly vetting the NCCA accreditation and their parent company, the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE), AIHP made the decision that the NCCA accreditation is not the correct fit for our certification. The primary reason is because the NCCA accreditation does not evaluate certification course content, but rather solely the testing process. While AIHP agrees that the testing process must be held to a high standard, we also believe that without evaluating the actual course content, any accreditation is substantially lacking.
Not seeking accreditation by the NCCA does not equate to AIHP disregarding the importance of accreditation by a third-party organization. In fact, it is quite the opposite. AIHP is currently going through the accreditation process through the American Council on Education. We believe true quality assurance requires reviewing both — confirming that the education a professional receives is accurate and applicable, and that the exam fairly measures it.

You can learn more about accreditation as relates to strength and performance coaching education, and our official statement on it HERE.

AIHP requires recertification every 2 years and can be done for free by submitting a science-based paper on a fitness related topic. Other recertification options include continuing education units, other AIHP courses, or a recertification exam.

No, AIHP does not require proof of CPR/AED or First Aid to purchase or take the ISPC certification. We understand that most other certification organizations have this requirement. However, we do not believe that it is the place of a certifying organization to dictate whether or not its students are CPR/AED/First Aid certified or not. We believe that this is the domain of the individual and/or hiring company and based on the intended working environment, as the industry shifts significantly more toward remote and online coaching and training rather than in-person.
To be clear, if an individual is working in-person with an athlete/client, they must be CPR/AED certified.

Yes, AIHP partners with the career placement company FIBR to connect ISPC certified coaches with top fitness opportunities. Upon completion of the course, we connect coaches directly to Fibr for career placement.