CPT Certification Study Plan

Certified Personal Trainer

Human Movement Specialist

Integrated Manual Therapist

Strength and Performance Coach

Study plan for accredited CPT Exam. Comprehensively evidence-based, outcome-driven, 3rd-party-approved.

Performance Program Design

This is a description for the subcategory Introduction to Functional Anatomy.

Introduction to Functional Anatomy

This is a description for the subcategory Strength and Power Progressions.

Strength and Power Progressions

This is a description for the subcategory Core Progressions.

Core Progressions

This is a description for the subcategory Exercise Physiology.

Exercise Physiology

Training Goals

Acute Variables

Hypertrophy is one of the most common goals in resistance training, yet most hypertrophy models are based on expert opinion, mechanistic hypotheses, or partial readings of the literature. This is the first comprehensively evidence-based model. 

Hypertrophy Training: Evidence-based Model

Strength is one of the most common goals in resistance training, yet most strength-training models rely heavily on expert opinion, mechanistic hypotheses, or incomplete readings of the literature. This is the first comprehensively evidence-based model. 

Strength Training: Evidence-based Model

Muscular endurance, often labeled “strength endurance,” is a common goal in resistance training, yet most endurance-training models rely heavily on expert opinion, mechanistic hypotheses, or incomplete readings of the literature. This is the first comprehensively evidence-based model. 

Endurance Training: Evidence-based Model

This course was developed to answer a simple but surprisingly unsettled question: What does the total body of research actually say about training for power? Rather than relying on expert opinion, mechanistic hypotheses, traditional coaching models, or trending “guru” beliefs, this course integrates hundreds of peer-reviewed and published studies to develop evidence-based, best-practice recommendations for improving power-related outcomes.

Power Training: Evidence-based Model

This course presents the first comprehensively evidence-based resistance training model for endurance, hypertrophy, strength, and power. The goal for developing this model was an unprecedented level of accuracy and effectiveness. This course consolidates the Brookbush Institute’s systematic reviews of every modifiable acute variable and the four goal-specific models derived from them into a single practical resistance training model.

Training Goals

Hypertrophy Training: Evidence-based Model

Hypertrophy Training: Evidence-based Model

Strength Training: Evidence-based Model

Strength Training: Evidence-based Model

Endurance Training: Evidence-based Model

Endurance Training: Evidence-based Model

Power Training: Evidence-based Model

Power Training: Evidence-based Model

Evidence-based Resistance Training Model (EBRTM)

Evidence-based Resistance Training Model (EBRTM)