FITNESS 2 CERTIFICATION
Twenty-five years ago, “golf” and “fitness” were rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Golf was occasionally viewed as a means to improved fitness, but fitness was not yet regarded as a pathway to enhanced performance in golf.
The industry could not be any different today.
Avid golfers don’t just accept the idea of golf-specific workouts, they expect it. This shift has introduced a tremendous opportunity - and responsibility - for fitness professionals.
Our Fitness Level 2 Certification offers the most comprehensive educational pathway in the industry. It will provide any fitness professional with the knowledge and skills they need to stand out in the rapidly growing and lucrative golf training space.
Fitness 2 Certification
- Unlock advanced strategies to train rotational power, speed, and strength. These are proven methods used by the world's top golf fitness specialists.
- Master the art of individualization. Build customized training plans for athletes at any level, from amateur to Tour-ready.
- Diagnose movement inefficiencies using advanced screens that go beyond the Level 1 physical screen.
- Learn how to train athletic qualities like speed, explosiveness, and strength. This includes overspeed training, power development, and dynamic movement prep.
- Bridge the gap between assessment and performance. Know exactly what to do after you identify a limitation or movement pattern.
- Gain access to 20+ hours of on-demand education and a step-by-step training framework used by the best in the industry.
- Continuing Education Credits: Earn credits with recognized organizations to maintain professional status. View Providers
Training rotational athletes with different movement capabilities and physical capacity requires deep expertise.
Assess, Don’t Guess
Learn proven systems to screen a golfer for strength, power, mobility and endurance. By understanding a golfer’s physical profile, a fitness professional is more prepared to write a program that addresses their needs. After all, if you’re not assessing, you’re just guessing.
Design More Effective Training Programs
The most skilled fitness professionals don't just progress or regress an exercise using resistance, they also account for posture, velocity, and movement complexity. Additionally, understanding how to modify plans for age and gender allows coaches to optimize training for every individual. By applying the programming strategies outlined in this course, you’ll be able to develop more capable athletes and more effectively attack physical limitations that might be inhibiting their swing.
Maximize Business Potential
A business can only grow as much as its systems allow. This course features successful business development strategies and training systems from some of the leading providers in the industry with the goal of helping you maximize the revenue you’re able to generate from your time and physical space.
Explore Cutting Edge Insights From Industry Leaders
Drawing from a faculty with hundreds of years of experience working with athletes, we share practical information and training insights from some of the leading figures in the golf fitness industry, including research-based training principles from world-renowned sports scientists.
Master the Body-Swing Connection
The ability to transfer work in the gym to performance on the course is ultimately the most important aspect of building an effective golf fitness program. The best trainers in golf understand how physical limitations can be related to swing characteristics and what to do to correct them. By building on the Body-Swing Connection foundation gained in the Level 1 course, you’ll be more-prepared to deliver the best results for your golfers and their swing coaches.
BECOME A GOLF FITNESS SPECIALIST AND GROW YOUR BUSINESS
PurchaseTHE BEST GOLF FITNESS TRAINERS IN THE WORLD ARE TPI CERTIFIED
Trainers with TPI Fitness Certification have a competitive advantage over other providers.
- Over half of all serious golfers have physical issues that impact the amount of golf they play.
- Injured golfers prefer providers who have been specifically trained in golf rehab so they can return to play quickly.
- Golf coaches with players who show physical restrictions or injuries need trusted partners to refer their players to.
- Fitness trainers with golf clients that are injured need medical providers as partners on their performance teams.
- Golfers are the ideal client for providers desiring to move towards a more cash-based practice.
FITNESS 2 COURSE OVERVIEW
TPI’s Fitness 2 online class teaches the skills needed to run an effective golf-specific training program. This class picks up where the Level 1 physical assessment leaves off and introduces the TPI fitness evaluation. By adding screens for strength, power and cardiovascular fitness, a complete picture of the player’s level of fitness is ascertained. After proper assessment, effective training programs are developed to support the findings, first through the base foundation of mobility and stability, and then through proper strength and power progressions.
Testing Golf Fitness
Dr. Greg Rose demonstrates how to administer the complete TPI Fitness/Power Assessment, including tests for strength, power, speed, and cardiovascular fitness. In this chapter you will also learn how to interpret each assessment to form the foundation of an athlete’s golf-fitness profile, and determine the most efficient mechanisms to improve your athlete’s “engine.”
Developing Mobility
In this chapter you will dive into the most common causes of restricted mobility—joint, tissue, and neurological. With the help of Dan Hellman, you'll learn practical interventions and protocols to restore mobility in connective tissue, such as your fascia, as well as techniques to regain range of motion within the joints.
Developing Stability and Motor Control
Greg outlines the critically important differences between strength and stability, and, with this knowledge in-hand, then introduces the 4x4 Matrix: TPI’s methodology for progressing stability exercises rooted in the foundations of human motor pattern development.
Differentiating Mobility and Stability
Building on the screens from Level 1, this module teaches you how to interpret dysfunctions and determine whether limitations stem from mobility or stability deficits. It’s the critical thinking layer that guides your programming decisions.
Developing Strength
Dr. Andy Galpin joins us to explore the physiological components of human performance, and Jason Glass joins the course to walk you through TPI’s key strength progressions for the golf swing.
Testing and Developing Speed
Learn how to assess and build golf-specific speed using sprint protocols, ground reaction force drills, and sequencing work. Andy Galpin returns to break down the mechanics of how the human body generates speed, and Milo Bryant shares sample programs to improve acceleration and rate of force development via sprint training.
Developing Power
Greg Rose reveals the TPI philosophy of power development and how to apply it to the seven key power sources in golf. Jason Glass rejoins us to demonstrate how to practically translate these power-specific training systems into explosive golf performance.
The Cardiovascular System
Dr. Mark Smith explains how cardiovascular fitness impacts performance and recovery in golf. Learn how to assess aerobic and anaerobic capacity, and design sprint interval training protocols that match a golfer’s physiological needs.
Age Considerations for Fitness
Explore how training needs shift across age groups. From youth development to senior athlete maintenance, this chapter addresses strength training myths, safety guidelines, and long-term development models for every life stage.
Training the Female Golfer
Janet Alexander examines key anatomical and physiological considerations when training female athletes. Topics include hypermobility, Q-angle, quad dominance, menstrual cycle variables, and specific programming adaptations.
Group Fitness Training
Chris Finn delivers strategies for training golfers in a group setting, including warm-up structure, foundational circuits, and progressions for different skill levels. Learn how to deliver quality instruction at scale with energy and purpose.
Nutritional Support
Robert Yang joins us to clarify how nutrition supports on-course performance, recovery, and general health. Learn how to fuel pre- and post-round, manage glycogen depletion, and provide evidence-based guidance tailored to the golf athlete.
Complementing the Golf Pro
This section features Lance Gill and Dave Phillips, illustrating how to bridge the communication gap between fitness professionals and golf instructors. Together, they’ll demonstrate real-world scenarios of how fitness professionals can support swing coaches by understanding the underlying movement patterns, physical limitations, and shared solutions for each of the “Big 15”.
Total Program Design
In this chapter, Greg will outline how to conceptually structure targeted, highly effective programs based on assessment data and performance timelines, and later Jason Glass walks you through how he builds his complete training programs, from dynamic warmup through cool-downs.
FAQ
Who is Fitness 2 for and are there any prerequisites?
Anybody who is TPI Level 1 Certified can purchase TPI Fitness 2.
However, only qualified fitness professionals will receive TPI Fitness 2 Certification as a Major once they pass their Certification test. A qualified fitness professional is anyone who is Certified/Licensed to perform personal training (AAPT, ACE, ACSM, AFAA, AFPA, ATC, CHEK, CSCS, Cooper, Exercise Science Degree, IFPA, ISSA, NASM, NCSF, NESTA, NETA, NFPT, NPTI, NSCA, USCI, etc).
Anybody who is not a qualified fitness professional will receive TPI Fitness 2 Certification as a Minor once they pass their Certification test.
Majors and Minors appear in TPI’s Find an Expert map under each member’s profile and help website visitors quickly determine a TPI Certified members’s qualifications
Who are the instructors?
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Greg Rose
TPI Certification Instructor - All Tracks Worldwide
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Dave Phillips
TPI Certification Instructor - All Tracks Worldwide
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Lance Gill
TPI Certification Instructor - All Tracks Worldwide
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Jason Glass
TPI Level 1 Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Janet Alexander
TPI Level 3 Fitness Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Mark Smith
TPI Level 1 and Level 3 Fitness Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Robert Yang
TPI Level 2 and 3 Power Coaching Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Dr. Andrew Galpin
TPI Level 2 Fitness Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Chris Finn
TPI Level 2 Fitness Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Dan Hellman
TPI Level 2 Fitness Certification Instructor - Worldwide
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Milo Bryant
TPI Level 2 Fitness Certification Instructor - Worldwide
Can I get Continuing Education Credits with this purchase?
Yes! We supply a Certificate of Completion to be used for CEC redemption with the following organizations:
PGA of AMERICA
PGA Members may claim the following PDR “Required Education” credits.
- Fitness 2 online certification course - 11 PDR “Required Education” credits
LPGA
LPGA Members may claim the following Non-LPGA Continuing Education Units.
- Fitness 2 online certification course - 4 Non-LPGA CU’s
NSCA – NATIONAL STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION
The National Strength and Conditioning Association approved TPI Level 2 Fitness Certification CEU(s) in category C for certified individuals who successfully complete this course.
- Fitness Level 2 online certification course - 1.4 NSCA CEUs in Category C
ACE
The American Council on Exercise has approved the TPI Fitness Level 2 course for the following Continuing Education Credits:
- Fitness 2 online certification course - 1.00 CEC’s
NASM - National Academy of Sports Medicine
TPI is recognized by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as an approved CE provider. NASM Members can claim the following CEU’s:
- Fitness Level 2 online certification course - 1 NASM CEUs
What languages are available?
The Fitness 2 online Certification course can be viewed with closed captions in the languages below.
Do you offer bundle discounts for multiple course purchases?
Yes! You can bundle any combination of Certification courses. Bundle two or more Certification courses and receive $100 off Level 1, $200 off each Level 2 and $300 off each Level 3. Examples below:
- L1 ($100 off) + L2 ($200 off) = $300 Discount
- L1 ($100 off) + L2 ($200 off) + L3 ($300 off) = $600 Discount
- L2 ($200 off) + L2 ($200 off) = $400 Discount
- L2 ($200 off) + L3 ($300 off) = $500 Discount
The option to add a qualifying Certification course will be available in your checkout cart. Upon selection, the bundling discount will be applied automatically.
