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Onnit Certifications - Foundations
Foundations is an in-depth, online course in the core principles of Onnit’s fitness philosophy. Learn how to train for LIFE—whether you’re a personal trainer/coach looking for professional development, or a recreational athlete trying to maximize longevity and performance. Effective training is built on Foundations.
Onnit Foundations is the perfect next step to expand your Onnit fitness journey. Discover training from a brand new perspective!
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What Is Foundations?
Most fitness certifications teach you…
1. How to perform exercises
2. How to program exercises
Onnit Foundations isn’t just about learning new moves, sets, and reps. It shows you the principles that make for effective training, so that you learn to think critically about exercise and make gains for life.
Hint: it’s not about muscles… it’s about movement. Learning how to move properly helps reduce pain and restriction, and clears the path to all fitness goals.
This foundational education offering isn’t something we pulled out of a magic hat. It’s the culmination of 1000s of hours coaching a variety of people in live, hands-on seminars. Foundations is real-world tested and approved.
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Your workouts should give you more than a better body. They should make you a better person, too.
That’s the underlying goal of Foundations, Onnit’s flagship certification course—now available online.
You’ll learn to keep an open-mind, problem-solve, and see exercise as not just a means to an end, but as a form of personal expression—no different than any other creative outlet. Expect all your preconceived notions about fitness to be challenged.
Foundations gives you new insight into how to train, whether it’s to fulfill your own potential, or to help your clients fulfill theirs. Become the best trainer/coach/athlete you can be!
Who is Foundations For?
Everyone can benefit from the Foundations course!
Fitness Enthusiasts and Athletes
Approximately 35% of people who take Onnit certifications are men and women who simply want to learn more about exercise for their own benefit. These include self-described “gym rats”, recreational and competitive athletes, busy professionals, stay-at-home moms, first responders, and so on.
Trainers and Coaches
Whether you’re a beginning personal trainer or a veteran coach at the elite level, Foundations can expand your training repertoire while providing fresh insights and valuable reference materials for life. Get continuing education that lasts indefinitely.
Clinicians and Educators
We’re honored that we continue to attract experts from the medical field and other fitness systems. Foundations offers another lens through which to see your own training philosophy, offering tools and methodologies you can apply as you see fit.
"This certification not only provides us knowledge in order to empower, it also opens a door to forge strong relationships with like-minded individuals."
Jay RoseCo-Founder of Phase SiX Fitness
Onnit Foundations
Includes:
- How to perform the body’s basic movement patterns properly (squat, hinge, push, pull)
- Use of bodyweight and unconventional tools (the kettlebell, steel club, steel mace, and more) to let you explore movement like never before
- Steps to progress and regress each movement to customize any workout
- The methodology behind the groundbreaking Onnit 6 and Onnit in 30 workouts
- More than twenty hours of video instruction
- Assignments and study guidance, to help you retain information
- Practical application instruction, so you can turn theory into practice right away
Upon completion of the course, you will be an Onnit Certified Trainer!
Foundations is our most expansive and comprehensive fitness offering ever… and now it’s available to you with the click of a button.
Ready for Your Fitness Journey to Go to the Next Level?
We meaningfully contribute to your growth and expression on the path to:
- Transform your lives
- Support the well-being of your families
- Start your own business
- Become top coaches
- Be impactful educators and fitness inspirations
As we have been honored to do for others coming through Foundations and became Onnit Certified…
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Eric Leija
Fitness Influencer & Educator
Francheska Martinez
Movement Influencer & Educator
Leo Savage
Founder of Steel Mace Flow
Jay & Steph Rose
Founders of Phase SiX Fitness
Sarah Gawron
Founder of Kettlebell Strong
Carmen Morgan
Fitness Influencer & Director of Fitness for Boothcamp Gym
Join the ranks of those who have gone on to start new businesses, transform their lives, and achieve their dreams.
Join the Onnit CommunityFoundations provides an incredible education platform, but it also connects you to an ever-growing community of Onnit Certified Trainers, allowing you to network, build friendships, and find like-minded people you can collaborate with to further your education. Beyond a weekend cert that ends after two days, Foundations is the start of an ongoing fitness journey.
What Do I Need To Complete
Foundations?
The entire Foundations course costs much less than most certifications of this size. While certifications of this depth normally charge $1,000 and up, taking Foundations may require purchasing some additional exercise equipment that you don't have yet which you'll need in order to learn its uses. We've brought the course cost down to offset that expense for you.
What You Need:
Suspension Training System
There are numerous high quality set ups on the market. For example, we use gymnastics rings. Find the best fit for you.
For the purposes of learning and optimizing technique development, which is a higher priority and focus in the course over how much you can lift, we recommend having equipment that would be of moderate weight for your current fitness level, which will be different for everyone. If you are still unsure what that looks like, in depth insights are provided in the course prior to starting.
What you don't need:
- Previous experience with exercise or any workout tools
- A gym membership
Foundations is designed to meet you where you’re at in your fitness development, even if you’re a beginner.
About The Coaches
Foundations was created by Chief Fitness Officer John Wolf and Director of Fitness Education Shane Heins, through the distillation of their combined 30 years of fitness practice and coaching experience.
John Wolf
Head Instructor, Foundations
Chief Fitness officer, Onnit
Before becoming Chief Fitness Officer for Onnit, John Wolf founded and owned Wolf Fitness Systems, a well-known unconventional gym in California that focused on the integration of various movement theories with unique tools such as the kettlebell, steel mace, and steel club. He also spent several years as the US Director of Operations for another world-famous unconventional fitness organization.
Shane Heins
Head Instructor, Foundations
Director of Fitness Education, Onnit
Shane Heins came on as Onnit’s Director of Fitness Education to apply his extensive experience in coaching, digital program production, curriculum development and unconventional fitness training, having done so for other organizations, and his own business, Dare To Evolve. As such, he’s played a key role in creating Onnit’s Fitness System, Fitness Certifications, Onnit 6 programs, and Onnit In 30.