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We won’t be accepting new students for another six months. That said, one thing to keep in mind is that the Academy is self-paced (no set start date or deadlines).

What this means is that if you’re interested in it but not ready to commit just yet, you can always sign up now, get the course materials sent to you, and dig into it all when you’re ready. This way everything will be there right when you’re ready for it as opposed to having to wait again for the next time that we open.

In addition, when enrolment opens up next the price will be increasing $500 to reflect the substantial upgrades made since the course was initially developed.

Regardless, whether you decide to enroll now or some time in the future, we’d love to have you in the Academy.

With thousands of students from all walks of life in 57 countries odds are that somebody in a similar situation to you has enrolled into OTA before you. Feel free to chat with us or call us to speak about your specific situation if you like.

The Online Trainer Academy is completely streamlined and engineered for rapid, profitable implementation. It’s not just theory and training – you’ll be spending as much time doing as you will learning, building and growing your business as you go. All fluff is eliminated and (so long as you put in the work) you’ll start seeing a Return on Investment and a Return on Time real soon – not in some distant, nebulous future.

You can spend as much or as little time working through The Online Trainer Academy materials as you wish. If you invest 3 – 5 hours each week, the program should take 8 – 12 weeks to complete. In six months to a year you’ll have more free time than ever.

We’re there for you every step of the way. While Jon isn’t available for any 1-on-1 calls, we do have an incredible support community hosted on Facebook and you’ll be matched with a coach to call on whenever you need personal support.

Upon enrolling you get access to introductory materials to work on before your textbook and workbook arrives free in the mail. Entering the password from the textbook into the Digital Portal will unlock the first module. As you complete each module, the next will unlock.

We decided to build The Online Trainer Academy this way so as not to overwhelm you with too much information at once. You’ll get access to materials precisely when you need them as you build your online training business. Once you pass the test, graduation materials become available. You have lifetime access to all materials to review whenever you like – we guarantee at least 10 years.

The Online Trainer Academy experience is only available in full. From the textbook to all elements of the digital portal and workbook all elements have been crafted to work together and are not available for individual sale.

Immediately after enrolling you’ll be sent an email with login instructions for the Digital Portal. You can complete the introductory materials while waiting for your textbook and workbook to arrive. Your textbook contains a password that unlocks module one in the Digital Portal.

You can use Paypal or any major credit card. All transactions are processed on a server secured with 256-bit ssl – the industry standard for encryption of data online. We never store credit card information.

Yes, we have students and graduates from 57 countries all around the world from India to Australia to all over Europe and North America.

The fundamentals are the fundamentals, no matter where you live. How you apply the systems and techniques will change but it has less to do with location and more to do with the individual. We’ve had a lot of questions from students in the past saying that ‘people where I live don’t know what online training is’ and, while this might be true, much of what you do with your marketing is improve awareness and desire for your service.

Don’t worry, you’re walked through every step of the way to building the right kind of online training business for you.

Yes. Click the red ‘Enroll Now” button top right of your page to get to the purchase widget and click the red ‘buy now’ button for the payment plan.

Probably. There’s a seemingly endless amount of information for free on every topic, even one as new as online training, available online if you’re willing to look long and hard enough.

The Online Trainer Academy is not about ‘secret’ tactics, hidden videos, or magical systems. It’s an experience. Our materials have been carefully improved upon since 2013 with help from the feedback of thousands of students before you. What we’ve built for you is a curriculum, start-to-finish, not a whole bunch of haphazardly and random information.

The Online Trainer Academy does not require any software installation. All study is completed in our online learning environment, the Digital Portal. To access your course simply open your favorite browser and log in to the Portal.

You don’t have to invest in software to use the business systems we teach – we give you free workout templates to send to your clients via Google docs. However, we do explore some professional software options that will enhance your business. Whether you choose to use the software is up to you. We’ll show you how to make your business succeed either way.

Moving to a new area as a trainer is not an easy thing to do. But breathe easy, The Online Trainer Academy will work for you. First, online training will allow you to keep some of your existing clients. Secondly, if you don’t have an existing client base right now, we’ll show you the exact steps to grow a brand new one faster than ever before.

While the Academy is preapproved for CEC’s/CEU’s with some certifying bodies, it’s impossible to get preapproval status with all (there’s simply too many and some don’t have a process for preapprovals from outside education). Our students have successfully petitioned and gained CEC’s/CEU’s from almost every certifying body worldwide including CanFitPro, CPTN, NASM, CSEP, ACE, NCSF, NFPT, NETA, NPTI, NCCPT, AAPTE, IFPA, AFAA, ISSA, NESTA, ACSM, REPS UK, REPS NZ (not an exhaustive list).

*Please note that the NSCA recently changed their rules and no longer officially accepts any outside course. While our students have successfully achieved CEC credits from the NSCA in the past we cannot guarantee approval in light of these changes.

At this time Fitness Australia does not approve programs from outside of Australia for CEC’s.

If CEC’s are a must-have from the NSCA or Fitness Australia then please confirm with them before investing in OTA.

Upon passing the test and graduating you will get your certificate in the mail. This certificate, along with the detailed guidelines we provide in our Continuing Education Credits Approval Information guide that you can access within our student member portal has everything that you need.

There aren’t any other serious options. If you’re interested in building the perfect online training business for you then then Online Trainer Academy is the most actionable, easy-to-follow, thorough and best-researched program on the market.

You could learn one system from one coach, but if that doesn’t work for your situation you’ve wasted a lot of time and money. You could also enroll on a program that promises to somehow, magically, teach you how to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars while sipping cocktails on the beach with your business on “autopilot”.

Maybe you’d gain some useful information, but no other program shows you the inner workings of multiple proven systems like The Online Trainer Academy does.

We’ve been teaching and improving our systems since 2013 – in fact, we were one of the first to ever teach online training. If you found your way here you’ve probably followed the PTDC or Jonathan Goodman for a while now, and you know that we don’t mess around.

At this time the Academy is not accredited. We have submitted all paperwork and are waiting on approval, but it is a lengthy process. It takes many years to complete the accreditation process and, while we expect this program to be accredited very soon, it is strongly recommended to view the OTC designation as a supplement to an accredited personal training certification in your region at this time.

It’s not for those looking for a one-on-one business coach. While you are matched with a coach to answer your questions at any time, we won’t be holding your hand.

The Academy is also not right if you consider yourself a fairly advanced online fitness marketer. If you are looking for guidance on complicated paid advertising techniques, split testing, or building out automated funnels, this program is not for you.

If you are a brand new trainer it’s recommended that you gain at least one year of in-person training experience before training clients online. If you don’t have any online training experience but have already been training in-person then no problem, you’re in good shape for this program. As long as you feel like you can program effectively, then you’re fine. This is the same for nutrition and fitness programming – the OTA methods will work effectively for both.

This program is not for people who don’t want to do any work. You will be guided the entire way but if you’re not willing to put in the work or take action, then we suggest you give it a pass.

Finally, the Academy is not right for people who are looking for overnight solutions. This is not a ‘get-rich quick’ program. It’s a ‘build a perfect business that grows with you’ program.