GLP-1 EDUCATION FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS & ALLIED PROFESSIONALS
Your GLP-1 Clients Need More Than the Training Advice That Used to Work
Learn how GLP-1 therapy changes the coaching context around appetite, fueling, recovery and training. Build a practical, science-led framework for working with real clients, earn your Tide Health course certificate, and position yourself for Tide Health's professional marketplace.
Working With GLP-1 Clients for Personal Trainers. A 9-module professional course developed by Michael Kalchman, PhD.
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THE COACHING LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED
The Scale Can Look Great While the Coaching Gets More Complicated
A client tells you they've started Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or another GLP-1 therapy. Their appetite drops, the weight starts coming off, and they're thrilled with the progress.
Then you start noticing what the scale doesn't show. They struggle to eat enough before training. Fatigue shows up earlier than it used to, and recovery just feels different. Nausea or other GI symptoms start interfering with sessions, and food choices, hydration, and fueling all get harder to manage when a client barely feels hungry.
Advice that has worked for years suddenly needs more context behind it.
That's the gap this course is built to close.
WHAT CHANGES ON THE GYM FLOOR
GLP-1 Therapy Can Change the Signals You Normally Coach By
βI'm not hungry.β
Appetite suppression can make hunger a poor guide for whether a client is adequately fueled for the work you're asking them to do.
βThe weight is coming off quickly.β
Rapid progress raises important questions around energy availability, recovery and preserving lean mass during weight loss.
βI feel sick today.β
GI symptoms can affect exercise selection, session timing, training load and whether the client should be training at all that day.
βThe medication changes or stops.β
The coaching conversation continues as appetite, activity and weight-management challenges evolve over time.
These are real situations trainers are increasingly going to encounter. Knowing the medication name is only the starting point.
BETTER KNOWLEDGE. BETTER COACHING.
When a Client Says βI'm on a GLP-1,β You Should Know What That Means for the Session
Your role is coaching, and the quality of that coaching depends on understanding the context your client is training in.
That means the physiology behind the changes in appetite and food reward, energy availability, recovery capacity, GI symptoms, lean-mass considerations, and long-term maintenance. It also means recognizing the point where a coaching issue becomes something that belongs with the client's healthcare team.
That level of understanding gives you more confidence in your decisions, and gives your client more confidence in you.
WORKING WITH GLP-1 CLIENTS FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS
Build the GLP-1 Knowledge Your Coaching Now Requires
This 9-module course takes you from the science behind incretin therapies to the practical decisions that show up when you coach someone using them.
You'll learn what's happening physiologically, what those changes can mean for training and nutrition, how to respond to common challenges, and where your professional boundaries sit.
The aim is simple: finish the course able to look at a GLP-1 client with far more context than you had when you started.
EXPLORE THE FULL COURSEWHAT YOU TAKE BACK TO YOUR CLIENTS
Coach With More Context, More Confidence and Clearer Boundaries
Understand what you're seeing
Connect changes in appetite, energy, recovery, food intake and performance to the physiology behind GLP-1 therapy.
Adapt the plan
Make better-informed decisions around resistance training, endurance work, recovery, fueling and session structure.
Recognize your professional boundaries
Learn the warning signs that require medical referral and how to work more effectively alongside the client's healthcare team.
Handle real-world challenges
Understand how GI symptoms, appetite suppression and adherence issues can affect what happens between the plan you wrote and the session your client can actually complete.
Build a specialist position
Complete the training, earn your course certificate and develop expertise in an area that is becoming increasingly relevant across fitness and weight management.
INSIDE THE COURSE
Nine Modules Built Around the Decisions GLP-1 Clients Bring Into Real Coaching
MODULE 1
The Pharmacology & History of Incretin Therapy
Understand where GLP-1 therapies came from and how they work. Explore the incretin effect, receptor biology, drug development, modern pharmacokinetics and the evolution from early diabetes research to medications including semaglutide and tirzepatide.
MODULE 2
The Shift in the Coaching Landscape
Understand why familiar coaching assumptions can become unreliable with GLP-1 clients. Learn to recognize changing physiological cues, challenge social-media misinformation, spot possible undisclosed GLP-1 use and rethink how success is measured beyond the scale.
MODULE 3
The Altered Gut-Brain Axis & Physiology
Go deeper into what happens when appetite, reward and internal feedback begin behaving differently. Study the gut-brain pathways involved, changes in food reward, altered hunger cues, fatigue signals and common interpretation errors that can show up during coaching.
MODULE 4
Energy Availability & Metabolic Adaptation
Learn to identify when βeating lessβ is beginning to create a different problem. Understand low energy availability, systemic under-fueling, RED-S considerations, metabolic adaptation and how GLP-1 appetite suppression can interact with exercise demands.
MODULE 5
Programming Resistance & Endurance Training
Build training plans around the realities of GLP-1 use. Explore lean-mass preservation, resistance-training priorities, intensity and volume adjustments, endurance considerations, recovery tracking and programming across different medication phases.
MODULE 6
Nutrition Frameworks & Fueling Strategies
Learn how to approach nutrition when appetite can no longer be relied on to drive adequate intake. Cover protein targets, nutrient distribution, carbohydrate timing, hydration, electrolytes, micronutrients and practical high-density food strategies.
MODULE 7
Managing GI Side Effects & Adherence
Know how to respond when nausea, gastric discomfort and other GI issues begin affecting training consistency. Learn session-timing strategies, exercise modifications, nutritional considerations and the clinical red flags that require referral.
MODULEΒ 8
Long-Term Maintenance & Healthcare Integration
Know how to respond when nausea, gastric discomfort and other GI issues begin affecting training consistency. Learn session-timing strategies, exercise modifications, nutritional considerations and the clinical red flags that require referral.
MODULE 9
Specialized Peptide Therapies in Wellness Coaching
Build a clearer picture of the wider peptide landscape. Explore approved therapies, research compounds, sourcing risks, current evidence and emerging agents while learning how to separate useful scientific context from online hype.
9 MODULES
Comprehensive GLP-1 education
8 LESSONS
Core lessons per module
QUIZZES
Check understanding as you progress
50 QUESTIONS
Final assessment
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE TRAINING
Built by a Scientist Who Lives in the Performance World
Michael Kalchman, PhD, brings an unusual combination of scientific training and real-world athletic experience to this course.
He holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of British Columbia and completed postdoctoral research involving Alzheimer's disease. His scientific work has appeared in respected journals including Nature and Nature Genetics.
He is also an Ironman triathlete and has first-hand experience with GLP-1 therapy.Β That background shapes the course from beginning to end. The science matters. So does what happens when a real person has to eat, train, recover and perform while using these therapies.
PhD
In Genetics
PUBLISHED
Scientific researcher
IRONMAN
Β Β Triathlete
Β Β FIRST-HAND
Β Β GLP-1 experience
WHAT TRAINERS ARE SAYING
Real Feedback From Trainers Working With GLP-1 Clients
"I've worked with clients on GLP-1 medications for months, but this course finally gave me the context behind what I was seeing. I feel much more confident adapting sessions and knowing when it's appropriate to refer clients back to their healthcare provider."
Sarah Mitchell, CPT
Strength Coach β’ 9 Years Experience
"Most of the information online focuses on the medications themselves. This course connects the science to practical coaching decisions. It's immediately applicable if you're training clients using GLP-1 therapies."
David Reynolds, MSc, CSCS
Performance Coach
"The biggest takeaway for me was learning how appetite, recovery, and training all interact while a client is on GLP-1 therapy. The modules are clear, evidence-based, and relevant to real coaching conversations."
Emily Carter
Personal Trainer & Nutrition Coach
BEYOND SOCIAL-MEDIA GLP-1 KNOWLEDGE
The Important Questions Start After βWhat Does Ozempic Do?β
How appetite suppression affects fueling
How to recognize low energy availability
How training volume and intensity may need to change
How to think about lean-mass preservation
How GI symptoms affect a session
How to manage the transition after medication
Which symptoms require medical referral
Where your scope begins and ends
This course brings those questions into one structured learning path, with the science and coaching application connected from the beginning. You leave with a framework you can use, not a collection of disconnected facts.
WHERE THIS KNOWLEDGE CAN TAKE YOU
Earn Your Certificate. Build the Expertise. Position Yourself for More GLP-1 Client Opportunities.
Complete the course, earn your Tide Health and Performance certificate, and put yourself in position to join Tide Health's professional marketplace, designed to connect GLP-1 users with personal trainers and allied health professionals who understand how to work with them.
GLP-1 users need professionals who understand the context behind their training experience.
Your certificate gives you a clear way to show that you've invested in learning this area properly. Your knowledge gives you something even more useful: the confidence to back it up when the client is standing in front of you.
EARN YOUR TIDE HEALTH COURSE CERTIFICATE
BEYOND SOCIAL-MEDIA GLP-1 KNOWLEDGE
The Important Questions Start After βWhat Does Ozempic Do?β
Working With GLP-1 Clients for Personal Trainers
- 9 comprehensive modules
- 8 core lessons per module
- Applied GLP-1 pharmacology and physiology
- Resistance and endurance programming frameworks
- Nutrition and fueling strategies
- GI side-effect and adherence considerations
- Long-term maintenance and healthcare integration
- Specialized peptide education
- Module quizzes
- 50-question final assessment
- Tide Health and Performance course certificate
- Positioning to join the Tide Health professional marketplace
- Immediate course access after purchase
$699 USD
or $799 CAD
This course brings those questions into one structured learning path, with the science and coaching application connected from the beginning. You leave with a framework you can use, not a collection of disconnected facts.
Enroll With Confidence
We're confident this course will give you the knowledge and framework to coach GLP-1 clients with greater confidence. If you don't feel the course delivers the value you expected, simply contact our team within 14 days of purchase and we'll process your refund according to our refund policy.
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QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU ENROLL
The Things You Should Know Before You Begin
Who is this course for?
Do I need a medical or scientific background?
Is this a medical qualification?
Do I receive a certificate?
I already know quite a lot about Ozempic and GLP-1s. Will this still be useful?
Can I see the course before paying $699?
How does the Tide Health marketplace work?
What happens after I purchase?
BE READY BEFORE THE QUESTION COMES UP IN SESSION
Learn Before Your Next GLP-1 Client Is Standing in Front of You
This course brings those questions into one structured learning path, with the science and coaching application connected from the beginning. You leave with a framework you can use, not a collection of disconnected facts.
ENROLL IN WORKING WITH GLP-1 CLIENTS$699 USD / $799 CAD
