Because 67–75% of all people who hire a health, fitness, or nutrition professional are women.

And yet—there’s a massive gap in comprehensive women-specific resources available for health and fitness professionals.

(Spoiler alert: a paragraph about a woman’s menstrual cycle doesn’t cut it.) 

This is where you come in. 

Becoming GGS Certified is your big opportunity to help women in need while setting yourself apart from other professionals in the industry.​​

This Certification dives deep into often ignored, but critically important women-specific topics that aren’t covered in other education including…

… all within a coach’s scope of practice. 

You’ll also learn:

- How-to write training programs for women at any stage of life

- How-to coach nutrition habits and skills through women-specific challenges

- How-to use behavior-change psychology to navigate critical and challenging situations that women struggle with like:

… all within a coach’s scope of practice. 

You’ll also learn how to write training programs for women at any stage of life, coach women-specific nutrition habits and skills, and use women-specific behavior-change psychology to navigate critical and challenging situations about:

…and other common roadblocks impacting women’s health in today’s world. 

That means when you become a GGS Certified Women’s Coaching Specialist, you’ll not only gain the exact knowledge and skills to help any woman—at any stage of life…

… you’ll also become the go-to expert for women in your community and beyond.

This Certification is for any current (or aspiring) health and fitness professional who wants to know exactly how to help women feel strong, confident, and empowered in their lives and bodies.

Our students and grads include:

We have thousands of students and grads in over 125 countries around the world, including countries in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, and Africa.

So if you check one or more of these boxes:

… our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification will provide you with everything you need to become the go-to expert for women in your community and beyond. 

Our Certification covers everything you need to feel confident and qualified to safely and effectively coach and train women at every stage of life. 

You’ll master the art and science of women-specific:

By the time you graduate, you’ll feel confident and qualified to:

All in one place.

For a more detailed overview of what our Certification covers, download the PDF below:

 

Once you register, you’ll get immediate access to your online learning platform. Plus, your Certification materials will be shipped to you — free of charge — anywhere in the world.

This Certification was created to help you learn the art and science of working with women so you can help your clients feel strong, confident, and empowered in their lives and bodies.

When you become a Certified Women’s Coaching Specialist, you’ll get the exact knowledge and skills you need to effectively coach and train women—at every stage of life.

As a new graduate, you’ll be listed in our Online Directory of Certified GGS Academy Professionals. 

We’ll also send you a beautiful hard copy certificate you can frame, hang on your wall, and share on your social channels—letting everyone know you’re the go-to expert for working with women.

When you’re a GGS Certified Women’s Coaching Specialist, you’ll have the skills and knowledge you need to effectively coach and train women at every stage of life.

It's the world's first and only comprehensive, evidence-based, interdisciplinary Certification focused on coaching women.

This Certification was developed by 17 world-leading, trailblazing women’s health experts from 12 fields of study, including:

Bringing these experts together allowed us to create the world’s only comprehensive, trusted, and globally relevant Women’s Coaching Certification in the industry. 

No other Certification helps you master the art and science of women-specific coaching, psychology, nutrition, exercise, anatomy and physiology, rest, recovery, and exercise programming.

And no other Certification helps you navigate so many critical and often-ignored topics like body image, disordered eating, emotional eating, pelvic health, menopause, menstrual cycle, hormonal issues, and more (all within your scope of practice).

In addition to a beautifully designed, one-of-a-kind, 593-page textbook you can keep and reference for years to come, you’ll get a 100+ page workbook designed to deepen your understanding of the material and prepare you for your exams.

Plus, you’ll have lifetime access to our online learning platform complete with dozens of time-saving forms and questionnaires, workout templates, assessment tools, and coaching and demonstration videos you can use with your clients immediately.

Our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification includes all of the latest women-specific research (including 1,000+ references throughout the textbook!) integrated with the practical and clinical experience of our world-class experts, and considers client and patient values.

All references are listed at the end of each chapter so they’re super easy to find if you want to do further research.

Our experts have worked with organizations like Johns Hopkins, Baylor Medical, Precision Nutrition, and Yale, and our Cert is recommended by industry legends like Dr. John Berardi, Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, and renowned Olympic Sprint Coach Stu McMillan. 

What’s more, organizations like NSCA, Perform Better, Goodlife Fitness, and IDEA Fit trust our experts to educate their coaches and trainers on working with women.

All of these factors—our experts, our curriculum, our evidence-based approach, our reputation—come together to make this Certification the most trusted resource of its kind.

We recognize that coaching women better is about understanding so much more than just anatomical and physiological differences (though those are important).

That’s why this Certification dives deep into women-specific behavior-change psychology and topics that affect a woman’s health including:

As a coach, you'll want to be prepared to have conversations around these challenging topics to help your clients feel seen, heard, and supported—and our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification will show you how.

Our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification was created and developed by 17 leading women’s health experts. 

They span 12 fields of study and include the following industry trailblazers:

Each of these women has 10–20+ years of practical and clinical experience in their respective fields and they’re the best at what they do.

We know life is busy. And that’s exactly why we’ve designed our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification to be entirely self-paced.

If you’ve got kids, a career, or other responsibilities to attend to, then you can customize your time and approach to suit your life and make sure you’re getting the most out of the materials. 

While there’s no deadline to start or finish, many of our students (and now grads!) set a goal to complete one chapter of Cert materials per week. That’s about 3–5 hours per week to get through:

There are 20 chapters in the textbook, so including all the exams, you’ll become a GGS Certified Women’s Coaching Specialist in about 4 months (or sooner!).

The best part? Every chapter of our textbook gives you immediately actionable tools you can take advantage of right away. So if you can’t get through a whole chapter in one week, don’t sweat it. You’ll already be reaping the benefits of your investment.

No prerequisites needed here! Our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification is for any current or aspiring forward-thinking professional who wants to have a bigger and deeper impact on women's lives.

In fact, our students and graduates include personal trainers, strength or nutrition coaches, group fitness instructors, physios and rehab professionals, Pilates and yoga instructors, mental health professionals, medical doctors, sport coaches, Registered Dieticians, nurses, midwives, doulas, massage therapists…

…as well as fitness enthusiasts, and people looking to change careers or build a business.

So what brings together this diverse group of people from different backgrounds?

A deep desire to create a better world for women by giving them the compassion, care, and coaching they deserve.

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been coaching for years, this Certification will give you everything you need to help women feel strong, confident, and empowered in their lives and bodies.

The GGS Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification qualifies for continuing education credits with the following organizations worldwide:

Even if your organization isn’t listed above, we’ll help you petition and gain CECs / CEUs. Our students have successfully petitioned and gained CECs / CEUs from NETA, NFPT, AAPTE, IFPA, and many more.

Shoot us an email at info@girlsgonestrong.com for any questions about approved organizations or for help with the petitioning process.

There’s a massive gap in comprehensive women-specific resources available for health and fitness professionals—which is surprising, considering that more 67–75% of all people who hire a health, fitness, or nutrition professional are women.

This is where you come in. Becoming GGS Certified is your big opportunity to help women in need while setting yourself apart from other professionals in the industry.

When you become a GGS Certified Women’s Coaching Specialist, you’ll become the go-to expert for working with women—and you’ll have the skills and knowledge you need to effectively coach and train women—at every stage of life.

As your reputation for being the go-to coach for women grows, you’ll continue to build a rewarding business, career, and life you love.

And along the way, you’ll find that you have a thriving business that has the potential to provide you with…

... more money to support your family…

... more time to spend with your friends and loved ones…

... and more flexibility in your schedule for the things you enjoy, so you can get the most out of life every single day.

The feedback on the GGS-1 Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification is overwhelmingly positive.

We’ve enrolled thousands of students from 125 countries around the world in our Certification, and student satisfaction ratings far exceed the industry average.

Here are some thoughts from a few of the top experts in the industry:

The general public price of our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification is $1500 USD.

But when you join our free, no-obligation pre-sale list today, you’ll get the chance to enroll for only $89 USD per month or a one-time payment of $899 USD — up to $600 savings.

We make it super simple — and totally free — to stay certified with us because we want you to spend your time helping your clients and growing your business.

As a GGS Certified Women’s Coaching Specialist, you’re required to take a recertification exam every two years from your date of course completion to keep your Certification active.

This ensures your knowledge stays current and you stay practicing at the top of your field. Recertifying also maintains your status in our Online Directory of Certified GGS Academy Professionals.

The good news is that recertifying is free if you do it within 90 days of your Certification expiring. We’ll send you emails to remind you when your expiration date is close.

Even more good news? You don’t have to pay for additional CEUs or fulfill other requirements to maintain your Certification beyond taking the one exam every two years. The process is that simple!

Our next Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification enrollment opens April 2024.

We only take a select number of new students each enrollment period so we can maintain excellent support and manage textbook and workbook inventory.

By joining our free, no-obligation pre-sale list, you’ll get the chance to enroll 24–48 hours before everyone else and save up to $600 off the general, public price.

Enrollment is first come, first served, so don't miss out because spots are limited!

If you try our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification and you’re not happy with what you learn, just return your textbook and materials within 60 days of enrollment. We’ll give you your money back, so there's absolutely no risk to you.

With thousands of happy students and grads in over 125 countries around the world, we have a proven track record you can trust.

If you’re not satisfied for any reason let us know, and we’ll make it right. Guaranteed.

To learn more about our Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification, join our free, no-obligation pre-sale list below.

We’ll follow up with more details about the Certification — plus you get the added bonuses of (1) being able to register early before everyone else, and (2) saving up to $500 off the general, public price.