Become A Better, More Successful Personal Trainer
Every personal trainer reaches a point where another certification, another course, or another Instagram post isn’t what they need.
What they really need is an experienced mentor—someone they can turn to for guidance, feedback, and real-world answers when they’re unsure what to do.
That’s exactly what Program Design University is.
It isn’t another certification.
It isn’t another workout library.
It isn’t another collection of exercises.
It’s ongoing education and mentorship from a coach who has “been there” and “done that.”
Get Direct Mentorship From Coach Nick Tumminello
Coach Nick Tumminello is an internationally-recognized speaker, author of 4 books, and the 2016 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year recipient. It’s safe to say that he knows what he is doing.
For more than 25 years, Nick has coached everyone from complete beginners to professional athletes, and he’s helped thousands of trainers become better, more successful coaches along the way. Now you can learn directly from his real-world experience condensed into months of mentorship.
When you’re unsure what to do, you won’t need another Google search, AI prompt, or another random opinion from social media.
You’ll have direct access to someone who’s already solved the exact challenges you’re facing today and knows what works. Someone that still trains everyday clients and understands real-world situations.
A Program Design University (PDU) Membership Includes:
Monthly Client Programs Designed By Nick With Breakdowns and Context
Recordings Of Full Training Sessions With Cues And Coaching
Immediate Access To Hours Of Courses and Video Lessons
A Private Community Of Trainers And Mentorship From Nick
What You Get Each Month Inside PDU
✅ Direct access to Coach Nick to ask your toughest coaching and programming questions — so you don’t have to guess your way through difficult client situations.
✅ Weekly coaching lessons on programming, pain, communication, and business to help you become a more confident and successful coach.
✅ A client-ready SPE program with a complete breakdown of how and why it was designed — so you learn principles, not just another workout.
✅ Live program design case studies where you’ll see exactly how Nick builds programs for real clients from the ground up.
✅ A private coaching community where you can ask questions, share ideas, and learn alongside other trainers committed to becoming better coaches.
You’ll also get access to:
- Full-length recordings of real training sessions of Nick and his clients so you can see how he coaches and cues in real-time.
- 18+ hours of existing course content on single leg training, strength training for fat loss, joint-friendly training and more!
- A constantly expanding library of resources, lessons, and videos
Everything is designed to help you apply what you learn—not just understand it.
Get Ongoing Coaching And Feedback
One of the biggest differences with Program Design University is that it’s not just a passive learning experience.
Inside the private community, you can ask Nick questions at any time and get direct feedback.
Questions like…
- “My client says this hurts. What would you do?”
- “How would you modify this program for bad knees?”
- “How do I progress this exercise?”
- “Should I push harder or back off?”
- “How would you handle this client?”
Those are the kinds of conversations we have every week inside Program Design University.
Become The Coach More Clients Are Looking For
The trainers who become the most valuable aren’t the ones who know the most exercises.
They’re the ones who know how to confidently help beginners, seniors, and people with knee, shoulder, and back pain train safely, get stronger, move better, and hurt less.
They know how to build programs for fat loss, muscle growth, functional strength, and sports performance.
They know how to adapt their programming for golfers, tennis players, and the real-world clients who walk through their doors every day.
The more people you can confidently help, the more valuable you become, and the more clients will seek you out, stay with you, and recommend you to others.
What Program Design University Members Are Saying
I have followed you for nearly my whole career, and I’m super pumped to be here and learn a little more in-depth from one of the greats in the industry.
Thanks, Nick Tumminello!
I’ve been here for just over a month now, and I’ve been loving every single resource Nick shares. It’s made me want to keep learning and becoming a better trainer.
I’m learning a lot and I’m so glad that I signed up for Program Design University.
In fact, I’m switching all my clients to the SPE model next month.
Join Program Design University Today – Free For 7 Days!
Become the kind of coach clients trust, refer to their friends, and happily invest in year after year.
Learn directly from one of the fitness industry’s most experienced coaches and become part of a community dedicated to helping trainers become more knowledgeable, confident, valuable, and successful.
Try Program Design University absolutely free for 7 days and then just $29/month with no long-term commitment.
Instead of wondering if you’re doing the right thing…
You’ll coach with confidence because you’ll understand not just what to do, but why you’re doing it.
You’ll begin improving how you design programs immediately.
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Download Nick Tumminello’s FREE No-B.S. Guide to Exercise Progressions for Personal Trainers
Most exercise progression charts look organized.
The problem is, they don’t reflect how coaching actually works.
Too many trainers confuse exercise variation with exercise progression, leading to programs that look good on paper but don’t systematically build the strength or movement competency clients actually need. A true progression should prepare a client for the next exercise by increasing loading demands or developing the prerequisite abilities required to succeed.
In this free guide, Coach Nick Tumminello shares the exact progression system he’s refined through more than 25 years of coaching clients and educating personal trainers.
You’ll discover how to stop relying on arbitrary progression charts and start making progression decisions based on objective coaching principles that work in the real world.
Inside This FREE Guide, You’ll Learn:
✅The difference between Loading Progressions and Teaching Progressions, and when to use each.
✅Why most progression charts fail, and how to identify a true progression versus a simple exercise variation.
✅The two rules every effective exercise progression should follow.
✅How to determine exactly when a client is ready to progress instead of relying on arbitrary timelines.
And so much more!