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Plan Strong™

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Verified: this record was checked against its official source. Last verified 2026-09-03. 7 sources on file.

At a glance

Credential type
continuing education course
Status
active
Target professional
Athletes and coaches seeking strength programming education
Country
unknown
Official page
https://www.strongfirst.com/special-events/plan-strong-information/
Recertification page
unknown
Categories
Olympic Weightlifting, Professional Development, Strength & Conditioning

Accreditation

No accreditation on record — status unknown. Absence of a claim is recorded honestly rather than guessed.

Eligibility & examination

Eligibility

Minimum age
unknown
Education
None. "You do not need a background in sports science, endocrinology, or neuroscience to attend the Plan Strong™ seminar."
Degree required
no
Experience
None stated; "This seminar is open to all who are interested in learning how to design strength training programs for kettlebells and the barbell based on the Soviet weightlifting system."
CPR/AED
unknown
Other prerequisites
"There are no prerequisites."

Lecture-based seminar; not an instructor certification. (Separate strength standards apply only to ordering a custom Plan Strong™ plan, not to seminar attendance.) No examination is required to earn this credential (per official source).

Examination

No examination details on record.

Initial certification costs

  • $695 — Plan Strong™ Online—Worldwide (EST) November 7-8, 2026: Total Commitment early price (through Sept 23, 2026)
  • $895 — Standard Price (ends October 23, 2026)
  • $995 — Late Price (begins October 24, 2026)

Renewal & CEU requirements

$750
renewal
Recertification required
not_applicable
CEU unit system
unknown
Ethics requirement
unknown
CPR/AED at renewal
unknown
Deadline rule
For StrongFirst instructor certifications: must be registered for a recertification option prior to the current certification expiration date (expiration date viewable on instructor profile).

Plan Strong™ is a StrongFirst professional seminar (Special Event), not an instructor certification with its own stated expiration/renewal cycle in the evidence. Its role in renewal is that attendees who hold a current StrongFirst instructor certification can renew it onsite at no additional cost with registration (Unified Recertification testing completed during the weekend; spots limited, availability varies by event). StrongFirst instructors may otherwise recertify by re-attending a certification, attending a special event, assisting at a certification (no tuition), or online recertification. Unified Recertification lets multiple modalities be renewed at one time for one price; achieving/maintaining StrongFirst Elite (all four certifications) yields a 3-year expiration date for all four. Expired instructors may re-attend a previously held certification for $750 (proof of expired certification required; online recert and cert assistant paths not eligible) or register for a new certification at current price.

Sources (7)

Latest verification activity: initial verification → confirmed (2026-09-06) · reverification → confirmed (2026-09-06) · initial verification → confirmed (2026-09-06) · initial verification → confirmed (2026-09-04) · reverification → confirmed (2026-09-03)

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