This qualification covers the planning and teaching of a variety of advanced training methods with the incorporation of Sports Conditioning & Core Stability. Candidates will learn how to develop long term training plans for a wide range of clients with specific goals in all components of fitness.

The course includes:

• Advanced resistance, cardiovascular and flexibility training methods
• Training for core stability
• Training for power, speed, agility and quickness
• Identification and strategies for overcoming barriers to exercise participation
• Development and implementation long-term exercise programmes
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Relevant teaching skill

Candidates will learn how to plan and teach group exercise classes that will include using both a range of equipment and bodyweight exercises. The course includes many circuit approaches appropriate to a wide range of clients from sports specific to health related.

Areas of study include:

• Session structure and content
• Instructing various styles of circuit training classes
• Approaches to Circuit Training
• Relevant teaching skills and methods of motivation
• Exercise technique for free weights and body weight exercises
• Health & Safet

This qualification covers both the theoretical and practical elements required to teach a safe and effective group exercise session to music in a studio setting. You will develop the teaching skills to create and breakdown choreography whilst inspiring and motivating your class participants.

Areas of study include:

• Anatomy & Physiology
• The Components & Principles of Fitness
• Relevant skills and knowledge needed to teach groupexercise
• Working with beats and phrasing within music
• Building up and breaking down choreography
• Health & safety
• Customer care and client retentio

A combination of practical and theory units.

Areas of study include:

• The anatomical and physiological changes that take place in children
• To explore exercise for children at different growth stages
• A range of class structures
• Aspects of child psychology/motivation
• Nutrition in relation to children
• Safety and potential contra-indications
• The OFSTED standards individuals are required to meet if they work with childre

This qualification looks at the principles of healthy eating and weight management as it relates to exercise. Candidates will develop the skills and knowledge to offer their clients nutritional advice for effective weight management.

Areas of study include:

• Dietary sources and recommended daily amounts of macro and micronutrients
• The roles of each nutrient in the body and the health consequences of consuming too much/too little
• Healthy eating guidelines for effective weight management
• Methods of measuring client progress
• The diet industry, including specific diets and their impact on weight management
• The physiology and psychology of dieting
• Breaking down barriers to successfully achieve change
• Reading food labels and methods of marketin

This Level 3 qualification is made up of a variety of modules that provide the candidate with the necessary skills to work with a wide range of clients offering exercise, lifestyle and nutritional advice to help them successfully achieve their personal targets.

The Personal Trainer Award is made up of the following modules:

• Gym Instructor Level 2
• Circuit Training Level 2
• Advanced Gym Instructor Level 3
• Client Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment Level 3
• Nutrition & Weight Management Level 3
• Training in Different Environments Level 3
• Business & Marketing Skills Level