Description
Minimum age of entry : 16+
Learn: Fitness Instruction to an advanced level
Pre-requisite: No previous experience required
Ideal for: Individuals who want to work as a professional fitness instructor
Timescale: 5 days of intensive training plus home study 6/8 weeks online program.
Diploma: Level 3
Location: Ireland Courses also run in Tenerife and Thailand. Please ensure you are choosing the correct location.
The purpose of a fitness instructor is to build fitness participation for new and existing members. A fitness instructor welcomes and introduces new members to fitness by providing inductions and supports existing members with ongoing programmes. A fitness instructor leads members through programmes and is responsible for the resulting member fitness experience, which should be positive and meet their individual needs.
Occupational Role:
- A fitness instructor should be able to:
- Provide effective and safe fitness instruction.
- Promote a healthy lifestyle.
- Identify individual motives and resulting short, medium and long-term fitness goals.
- Suggest relevant exercise adaptations or options to allow for individual client differences or needs.
- Provide participants with advice on intensity and how to progress their individual performance and results.
- Observe clients and correct unsafe technique.
- Provide clients with technical models for exercise technique.
- Positively interact and motivate clients using appropriate tools in order to promote adherence to exercise.
- Deliver good customer service and be a positive role model at all times.
- Promote healthy activities and related strategies for daily living to clients (lifestyle management).
- Promote customer referral: invite customers to bring friends and family along and promote their fitness activities in their social environment.
- Promote a healthy and clean environment.
- Work within the parameters given at Level 3, recognising the standards and professional limitations that this provides, referring to appropriate members of staff for guidance and support.
Course Content:
- How to conduct individual instructions in a gym-based environment
- How to support exercise adherence and a healthy lifestyle
- The skills to plan, instruct and supervise safe and effective exercise and physical activity sessions
- How to deliver exceptional customer service
- Professional conduct
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Nutrition
- Health and Safety
