Introduction
Working within the gym environment allows you to bring your passion for fitness to life – helping others improve their fitness, wellbeing and confidence while enjoying the satisfaction that comes with it.
For more than 20 years we’ve helped thousands of people around the world turn their love of working out into exciting careers. Now it’s your turn.
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Read ReviewsBecoming a Fitness Instructor, also known as a Gym Instructor, is a starting point for your career in fitness.
Our Gym Instructor course aims to provide you with the skills and knowledge to conduct consultations, plan and prepare gym-based exercise programmes for apparently healthy adults, and to communicate with and motivate clients effectively.
Once enrolled, you’ll have access to:
- all online course material
- course videos
- exercise library
- online worksheets
- workbooks
The content of our Level 2 Fitness Instructor course includes:
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- Anatomy and physiology
- Diseases and common health conditions
- Analysis of client information
- Functional programme design
- Movement screening
- Effective coaching models
- Health risk stratification
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Health and safety
- Planning and instructing gym-based exercise
- Nutrition for health
- Motivational interviewing
- Conducting consultations
Study Options
To suit different study styles and needs, we offer three study options: In-Person Fast Track, Live-Virtual™ Fast Track and Distance.
Our In-Person and Live-Virtual™ options feature a structured Fast Track route that helps you qualify sooner through live, tutor-led clinics where you’re guided through the practical elements and complete the practical assessments needed to qualify and start working with clients.
You can start your course the minute you enrol: simply log on to our website or mobile app for instant access.
In-Person Fast Track
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Enjoy our in-person, gym-based experience: home study plus a Fast Track clinic that you attend at one of our premium venues nationwide. Learn in a gym environment with a tutor and other students.
A clinic runs for three days, from Friday to Sunday.
You will:
- Book onto a scheduled In-Person Fast Track clinic. Check out Dates to see the locations and dates available.
- Complete as independent home study the online learning resources, online theory assessment, workbook and specified sections of the portfolio before you attend the clinic.
- Attend the clinic you have booked onto during which you will complete the practical assessments.
- Submit your completed portfolio electronically via our Help Desk.
Live-Virtual™ Fast Track
The best of both worlds: home study plus a Fast Track clinic that you join from home via Teams with a tutor and other students. The clinic is a live, tutor-led session, not a pre-recorded webinar or video.
A clinic runs for three days, from Friday to Sunday.
You will:
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- Book onto a scheduled Live-Virtual™ Fast Track clinic. Check out the Dates available.
- Complete as independent home study the online learning, online theory assessment, workbook and specified sections of the portfolio before you participate in the clinic.
- Participate in the clinic you have booked onto, during which you will complete all practical assessments bar one. That practical assessment must instead be filmed in a suitably equipped professional fitness environment, for example a commercial fitness centre, for which you’ll need one apparently healthy client.
- Submit your completed portfolio electronically via our Help Desk.
- Book onto a scheduled Live-Virtual™ Fast Track clinic. Check out the Dates available.
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Distance
A flexible home study option with no classes to attend.
You will:
- Complete as home study the online course material, online theory assessment, workbook and portfolio before performing any of the practical assessments.
- Film the practical assessments in a suitably equipped professional fitness environment; for example, a commercial fitness centre (for which you’ll need a minimum of three apparently healthy clients).
- Submit via our Help Desk a video of your practical assessments and completed portfolio.
Course Prices
Take advantage of our easy payment options: pay up front in full and receive a prompt payment discount or pay the regular price with a no deposit, interest free payment plan.
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Priced From: £499 prompt payment. Offer Ends 6th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £42/month. Total repayments: £499
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Priced From: £599 prompt payment. Offer Ends 6th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £50/month. Total repayments: £599
Valued At: £999
Priced From: £599 prompt payment. Offer Ends 6th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £50/month. Total repayments: £599
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Recognition
You will achieve the relevant Focus Awards Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification upon successful completion of our Fitness Instructor course.
Our Fitness Instructor course is also recognised by CIMSPA and REPs.
Prerequisites
No prior fitness qualification is required before starting our Gym Instructor course.
A basic level of English and Maths will be necessary to understand the course content.
The Gym Instructor course requires physical exertion, therefore a degree of physical fitness is necessary. Prior participation in gym sessions will be helpful.
Support
Every step of the way, our dedicated team of Success Coaches in the Learner Success team are on hand to help you become a gym instructor.
When you take part in one of our gym instructor courses, we offer support in numerous ways, including our:
Learner Success team – As well as the support you receive from your expert tutors on a scheduled clinic or training day (if applicable), you’ll also have access to our Learner Success team. This team is dedicated to helping you with study questions and administration queries via phone, email or through our Helpdesk. You’ll be in good hands – all team members are qualified & experienced fitness professionals who have been working in the fitness industry for many, many years. They not only have the knowledge to help you through the course, but have real-world experience enabling them to offer advice on how to be a success.
Resources
You’re welcome to read some of our blog articles related to instructing fitness:
How to become a Fitness Instructor
Dates
View dates for the Gym Instructor clinics.
Our Locations
Due to our proprietary delivery method, you can study from anywhere, in your own time. You can study in:
London | Aberdeen | Barking and Dagenham | Barnet | Barnsley | Bath | Battersea | Belfast | Bexley | Birmingham | Bournemouth | Brent | Brighton | Bristol | Brixton | Bromley | Cambridge | Camden | Canterbury | Cardiff | Chiswick | Clapham | Colchester | Coventry | Crawley | Cricklewood | Crouch End | Croydon | Doncaster | Ealing | Earls Court | Edinburgh | Enfield | Exeter | Finchley | Glasgow | Golders Green | Greenwich | Hackney | Hammersmith and Fulham | Haringey | Harlesden | Harrow | Hatfield | Havering | Highgate | Hillingdon | Hounslow | Inverness | Isleworth | Islington | Kensington and Chelsea | Kent | Kilburn | Kingston upon Thames | Knightsbridge | Ladbroke Grove | Lambeth | Leeds | Leicester | Lewisham | Liverpool | Luton | Manchester | Mayfair | Merton | Middlesbrough | Mitcham | Muswell Hill | Neasden | Newcastle | Newham | Northampton | Norwich | Nottingham | Notting Hill | Paddington | Peckham | Peterborough | Plymouth | Portsmouth | Reading | Redbridge | Richmond upon Thames | Sheffield | Shoreditch | Solihull | Southampton | Southend on Sea | Southgate | South Kensington | Southwark | Stratford | Streatham | Sunderland | Sutton | Tooting | Tower Hamlets | Vauxhall | Waltham Forest | Wandsworth | Watford | Wembley | Westminster | Wigan | Willesden Green | Wolverhampton | Woolwich | Wrexham
