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We celebrate the individuality of every student and work with you to help you become the best personal trainer you can be. Our carefully designed personal training courses offer sought-after career paths, allowing you to concentrate on and achieve your specific career goals. Transform your passion into a rewarding career with a customised course perfect for you.
Choose the personal training course below that offers the level of expertise, income potential and credibility that you want to gain from your education.
Specialist Diploma™
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Become a Women’s Exercise Specialist™ and gain more credibility, more confidence and more clients by specialising in your chosen field.
This Specialist Diploma™ includes:
- Level 3 Practitioner Diploma™ (level 2 Gym Instructor and level 3 Personal Trainer)*
- T3 HIIT Coach
- Level 2 Circuit Training
- Level 3 Outdoor Fitness
- Level 3 Exercise for Ante and Postnatal Clients
Master Diploma™
Best value
Become a Women’s Exercise Master™. Earn the most respected credential and build a strong, sustainable personal training business with more clients who achieve better results and stay with you longer.
This Master Diploma™ includes:
- Level 3 Women’s Exercise Specialist Diploma™
- Level 3 Exercise & Nutrition for Menopause
- Level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer
Your Career in Women’s Exercise
According to the 2021 Census, women and girls made up 34.1 million (51%) of the UK population. There were over 800 000 conceptions that year and an estimated 13 million women are currently peri or menopausal in the UK (NHS England). The increasing demand for personal trainers qualified to work with women going through these phases means there’s a rewarding career for you as a Women’s Exercise Specialist™ or Master.
With studies indicating women are 10% less likely to engage in regular physical activity, the need for specialised fitness support is clear. When you graduate from your Women’s Exercise Diploma™, you’ll emerge as a pivotal contributor to women’s health, using your expertise to foster vitality among women, significantly impacting their quality of life and long-term health outcomes.
Our Women’s Exercise Diplomas™ provide the knowledge and skills to transform women’s lives through tailored exercise and nutrition strategies. When you graduate, you’ll be recognised internationally as a qualified personal trainer who specialises in training menopausal clients and or ante and postnatal clients. Specialising in women’s health and exercise offers significant advantages, particularly in enhancing your employability and earning potential.
Diploma Options
We offer two exceptional Women’s Exercise Diplomas™ to choose from.
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This Specialist Diploma™ includes the following units:
- Level 3 Practitioner Diploma™ (level 2 Gym Instructor and level 3 Personal Trainer)*
- T3 HIIT Coach
- Level 2 Circuit Training
- Level 3 Outdoor Fitness
- Level 3 Exercise for Ante & Post Natal Clients
This Specialist Diploma™ begins with the internationally recognised level 3 Gym Instructor & Personal Trainer Practitioner Diploma™*, which serves as the foundation for all subsequent units in this course.
The level 2 Circuit Training unit is a crucial asset for personal trainers and delves into designing, conducting and refining circuit training routines. It equips you with extensive insights on creating varied workouts suitable for people at any fitness level, while incorporating a wide range of exercises with or without equipment.
The T3 HIIT Coach unit enhances your understating of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) fundamentals, methodologies, and the scientific rationale underpinning them. Learn the skills and knowledge to deliver HIIT sessions that maximise calorie burn, boost metabolism and optimise cardiovascular endurance, providing your clients with efficient, effective and exhilarating workouts.
The level 3 Outdoor Fitness unit is an all-important addition that allows you to expand your services beyond conventional gym environments. This unit is designed to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to design and lead effective, safe training sessions for both individuals and groups in outdoor spaces.
Understanding the specific needs and challenges of antenatal and postnatal clients is crucial, not only for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of exercise routines but also for promoting optimal health during these significant phases of life. The level 3 Exercise for Ante & Post Natal Clients unit equips you with the skills to support women before, during, and after pregnancy and includes contra-indications to exercise for ante and postnatal clients, how to manage risks in ante and postnatal exercise sessions, and nutritional requirements for the ante and postnatal period.
*If you already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, you should choose the Specialist (without Gym Instructor) option in the Specialist Diploma Prices section below.
Women's Exercise Master Diploma™
This Master Diploma™ includes:
- Level 3 Women’s Exercise Specialist Diploma™
- Level 3 Exercise & Nutrition for Menopause
- Level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer
Elevate your expertise with the Women’s Exercise Master Diploma™. This advanced course package builds on the foundation of the Women’s Exercise Specialist Diploma™ by incorporating the comprehensive level 3 Exercise & Nutrition for Menopause unit. This unit educates you on how to effectively support menopausal women by understanding the physiological, psychological, and cognitive changes that occur during this period. You’ll gain valuable insights into how tailored exercise regimens can mitigate the increased risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases, enhance mood, and improve overall mental and physical well-being. The unit also covers individualised exercise programming, the benefits of weight-bearing and strength training, and strategies for promoting cardiovascular health.
Additionally, the Master diploma includes the Level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer unit which enhances your ability to integrate technology and other innovative tools to expand your personal training business, as well as your skills in exercise programming, client assessment, and advanced training techniques.
By completing this Master Diploma™, you position yourself as a highly skilled professional, capable of delivering exceptional results and providing specialised training services to a broader client base.
Study Options
To meet different study needs and styles, we offer three different study options for our Women’s Exercise Diplomas™ – Distance, In-Person and Live-Virtual™.
And you can start your course the minute you enrol: simply log on to our website or mobile app and get instant access.
Distance
The ultimate in flexibility, the Distance study option is conducted as home study.
You will:
- Complete as independent home study the online learning, online theory assessments, workbook and portfolios 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 portfolios. If you enrol on a combined gym instructor and personal trainer course, you must complete the gym instructor component of the course before the personal training component. If you enrol on a Specialist or Master Diploma™, you must complete the personal training component before the subsequent units.
- As an alternative to submitting a video of your practical assessments, for an additional fee you can either book onto and attend In-Person assessments held on scheduled assessment days to which you’ll bring your one-to-one client and hand in a copy of your completed portfolios, or you can book onto and perform Live-Virtual assessments at bespoke times and dates that you arrange with us and for which you’ll have three clients with you and submit in advance via our Help Desk a copy of your completed portfolios. View dates
This alternative applies only to the Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer units of the course.
In-Person
Enjoy the in-venue, in-person experience: home study plus clinics that you attend at one of our premium venues nationwide. Learn in a gym environment with a tutor and other students.
Available Full Time and Part Time.
In London, we offer the In-Person study option both Full Time and Part Time. The Full Time option runs Monday to Friday, and the Part Time options run over consecutive scheduled Saturdays (Part Time Saturdays option) or Sundays (Part Time Sundays option). Whether you choose Full Time or Part Time, the number of days you attend is the same:
- Practitioner Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) – 11 days (two clinics – Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer)
- Practitioner Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) – 6 days (one clinic– Personal Trainer)
- Practitioner Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) – 11 days (two clinics – Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer)
- Practitioner Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) – 6 days (one clinic – Personal Trainer)
- Book onto scheduled In-Person clinics according to the study option (Part Time or Full Time) that you enrolled on. View clinic dates.
- Complete as independent home study the online learning resources, online theory assessments, workbook and specified sections of the portfolios for each clinic before you attend that clinic. For example, you will complete the online course material and online theory assessment for the personal trainer component of the course (as well as specified sections of the personal trainer portfolio) before you attend the personal trainer clinic.
- Attend the In-Person clinics you have booked onto. You’ll perform various training and assessments during these clinics and also finish and hand in the relevant portfolios.
- Complete the additional Specialist Diploma™ units (level 3 Outdoor Fitness, level 4 Strength and Conditioning) and additional Master Diploma™ units (level 4 Low Back Pain Management, level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer) as home study.
Outside of London, we offer the In-Person study option Part Time over full weekends (i.e. both Saturday and Sunday). The number of days you attend is:
Regardless of the location of the clinics you have booked to attend (i.e. inside or outside of London), you will:
Live-Virtual
The best of both worlds: home study plus live, virtual clinics in which you participate at home via Zoom with a tutor and other students. These clinics are not pre-recorded webinars or videos – they are live.
Available Part Time.
The Part Time Weekend option runs over consecutive weekends (Part Time Weekend). The number of days in which you participate is:
- Practitioner Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) – 11 days (two clinics – Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer)
- Practitioner Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) – 6 days (one clinic – Personal Trainer)
- Practitioner Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) – 11 days (two clinics – Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer)
- Practitioner Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) – 6 days (one clinic – Personal Trainer)
- Book onto scheduled Live-Virtual clinics according to the study option (Part Time Weekend or Part Time Evening) that you enrolled on. Check out the clinic dates.
- Complete as independent home study the online learning, online theory assessments, workbook and specified sections of the portfolios for each clinic before you participate in that clinic. For example, you will complete the online course material and online theory assessment for the personal trainer component of the course (as well as specified sections of the personal trainer portfolio) before participating in the personal trainer clinic.
- Participate in the Live-Virtual clinics you have booked onto. You’ll perform various training and assessments during these clinics and also finish and hand in your portfolios. All practical assessments bar one are completed on clinic. For the practical assessment not completed on clinic, you will instead film it in a suitably equipped professional fitness environment, for example, a commercial fitness centre, for which you’ll need one apparently healthy client.
- Complete the additional Specialist Diploma™ units (level 3 Outdoor Fitness, level 4 Strength and Conditioning) and additional Master Diploma™ units (level 4 Low Back Pain Management, level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer) as home study.
The Part Time Evening option runs over consecutive Monday and Tuesday evenings (Part Time Evening). For this option, one day equals two evenings a week on Monday and Tuesday. The number of days in which you participate is:
Regardless of the Part Time option you choose, you will:
Specialist Diploma™ Prices
We offer a range of easy payment options: pay in full up front and receive a prompt payment discount; or pay the regular price with a payment plan.
To enrol, simply select your Course and Study Option and click Get Started.
*Select the Specialist Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) option if don’t already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor certificate.
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Master Diploma™ Prices
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*Select the Master Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) option if don’t already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor certificate.
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Course Specs
Take a deep dive into our Women’s Exercise Diplomas™. If you have any questions, give us a call.
Recognition
The awarding organisations we use are Focus Awards and YMCA Awards. You’ll achieve the relevant qualification/s upon successful completion of the Women’s Exercise Diploma™ you enrol on, the certificate/s for which will be issued by the awarding organisation.
Your personal trainer course is also recognised by REPs and CIMSPA.
Prerequisites
When it comes to getting started, you don’t need any previous fitness qualifications for our Women’s Exercise Diplomas™.
If you already hold a CIMSPA recognised Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, please give us a copy of that qualification and enrol on the Specialist Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) or Master Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor). Give us a call on 0207 2929 140 option 1 if you have any questions.
You’ll need a basic level of English and Maths to understand the course content.
Our Women’s Exercise Diplomas™ involve physical activity that you need to perform. While it’s not essential, having personal experience with gym sessions will come in handy.
Payment Options
Our Womens’s Exercise Diplomas™ represent the very best value and are made even more affordable by the range of flexible funding options we offer.
You can pay in full, up front and receive a prompt payment discount; or take out a payment plan on the regular price.
Free eClasses and Reassessments
Distance study learners have access to free daily eClasses which are conducted live, over Zoom. The eClasses are optional and can be attended as many times as you like.
And to help make your assessments even more stress-free, in the event you don’t get everything right the first time, you can resubmit for free.
Dates
Check out dates for our In-Person and Live-Virtual™ study options:
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 | Leicecster | 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 | Southgate | Southend-on-Sea | Southwark | South Kensington | Stratford | Streatham | Sunderland | Sutton | Tooting | Tower Hamlets | Vauxhall | Waltham Forest | Wandsworth | Watford | Wembley | Westminster | Wigan | Willesden Green | Wolverhampton | Woolwich | Wrexham