I fancy taking a Fitness instructor/personal trainer course.
Ideally it would be home learning (although might be able to do part time) and a quick search of google offers a massive range of choices in time/cost and presumably quality of courses ....They arent created equal... but if a course is recognised by REP is that good enough ?
Im in no rush to get a course finished in 2 weeks, like some offer!?!, and am doing it for no other reason than something to do ... but maybe with half a mind on setting something up/doing the odd class in a gym ... maybe.
What route have you taken or what would be your minimum requirement for employing someone.
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My wife is about to finish retraining as a PT.
For fitness classes you only need Level 2, to be a PT you need Level 3.
She did her training with [url= https://www.premierglobal.co.uk/courses/ ]Premier [/url], I believe they're widely regarded as one of the best.
Even with them though, it is apparent that there's a big difference between people who want to spend all day in the gym and scrape through the course, and those that actually want to do the job to help people and learn the technicalities of it.
I'd suggest if you're the former then look for a cheaper option, but if the latter then take a look at premier.
Also, if you do decide to go with them then don't just book online. Call them and haggle the price 😉
Email in profile if you want me to put you in touch with her.
What route have you taken or what would be your minimum requirement for employing someone.
Varies hugely by gym / coach.
Some would want membership of [url= http://www.uksca.org.uk/ ]UKSCA[/url] and relevant S&C qualifications, others barely anything. All depends what the client base is and how 'professional' the gym is. Local Nuffield Health place is the opposite, most instructors have just done a 3 week YMCA course and know bugger all about anything.
Most PTs I know are pretty well qualified, UKSCA, BWL Level 2, Premier Level 4 etc
I'm qualified to level 4 and went with Premier Training for all my courses, I've done 11 in total with them.
Fully recommend them, and I believe they are one of the most highly regarded in the industry.
I did my level 2 DVD based first then
Level 3 PT over a long period, home learning and 3 or 4 weekends
Then specialised as a lower back specialist the year after.
I'm also qualified in most of the other class based areas through them too.
Fully recommend
My sister's just got the Diploma qualification with Premier, as mentioned before - she did an intensive 6 week course but then she wants a complete change of career rather than teach the occasional class!
I trained as a PT with YMCA (L3, blended learning - so travelled to London for practical training and assessments and did coursework/exam prep at home). Some tutors were great, some not so much. If you're planning on qualifying over a long-ish period of time be warned that they do tend to change course content on an annoyingly regular basis so you can end up having to redo and pay again for revamped/renamed modules.
Three recommendations for Premier in as many posts and a great tip on haggling.
Thanks gents ... vearly days for me and may well be pipe dream stuff.
But I don't have to leave for work until noon 2 or 3 times a week and as much as this time is great for my own training, I can't help thinking I could be killing two bird with one stone... I dont want to be sat here in until Im grey (and chances are they'll out me before that) so could be laying down some ground work for "semi" retirement
Just thinking aloud ... cheers guys
I done my level 2 with discovery learning. Most of it was distance learning with a 2 day course including class room and practical training elements.
I enjoyed it burn occasionally found the 'support' from discovery lacking... if there was something I was unsure of I'd email to ask someone to explain, when all I got was an email back saying " look at page 16 in your manual".
Besides that, it wasn't too bad.