PROFESSION

Fitness Professional

Ian White

Name:
Ian White

Employer:
FitPro (Fitness Professionals)

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A day in the life of a...
Fitness Professional

Job Description
Fitness professional – Personal Trainer – Group Fitness Instructor.

A Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer coaches groups or individuals in exercise activities and the fundamentals of sports e.g. weight training, cardiovascular programmes, aerobics. They demonstrate techniques and methods of participation, observe participants and inform them of corrective measures necessary to improve their skills and fitness goals. 

A typical day in a life of a Fitness Professional
• One to One Personal Exercise Tuition and Coaching. • One to One Nutrition Consultations (from eating programs to supplement regimes for health and vitality, fat loss, muscle gain and health issues). • In Depth Health Assessments (including body composition analysis, blood pressure and heart rate, fitness tests, and full blood analysis for any issue people wish to investigate and deal with utilising our extensive knowledge). • Corporate Programs to enhance health within the workplace. • Motivational techniques to maximise positive attitude toward goals and indeed life. • If you prefer to teach classes you can become a group exercise teacher and teach groups fitness to different Music styles – one of the most popular is LES MILLS which you may have seen in health clubs around the UK “BODYPUMP” etc...

3 great things about being a Fitness Professional

 

1. It allows individuals to work with people ranging from out-of-shape beginners to Elite World Champions in many sports and travel worldwide
   
2. It is constantly challenging so you will feel as if you are constantly learning which is a great aspect to the profession. You also achieve self fulfillment in helping other people achieve their goals
   
3. Theoretically you can manage/create your own diary if you decide to become a freelancer either in personal training or group exercise or both
   
3 not so great things about being a Fitness Professional
   
1. It can be long hours, it is up to you to have discipline with your diary
   
2. Some people can take a lot of convincing to actually ‘do’ what they came to you to achieve
   
3. So many people have poor education from poor courses and so they fail to help their clients and become disillusioned with their clients and become disillusioned with the profession

Qualifications recommended you gain

There are a lot of different Fitness Instructor/Personal training courses available.

Fitness Professionals is the largest and most respected association for fitness industry professionals in the world. No matter what your specialist area - group fitness, resistance training, kids, management, personal training - FitPro has the programmes, publications, products and services you need to succeed. 

Fitpro are offering you a chance to become qualified in our unique courses which will enable you stand out from the rest of the crowd and be much more employable to both big and small employers.

We also offer funded training so if you are 16-18 years old and are not in full time education, this means you can get our training for free!

Level 2 Gym Instructor inclusive of ‘MOVE’ course (4 days)

Level 3 Personal Training includes PT on the NET access (8 days + 3 online modules)

10 min Gym Customer service – will enable you as a trainer to interact with your clients better and to help them achieve their goals through effective coaching methods which they don’t teach you in your PT or FI courses. (4 days)

 

Exercise to Music – become a group exercise instructor and teach LES MILLS programmes too, with over 1800 health clubs in the UK running these programmes you will be sure to get a job teaching classes, earning approx £20-40 per class. (6 days)

Teaching exercise and fitness to children – Gain a Level 2 qualification to teach children fitness and receive training and support with updated lesson plans each year.

For more information on how to book onto these courses and become eligible for funding please email funding@fitpro.com or call 0208 586 7318
   
Salary range?
Fitness Instructor 12k-16k. Personal Trainer OTE 35k +. Freelance Group exercise Instructor OTE 25k +

 

Where to study...

Useful Websites
www.Fitpro.com
www.ptonthenet.com

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