YMCA Awards Level 2 Gym Instructor Certificate
This is the start of your rewarding career as a qualified fitness professional. On this course, you will learn how to safely and effectively work with a variety of individuals in a gym environment to help them achieve their fitness goals and gain a better quality of life. When you graduate, you will be ready to start to work as a gym instructor.
Format of the Course
The course is part time course and held at weekends. The equivalent of six days is spent on site, and the rest is done as a distance learning course, with online elements and support over the phone. This route is perfect if you want to combine your work or family life with learning how to be fitness professional.
Entry Requirements
No prior qualifications are needed to gain entry onto this course, however a course of this nature requires a reasonable level of fitness and academic skills. Students will need to study throughout the course so it is important you can commit to the course dates and home study to successfully pass the YMCA Awards exams/assessments.
Qualification Gained
When you have successfully completed and passed the course you will be awarded the YMCA Awards Level 2 Gym for Fitness Instructing.
You are now a Gym Instructor.
Next Step
Congratulations, you can now begin your new career as a Gym Instructor! After the course is over, you may choose to enhance your personal development by enrolling on some of our CPD courses and workshops, or embarking upon the Soho Gyms Personal Trainer Certificate.
Made up your mind?
If you like what you see, and would like to enroll for the course, please fill in this electronic application form.
If you’re not quite decided, or if you have any questions about the course, or you’d like to take a look around one of the Academy Gyms, please contact the Academy.
Course Content
- Essentials of physiology and anatomy covering:
- Bones and joints
- Muscles and muscle actions
- Cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Components of fitness
- Planning and teaching safe and effective exercise sessions
- The principles of balanced, effective training
- How to adapt exercise to suit varied fitness levels
- How to use a range of teaching skills
- The body’s systems and its response to exercise
- Health & Safety and First Aid
- How to motivate and support individual clients
- Soho Gyms excellence in customer service
DATES
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PRICES
Our industry low price of;
• £795 for level 2 gym Instructor
or upgrade to £1995 for a full
PT Certificate (includes Gym Instructor as well as PT).
FIND OUT MORE
To find out more about the Academy, or to enrol on the course simply email the Soho Academy.