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Overview
This is an essential qualification to help you gain employment in the Fitness Industry. It is particularly suitable for employment as a Studio Exercise Instructor.
The course will give you a clear understanding of how to carry out Exercise classes which follow the beat and phrase of music.
There will be a whole variety of theoretical underpinning knowledge that will be addressed ranging from how the body works and how it adapts to training, the application of training principles to gain the best results from training, customer care skills, health and safety awareness including risk assessments and PARQ. This course will also look at how music can be used to structure a class, how to provide different exercises for different abilities and the legalities of using music.
Minimum entry requirements
- You should have some experience of studio-based exercise classes.
- Due to the practical nature of the course, you should have a degree of physical fitness.
- You should also have communication skills that would enable them to discuss, present read and write throughout the course.
What you study
- Anatomy and physiology for exercise.
- Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity.
- Health, Safety and welfare in a fitness environment.
- Principles of exercise, fitness and health.
- Planning group exercise to music.
- Instructing group exercise to music sessions.
After the course
Employment as a studio exercise instructor.
Continuing Study
At the end of this Level 2 course you can progress on to a Level 3 Personal Trainer course or may choose to gain further Level 2’s in different exercise modalities such as kettlebell and spin.