Level 2 Gym Instructor & Level 3 Personal Training Diploma

New Skills Fitness Academy is the one of the UK’s most respected training providers and are offering nationally recognised, CIMSPA endorsed training courses in fitness instructing and personal training so you can take the next step in getting a new, exciting career in fitness!

The Level 3 Diploma in Gym Instructing & Personal Training will provide you with all the knowledge and skills you need to kickstart or progress your career as a fitness professional.

Providing the complete package, the course combines the Level 2 Gym Instructing and Level 3 Personal Training Qualifications to offer a nationally recognised industry qualification.

We’ll also supply you with additional training to enhance your career prospects with our Employability Skills courses. These focus on 5 areas that all employers actively seek when recruiting. Once you are ready to progress your career further, you’ll receive our Business Management Skills courses, which add extra value to your employer or your own business.

Completing this qualification will enable you to work in a variety of environments and become an industry recognised personal trainer. It will expand your career opportunities, give you confidence and the knowledge to deliver fitness programmes to your clients.

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This qualification provides learners with the knowledge, understanding and practical skills needed to work as a Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer in a variety of settings.

Level 2 and Level 3 Course breakdown below:

UNIT 1 — ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

FOR EXERCISE

+ The structure and function of the heart

+ The difference between pulmonary and systemic

circulation

+ The movement of blood through the four chambers of

the heart

+ The relationship between blood flow and blood

pressure

+ Classification of types of blood pressure

+ A summary of the processes involved in a cardiac cycle

UNIT 2: MAXIMISING THE CUSTOMER

EXPERIENCE IN A GYM ENVIRONMENT

+ To help you to understand customer service in a gym

environment.

+ To understand the importance of customer

relationships in the gym environment.

+ To enable you to grow your customer base.

+ To help you to add value to your place of employment.

+ To increase your personal job satisfaction and

employment prospects.

UNIT 3 - SUPPORTING CLIENT HEALTH

AND WELLBEING

+ Become well-versed in factors that affect the wellbeing

of clients

+ Understand healthy eating requirements for different

age groups

+ Understand the UK’s physical activity guidelines

regarding children, adults, the elderly, etc.

+ Identify health benefits that physical activities bring

+ Understand technology and how it can benefit clients’

wellbeing

+ Learn how to deliver effective guidelines to the clients

+ Learn about reputable sources of health and wellbeing

information and impart the same to clients

+ Learn about health statistics in the UK and how

physical activity helps to avoid certain health problems

+ Understand the boundaries of instructor-client

relations and the provision of advice to clients

+ Identify how to properly advise prospective clients

who require specialist advice

+ Understand behaviour change models

+ Learn about the role of motivation in exercise

continuation and approaches to make clients persist

with physical activities.

UNIT 4: CONDUCTING CLIENT

CONSULTATIONS AND GYM

INDUCTIONS

+ Understand how to conduct client consultations and

how to cater for clients with different goals or needs

+ Understand the importance of fitness assessments and

how to categorise client risk for exercise

+ Understand what is involved in gym inductions and

why they are an essential part of the process

UNIT 5: PLANNING AND REVIEWING

GYM-BASED EXERCISE PROGRAMMES

+ To give an overview of exercise programming for

essential fitness components, including cardiovascular,

resistance and flexibility exercises

+ To provide information on how to tailor programmes,

according to individual client needs and abilities,

including beginners and advanced clients

+ To outline precautions that minimise the risk of client

injury and key safety considerations when working with

special populations

+ To provide techniques that encourage a positive

relationship between the trainer and the client.

UNIT 6 — INSTRUCTING AND

SUPERVISING GYM-BASED EXERCISE

PROGRAMMES

+ Description of every component of the gym

environment

+ Understanding of the major exercise components and

the training methods for each one

+ How to safely and appropriately use gym equipment

+ How to demonstrate training techniques to clients

+ Supervising and monitoring clients, to ensure their safety.

UNIT 07 APPLIED ANATOMY AND

PHYSIOLOGY FOR ACTIVITY, HEALTH

AND FITNESS

+ Understand the structure and function of bones

+ Understand the structure and function of joints and their

relation to exercise

+ Understand the muscular system and its relation to exercise

+ Understand the structure and function of biological systems

+ Understand the energy systems and their relation to

exercise

+ Understand the effect of exercise variables on human

movement

+ Understand the effect of exercise on posture and core

stability.

UNIT 08 CLIENT MOTIVATION AND

LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT.

+ Understand how to promote behaviour change and a

healthy lifestyle to clients

+ Understand how to communicate professionally

+ Understand how to address barriers to physical

activity that clients may experience

+ Understand how to support clients to adhere to an

exercise programme.

UNIT 09: PROGRAMMING PERSONAL

TRAINING SESSIONS

+ How to support the wellbeing of clients

+ The process of client consultation

+ How to design and tailor exercise programmes

+ A range of fitness training techniques

+ How to design and deliver different modes of exercise

in a range of environments

+ How to create an environment to support adherence

to exercise, analyse information to plan an effective

exercise programme, and plan the delivery of personal

training sessions.

UNIT 10 - DELIVERING PERSONAL

TRAINING SESSIONS

+ To understand how a personal trainer should conduct

themselves and how to portray a professional image

+ To be able to prepare clients for personal training sessions

+ To use appropriate teaching methods to instruct a

range of fitness training techniques

+ To understand how to review personal training sessions

UNIT 11: NUTRITION TO SUPPORT A

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMME

+ To provide an overview of the importance of nutrition

for health and well-being

+ To establish the impact of poor diet on health

+ To identify the national recommendations for

providing professional nutritional advice

+ To present relevant dietary assessment tools and strategies

UNIT 12: BUSINESS ACUMEN FOR

PERSONAL TRAINERS

+ To identify marketing strategies and techniques for a

personal training business

+ To understand current legislation and organisational

procedures

+ To be aware of business and financial planning

+ To identify how IT systems and technological products

support a business

+ To understand how to implement

strategies to manage and grow the business

This course is for anyone with real ambition to work in the fitness industry at a high level.

We want to support you throughout your career and not just to gain a single qualification. We have a fantastic support network package that means you can benefit from:

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYABILITY/CAREER CPD COURSES

10 additional employability & business skills CPD courses as part of your career support.

1. Communication Skills

2. Leadership Skills

3. Team Work

4. Emotional Intelligence

5. Motivation & Resilience

6. HR Diploma

7. Customer Services Diploma

8. GDPR Workplace

9. Sales Diploma

10. Managing People Certificate

FITNESS INDUSTRY PARTNERS

We have a wide network of industry partners that we can help you to reach, engage with and start your new career. Once you have graduated, we’ll provide you with instant access to local job opportunities in your area.

MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE WITH ACCESS TO FITNESS CPD LIBRARY

To maintain your professional recognition, you will be required to complete ongoing learning through Continuing Professional Development education. We have an unrivalled library of over40+ CPD courses that you can access for free of charge, as well as additional vocational courses at reduced prices to ensure you can keep evolving!

Once you’ve completed your qualification you'll not only gain nationally recognised qualifications, but you'll be supported every step of the way by New Skills Fitness Academy.

Our students go on to work for large companies such as Anytime Fitness, Snap Fitness, Your Personal Training with others looking to set up their own businesses and work for themselves.