Course content
DVD ROM Format
Students learn to plan safe and effective exercise programmes in a gym or health club environment. Through DVD tutorials and weekend workshops, the certificate will cover:
DVD 1: Section 1: Exercise and Fitness Knowledge
- Skeletal system
- Neuromuscular system
- Muscle actions
- Cardiorespiratory system
- Energy systems
- Effects and monitoring of aerobic exercise
- Concepts and components of fitness
- Pregnancy and exercise
- Physical activity considerations for the older adult.
DVD 2: Section 2: Instructing a Gym-Based Session
- Nutrition
- Warm up and cool down
- Flexibility
- Promoting physical activity and exercise adherence
- Exercise prescription - aerobic fitness; resistance training theory
- Resistance training for beginners
- Exercise prescription - hypertrophy
- Exercise techniques.
DVD 3: Section 3: Health, Safety and Professionalism in Exercise and Fitness Instruction
- Personal qualities
- Instructional skills and spotting
- Health and safety in gym instructing
- Customer service
- Professionalism and ethics.
Assessment:
Continuous assessment with tutor feedback
Entry requirements:
The Certificate in Gym Instruction can be taken without prior qualifications - but students must be at least 16 with a reasonable level of fitness as well as reading, writing and numeracy skills. Experience of free weights and resistance machines is recommended, but not essential.
Note: you will be required to attain a CPR certificate within 6 months of completing your distance learning course.
Course duration:
As with any distance learning course, students work at their own pace - but the course typically lasts around 8 weeks, including 5 weekend workshops.
The Certificate in Gym Instruction is also available in a full-time and part-time format.
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Workshops & Guidance
Once you have enrolled onto the course and have worked your way through all the necessary work, you may choose which workshops or assessments you would like to attend. These are subject to availability and are allocated on a first come first served basis.
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