Personal Trainer Courses

Personal Trainer Courses for your Career

If you’re a fitness enthusiast who wants to share your passion for health, love of fitness and help others in their quest for the body beautiful… a career as a Personal Trainer may just be for you!

As with any career change, it’s important to consider what it will take to get there and make a success of your shiny new fitness career. So we’ve put together a few pointers on how to get started…

Decide if you have what it takes

Personal Trainers require a multitude of skills. Sure, you’ll have a passion for fitness and an understanding of what the role of a Personal Trainer involves. But to cut it, you’ll also need to be analytical, patient, persistent, organised, a strong motivator and, most importantly, a good listener. You don’t have to look like a bodybuilder to become a Personal Trainer, but you should definitely lead a active lifestyle to be a good role model for your clients.

Choose your Personal Trainer Certification

There are a number of certifying organisations, each offering different classes, workshops and exams for getting certified. You’ll want to choose an organisation that is nationally recognised and accredited, like Focus Training. Here’s a little insight into what you can expect from us.

Upskill 

The essential requirement to kickstart your career as a Personal Trainer is a Level II Gym Instructor qualification. This qualification will teach you how to plan safe and effective gym-based exercise sessions, use of a range of cardiovascular and resistance machines, free weights and body weight exercises. You will also gain the crucial knowledge you’ll need for health and safety, customer care and performance management. This is the perfect start before undertaking one of our full Personal Trainer Courses.

The next step is your Level 3 Personal Training certificate.  You’ll learn how to assess a client’s health and fitness levels using up-to-date techniques and cutting-edge equipment. We’ll educate you on analysis of diet, nutrition, performance and well being, to ensure that your clients are in capable hands. Take a look here at what you’ll learn when you choose one of our Personal Trainer Courses.

Put yourself on the map

Without marketing, even the most experienced Personal Trainers will struggle to generate new clients. Because even the best trainers won’t attract clients if their potential customers don’t know they exist. Take a look at our tips for marketing yourself as a Personal Trainer.

Don’t Stop Evolving

The fitness arena is a tough one to compete in. The most successful personal trainers don’t settle. They keep developing to ensure they stay ahead of the game.

There are a number of ways you can now maximise your chances of having a successful career in the industry. Gather a little inspiration for your next steps here.

Just starting out?

You have a fondness for fitness, ambitions to make a change and an attitude that just won’t quit. You have the makings of a future fitness leader.

Whether you want to coach members at your local health club, lead your own studio classes or get the little people moving…  a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification is where it all begins.

Our part-time courses are perfect for those that want to get ahead, without interfering with current work commitments or compromising that crammed social schedule. Or if you want to get qualified as soon as possible take a look at our full-time Gym Instructor Courses.

You can study at home using our online study portal and be supported all the way by our experienced Focus Training tutors. You’ll also be required to attend one of our venues to learn the practical skills you’ll need to put your learning into practice.

As a guide, you could complete these courses in around 8 weeks, but everyone learns at their own pace, your tutor will help and you can go at your own speed.

Gym Instructor

The first step on your fitness ladder, our Gym Instructor Course will kit you out with the skills,
knowledge and confidence to train clients.
This course will also enable you to progress to further training to
become a Les Mills Instructor, fully fledged Personal Trainer or fitness specialist.

Where you take your qualification, well, that’s up to you.
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Exercise To Music Instructor

If you have a passion for music and love the idea of creating your own

studio classes, you’ll love our Exercise To Music Instructor course.

We’ll cover all of the essentials to set you up to
teach group exercise using music in a studio environment. This
course will also enable you to progress to further training to
become a Les Mills Instructor if it takes your fancy.
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Aqua Instructor

Water baby? Take a dip into a career as an Aqua Instructor, and learn how to design and deliver safe exercise routines in water for adults, children and people with disabilities.
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Kids Fitness Instructor

If you have what it takes to get the little people moving, this course will allow you to literally, shape the next generation.
Learn how to create safe, effective exercise routines that keep kids moving… and excited to be getting their health in check.
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Aim Higher – Specialist Personal Trainer Courses

As your career progresses you may want to continue your learning
to realise your full potential and boost your career prospects.
Focus Training has the expertise to offer an exciting range of
Level 3 and Level 4 Specialist Personal Trainer Courses that will
really give you the edge in your chosen field.

Our qualifications are specifically developed to target the
changing health needs of our population, giving you the skills,
knowledge and expertise to meet the needs of your clients both now
and in the future.

Strength & Conditioning Coach

This course takes an in-depth look at the principles of
training, providing specialist knowledge for Personal Trainers
wanting to help a range of sportspeople who are serious about
improving their performance through strength and conditioning
training.
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Outdoor Fitness Coach

Take your training sessions out of the gym and discover new
environments. Understand the health and safety considerations, what
you’ll need in terms of equipment and how to adapt your skills in
order to bring the benefits of outdoor training to your
clients.
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Ante & Post Natal Fitness Instructor

A niche market but one that requires specialist training in
order to deliver safe and effective programmes to both expectant
and new mums.
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Sports Massage Course

This course is suitable for qualified Personal Trainers and also
those without any existing industry qualifications. This specialist
course has no prerequisite requirements other than you must be 18
years old. A fascinating course that will enable you to apply
sports massage techniques to aid the recovery of people who are
returning from injury.
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Exercise Referral Specialist

This course is both a gateway to our higher Level 4 Specialist
courses and also allows you to work in a GP Exercise Referral
setting with the benefit of a detailed understanding of specific
health conditions to enable you to advise referred clients on
suitable health improvement programmes.
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Older Adult Fitness Coach

With more over 60s signing up at the gym than ever before this
is a fast-growing market segment. To work with this group you
should equip yourself with knowledge of the special considerations
for delivering fitness programmes to older adults.
View Level 3 Specialist Courses

Lower Back Pain Specialist

Well planned, safe exercise regimes can have a positive effect
in reducing lower back pain and improving the quality of life for
the many people who suffer from it on a daily basis. Gain the
knowledge and practical skills to design and oversee these
programmes.
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Obesity and Diabetes Specialist

Adopting a healthy lifestyle is vitally important for people in
these two categories. This course will provide an understanding of
the nature of these conditions and the specific guidelines and
precautions that should be adopted when prescribing nutrition and
exercise plans for these groups.
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Specialist Practitioner

A varied course which combines the Exercise Referral
qualification with your choice of Level 4 specialism, either Lower
Back Pain or Obesity and Diabetes.
View Level 4 Specialist Courses

Already a qualified Personal Trainer?

The best Personal Trainers keep on training! Your success as a
Personal Trainer partly depends on what you can offer your clients
to keep them motivated and committed to their exercise regimes.
Keep them on their toes and they’ll retain your services for
longer and achieve better results for themselves.

Give your clients more variety in their personal training
sessions with some fresh ideas from our range of PURE Continuing
Professional Development courses.  We run regular workshops
for Circuit, Kettlebells, Cycle, Padwork, Lifting and Core.

Or, for unbeatable value for money, our unique Fitness
Professional’s Toolkit gives you 4 skillsets in one
weekend workshop.

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