Personal Training Courses

Building a career

If you want to share your passion for health, and love of fitness, and help others in their quest for the body beautiful… the enrolling one of our many personal trainer courses in the perfect way to launch your career as a qualified PT.

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. To become a personal trainer 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 offers Personal trainer courses that are both nationally recognised and accredited. Focus Training is one of the UK’s leading Personal Trainer Diploma course providers.

Upskill with advanced Personal Trainer Courses

The essential Personal Trainer course will kick-start your career as a PT and 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.

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 PTs 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 never rest on their laurels. They keep developing to ensure they stay ahead of the game. We have a wide selection of advanced personal training courses to ensure your continued professional development.

Just starting out?

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 Personal Trainer Courses are perfect for those that want to get ahead, without interfering with current work commitments or compromising that crammed social schedule.

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.

Gym Instructor Courses

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 Courses

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 Courses

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 Courses

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

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 advanced personal training courses such as 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.  See all advanced courses here

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.

Here at Focus Training we continually refresh the content of our Personal Trainer Courses to make sure that you keep at the forefront of the industry.

Give your clients more variety in their PT 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.