Level 3 Fitness Instructor Course

In order to be an effective gym instructor, you’ll need to know more than which machines are best for which muscle groups. This course gives you the skills needed to confidently support gym members by providing expertise across a variety of topics covering anatomy, training, and psychology.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

Motivating Groups and Individuals

It’s easy for individuals new to fitness to lose confidence and motivation, even experienced gym-goers can feel like they’ve hit a wall sometimes. You will learn all about how to train individuals in a way that keeps them both engaged by the content of your training and motivated to keep pushing themselves to new heights.

Planning and Instructing Gym-Based Sessions

This course will teach you how to successfully plan and instruct gym-based exercise sessions. Specifically focusing on how you can use consultations and health assessments to offer effective workouts for gym goers.

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Understanding how the body works is fundamental to successful gym instruction. This course will provide you with the necessary knowledge to keep your training plans safe and effective, covering the heart and circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems.

Principles of Exercise and Fitness

You’ll develop an in-depth understanding of the principles of exercise, including effective warm-up/cool-down exercises, cardiovascular activities, bodyweight and free-weight movements, as well as resistance training concepts’ including how to include them in an effective, varied training plan.

Health, Safety and Welfare

Safety is paramount in fitness environments. As such you’ll learn how to identify and control risk factors, how to appropriately safeguard children and vulnerable adults, and what emergency procedures exist within a gym or fitness environment.

Learning the Business

How does a successful fitness instructor market themselves? How do they maximise business opportunities? During the course you’ll develop a great understanding of the advertising, marketing and self-promotion essentials which are fundamental for a successful career within the fitness sector.