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PERSONAL TRAINING
ACADEMY OF SPORT, HEALTH AND PUBLIC SERVICES PERSONAL TRAINING
GREAT FACILITIES
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Are you fanatical about health and fitness with the drive to inspire others to achieve their goals? Focus your energy and achieve a rewarding career with our personal training course.
If you want to take your training to the next level and you’re looking to become a fully qualified personal trainer or work in an associated active leisure role – this is the course for you.
You will spend half your time enjoying practical sessions in our new fitness studio, gym and sports performance centre, while you work towards gaining recognised qualifications across a range of group and studio class-based exercises. To give you industry experience and further develop your practical skills, you’ll be learning ‘on-the-job’ with weekly, relevant work placements in local leisure and fitness centres.
If your ambition is to start your own business we’ll develop your skills and knowledge in business, marketing, technology, customer service and enterprise and entrepreneurship – giving you a head start in developing a company you can be proud of.
At a glance
AIQ Level 3 Diploma in Physical Activity, Fitness and Exercise Science (one-year level 2 option available)
WHY STUDY PERSONAL TRAINING AT REASEHEATH?
Our courses are industry focused to make sure that, on completing your two-year course, you will be a fully-qualified personal trainer, class instructor and sports massage therapist. Because our courses get you career ready, after leaving college you could walk straight into employment at a fitness and leisure centre or sports club, or set up as a self-employed trainer.
You’ll be able to train towards becoming a fully qualified sports massage therapist taught by industry specialists. You can keep your finger firmly on the pulse of what’s trending in fitness by training in our new studio. You’ll be introduced to studio cycling, functional training, boxercise, step, kettlebells and fit ball.
You will gain relevant experience by working with clients from across the college, including our sports academy, public services students and with members of the public. Our business modules will give you the skills to set up and run your own small business – so you’ll be fully-equipped to take the industry by storm!
Where could your career take you?
On completing your two-year course you’ll be a fully-fledged personal trainer with all the qualifications required to apply for roles in the fitness industry. You could choose to work for a fitness organisation or set yourself up in business.
If you fancy being your own boss, selfemployment offers many lifestyle benefits such as increased flexibility and variety.
Freelance personal trainers usually charge an hourly rate and often rent space in a local gym or train their clients by visiting them at home – some even develop their own facilities. You could even choose to use Reaseheath’s facilities at a discounted rate to train your clients.
Some popular career choices include:
• Personal trainer
• Fitness instructor
• Sports massage therapist
Sports fitness coach • Activity leader
• Leisure centre manager
• Class instructor
• Teaching
• Associated roles in the active leisure industry Emma’s story
Emma Murphy
Level 3 Diploma in Physical Activity, Fitness and Exercise Science 2020 School: Winsford Academy Next step: Further professional experience Ambition: Personal Trainer “I think physical fitness throughout the whole community is very important. One of my course highlights was helping to run group exercise sessions at schools and care homes. We did chair based sessions through to boot camps, keeping everything fun and achievable. This sort of experience is invaluable when you apply for jobs in the fitness industry. It shows you are serious and have the required skills.
“Although we trained in the fitness studio the course was much wider and I enjoyed our sessions on anatomy and physiology. I did my work experience at Funk Fitness in Winsford and went on to run classes and fitness inductions there, and also became an instructor at another local gym.”
CAREER READY
We want to help you become career ready and achieve your goals! Did you know, as a self-employed personal trainer, you could earn an hourly rate of between £20–£40? Experienced instructors with high-profile clients can earn up to £50–£100 an hour.
Train with us
You’ll be training in our new fitness studio, part of a £6 million investment into our sports facilities, which has a floor to ceiling mirrored wall and a brand-new studio with class equipment including: • Olympic standard weight lifting platform • 10 rear wheel spin bikes • A range of kettlebells from 8kg-25kg • Modifiable barbells for muscular endurance training and class-based exercises • Step boxes for group step classes • Stability and bosu balls to enhance core strength • Weight bags and small weight dumbbells • Plyometric boxes • Battleropes and tyres • New forms of training including grippers
Our on-site gym has all the equipment you’d expect to see at a professional fitness establishment in a small, friendly environment. We have cardiovascular machines, including treadmills, cross trainers, upright bikes, studio bikes and an arm crank. We also have resistance machines covering full body, free weights, a cable machine, a smith machine, Olympic standard weight lifting platform and functional training equipment.
Skye’s story
Skye Tyler-Smith
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport 2018 Certificate in Sports Massage 2019 School: Upton-by-Chester High School Job title: Gym technician and personal trainer “I was thrilled when I was offered a job at Reaseheath. I love using what I learned from my studies to help current students and staff make the most of the gym facilities.
“Becoming a Reaseheath student gave me the room to grow and develop. I learned about so many aspects of the personal training industry and gained the confidence to build a rapport with clients. Now I’m on a teaching assistant training course, so I’m continuing to learn.” Gain the advantage
As part of your main qualification you will get the chance to work towards a range of additional awards which is great for your CV and your professional development.
There’s no doubt that additional qualifications enhance employability – in fact, many fitness centres require class as well as gym qualifications and strongly encourage ongoing personal and professional development.
You could work towards some of the following qualifications:
Adolescent training – become qualified in how to train 11-16 year olds
Health qualifications – awareness of the negative affects of lifestyle factors e.g. smoking and drinking on fitness performance • Studio cycling
• Kettlebells
• Suspended movement
• Circuits
• Sports massage
In addition to our football academy students, we have strong links with Crewe Alexandra FC and their development players take part in training at Reaseheath. You will also be helping to enhance the performance of our sport academy players by creating individualised training programmes and providing sports massage therapy.
You’ll develop your coaching skills by helping to run fitness sessions and bootcamps for our public services students and give them the stamina to achieve the fitness levels required for entry fitness tests into the uniformed public services.
INDUSTRY FOCUSED
DID YOU KNOW? In 2019, there were almost 4,000 fitness instructors employed in the North West!
Test yourself
You can put your competitive streak to the test by taking part in the WorldSkills UK personal training competition. You’ll go head-to-head with other students from across the country to challenge your fitness level and ability.
You will get the chance to join the UK’s top fitness organisations at Body Power Expo in Birmingham and benefit from all that this giant exhibition has to offer. The exhibition showcases all the very latest developments in nutrition, sportswear and clothing, training and equipment. This event is great for networking – you’ll even be in the company of fitness celebrities!
You will have the opportunity to gain handson experience by visiting a range of gyms and various leisure and fitness centres in the area.
Become career ready
To improve your employability skills, you will complete a relevant work placement once a week across two years. Many students go on to secure full time or part time employment at the leisure and fitness centres where they spent their placement.
You will build your customer service skills by helping to run our commercial sports facilities and working with the public and academy players – all invaluable work experience for your future.
Industry view
Charlie Brisbourne
Founder and coach, Brisbournefit “I launched my own company offering personal training, online coaching and a retreat because I have a passion to help real people to get real results in and out of the gym.
“You need your Level 2 and Level 3 diplomas to qualify for the insurance to practice as a professional personal trainer. Experience will enable you to decide which type of client you want to specialise in. The choice is wide and it’s yours!” Our courses
Our Level 3 Diploma in Physical Activity, Fitness and Exercise Science is in association with Active iQ, the UK’s leading awarding body for the active leisure sector. Perfect for those just starting out or for career changers, this course will give you the skills, knowledge and qualifications required for a successful career in the personal training and fitness industry.
AIQ Level 3 Diploma in Physical Activity, Fitness and Exercise Science This two year course is ideal if your ambition is to become a fully qualified personal trainer
A one year option is also available
Discover our courses: reaseheath.ac.uk/personal-training
