South West – Level 2 Certificate in Fitness – Gym Instruction

The 1st4sport Level 2 Level 2 Certificate in Fitness – Gym Instruction provides learners aged 17 and over with the fitness processes and principles of teaching Gym Instruction.

Covering subjects include

• Identify the major bones, muscles and muscle actions of the body
• Explain the workings of the body’s cardiovascular and energy systems
• Identify the components and principles of fitness
• Relate the Health and Safety at Work Act to the studio environment
• Identify good customer care and strategies for the adoption and maintenance of physical activity
• Demonstrate good personal technique and form when teaching a session
• How to design an exercise programme, including the use of free weights, resistance machines, warm up and cool down routines, flexibility, abdominal and lower back exercises
• Plan, teach, deliver and evaluate for a gym session
• Apply basic skills that will enable you to include older adult, disabled, and antenatal and post-natal client groups in your sessions

Course content

• Anatomy and physiology
• The components and principles of fitness
• Relevant skills and knowledge needed to design and teach exercise programmes in a gym environment consisting of a variety of styles, from hi/lo to body conditioning
• Methods of delivery
• Health, Safety and Professionalism in Exercise

Prerequisites:

• Be at least 17 years of age (within the academic year 01 Sep – 31 Aug)
• Be able to communicate effectively in English (this includes listening, speaking, reading and writing).
• Recommended to have prior learning within the Anatomy & Physiology unit.