Fitness Instructor Courses

golf7

I'm looking for some feedback on part time fitness instructor courses. I want to do an evening or weekend course in the Dublin area. There are so many types of certificates it is hard to know which is best\worth the money.
Anyone know anything about Motions Health and Fitness? They appear to be linked to UL.
Thanks

Hanley

I'm gonna say have a look at The Elite Fitness and Performance Academy for 3 reasons

1) The course is f*cking awesome
2) I tutor 2x/month for them, so am a bit biased
3) Pretty much everyone that goes thru there (including numerous people off this forum) say lots of good things

MartyMcFly84

Hi

I did the Motions course last year.

The instructors are very nice and really want to see you pass. However the course material is very dated, and frankly I felt quite irrelevant. The NCEF hand book is pieced together from US and European sources, so even formulas jump between imperial and metric measurements!

On the plus, it is UL accredited, internationally recognised , you are student of UL and the credits are transferable to a degree course and other third level courses in the university. This for me was/is the main selling point, if this was not there I probably would not recommend the course.

tastyt

Il second the elite fitness academy in blackrock. I have done it and the lads out there know what they are doing.

One word of advice , be prepared to work and be put through your paces, your expected to be pretty hands on and push yourself out there. It's a good balance of class work and practical and is both challenging and enjoyable

Essien

Elite looks the job in fairness. I like the idea of preparing students for the business aspect of it too.

Would it be recommended for somebody who is completely new to the industry or would you want some experience behind you first?

Hanley

Essien wrote: »

Elite looks the job in fairness. I like the idea of preparing students for the business aspect of it too.

Would it be recommended for somebody who is completely new to the industry or would you want some experience behind you first?

As in someone who's never trained before? Or someone looking to become a trainer?

If you've never trained before, I don't know why you'd want to do a gym instructor / PT course. You should definitely get a trainer for 3-6 months first if that's the case.

If it's your first time learning about how to become a trainer, but have a training background, it's perfect.

guy2010

I would recommend it to a friend.