Becoming a Personal Trainer
Personal training has always been the premium product in a gym environment.
At Balanced Training we educate our learners how to actually be functional in the fitness industry and are able to start their careers the moment they receive their certificate for the course.
The course is broken down into 2 parts initially the first being the Gym instructing course, this gives a great overview of the job role of the basic gym instructor.
The second part of the course is the Diploma in Personal Training this builds on all the basics learnt on the Gym Instructor course. Beyond that there is a lot more special information in all areas a personal trainer is likely to experience.
Below there is more information on each course and each unit you need to complete:
The course has 5 units which are:
- Principles of anatomy, physiology and fitness
- Professionalism and customer care for fitness instructors
- Health and safety in the fitness environment
- Conducting client consultations to support positive behaviour change
- Planning and instructing gym-based exercise
The course has 6 units which are:
- Applied anatomy and physiology for exercise, health and fitness
- The principles of nutrition and their application to exercise and health
- Understanding lifestyle, health, wellbeing and common medical conditions
- Encouraging positive health and fitness behaviours in clients
- Programme design and delivery for personal training
- Professionalism and business acumen for personal trainers
The full course is a combination of both courses above.
The initial 5 units which are:
- Principles of anatomy, physiology and fitness
- Professionalism and customer care for fitness instructors
- Health and safety in the fitness environment
- Conducting client consultations to support positive behaviour change
- Planning and instructing gym-based exercise
This second 6 units which are:
- Applied anatomy and physiology for exercise, health and fitness
- The principles of nutrition and their application to exercise and health
- Understanding lifestyle, health, wellbeing and common medical conditions
- Encouraging positive health and fitness behaviours in clients
- Programme design and delivery for personal training
- Professionalism and business acumen for personal trainers
Becoming a Sports Massage Therapist
Our Sports Massage courses can supply you with the skills, knowledge and experience with performing sports massage techniques on a range of clients. Completion of the course will allow you to work within an organisational environment, such as sports teams and clinical environment, as well as give you the qualifications to become self-employed as well as provide a good base for further courses and degrees such as sports therapy, physiotherapy, osteopath etc…
The Level 3 course would be the starting point in your journey as a Sports massage therapist the Level 4 is for more diagnosing injuries and furthering your knowledge in the field of sports therapy.
The course has 5 units which are:
- Anatomy and physiology for sports massage
- Principles of health and fitness
- Understand the principles of soft tissue dysfunction
- Professional practice in sports massage
- Sports massage treatments
The course has 3 units which are:
- Conducting subjective and objective assessment
- Provide sports massage techniques to prevent and manage injury
- Treatment modalities to support soft tissue repair
Emergency First Aid & First Aid at Work
The difference between the 2 first aid courses we deliver is:
Emergency First Aid at Work
This is for an exclusive 1 day course for anyone to either renew their first aid qualifications or to do for the first time. The maximum number of attendees is up to 12, for more details on dates please email FirstAid@Balanced.Training for more information. There is also the option that you can get training at your own workplace depending on travel arrangements. The qualification will certificate the learners on completion for 3 years and is an officially recognised course.
First Aid at Work
This is a 3 day course for anyone to either renew their first aid qualifications or to do for the first time. It is a much more comprehensive first aid course with far more time to explore more first aid sitations and what to do in the event of a first aid emergency in the workplace. The maximum number of attendees is up to 12, for more details on dates please email FirstAid@Balanced.Training for more information. There is also the option that you can get training at your own workplace depending on travel arrangements. The qualification will certificate the learners on completion for 3 years and is an officially recognised course.
