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We’ve had a busy weekend with both online and face to face training
Our training courses are blended learning which means face to face tutor time with home study all with our support
Some of our courses are still being delivered online via zoom in real time with our tutors too
With group exercise opening up indoors again today I truly believe the fitness industry is about to get busy!
So now is a great time to gain or even enhance your own fitness industry career
Do you want to teach group exercise?
Help people get fit in a fun social environment
We have a course for that
Do you want to be a Pilates instructor and help people with their posture, back and core strength?
We have a course for that too
Do you want to become a Personal Trainer and help people with their specific health & fitness goals?
Oh yes we also have a course for that
Get in touch and let’s get your fitness industry career going 😊Friday Focus - Meet the Tutor
This is Claire Stone
Claire delivers and assesses our group Training/ exercise to music and water based exercise (Aqua) qualifications.
She is a full time fitness trainer and has trained to teach a variety of classes and she delivers these at several gyms/health clubs in Surrey.
Claire has been in the fitness industry for over 30 years now and is still enjoying teaching group exercise classes
She teaches up to 20 classes a week, ranging from free style cardio and conditioning classes, Les Mills Body Pump and Body Balance, as well as teaching in some old peoples homes.
The recent lockdowns have given her the opportunity to express her real passion of freestyle fitness classes, which has proved more popular than anticipated, introducing lots of people to enjoy this experience with her online.
Claire enjoy’s a big social life and manages to have have a balanced fitness/social life.
She is also partial to holiday or two!
This is what Claire says about working in the fitness industry
“I LOVE my job and have met some great people through being in the fitness industry working for YBFIT Training and helping people achieve their goals is something I really enjoy”
Do you love Group Exercise?
Get in touch and you may well get the pleasure of gaining your qualification with ClaireThrowback to these ladies working together a couple of weeks ago on free weight exercises in the studio at @leatherhead.nuffieldhealth
I’m looking forward to getting together again with our learners on the gym instructor course this weekend
Get in touch to find out how we can help you become qualified to work in the fitness industry.
We have many qualifications for you including Gym Instructor, Personal Trainer, Group Exercise instructor, Pilates and Yoga Instructor training, Older Adults, Pre and Post Natal training and much much more...
Should face-to-face training be delayed due to government guidelines then our training courses where possible will be taken online via Zoom or on a similar platform. Please see our Coronavirus Policy (on page 11 of our Terms and Conditions) for full details.
