Personal Training

• Foundation Degree Sports Coaching

• Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing

Where could your career take you?

On completing your 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, self- employment 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

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
• Plyometric boxes
• Small weight dumbbells
• Battleropes and tyres
• New forms of training including grippers

Our state-of-the-art gym has all the equipment you’d expect to see at a professional fitness establishment in a small, friendly environment:

• Cardiovascular machines – treadmills, cross trainers, upright bikes, studio bikes and an arm crank
• Resistance machines covering full body
• Free weights
• Cable machine
• Smith machine
• Olympic standard weight lifting platform
• Functional training equipment

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.

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 can also get plenty of hands-on experience by visiting local CrossFit gyms and various leisure and fitness centres in the area.

Get ready for industry

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.