Welcome

Season’s greetings to you all! Hopefully you’ll have received a new-look lapel badge with this latest edition of the

Journal. We hope you’ll like the revised design, and find it easier to wear too.

I know most of you are proud to be part of REPs so I hope you’ll wear your badge with pride and ensure your clients are aware of the logo and the benefits of choosing a REPs registered instructor/trainer!

THE REGISTER OF EXERCISE PROFESSIONALS

Third floor, 8-10 Crown Hill, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1RZ Telephone 020 8686 6464 www.exerciseregister.org

Registrar Jean-Ann Marnoch Registration Manager Alison Frater alison@exerciseregister.org Systems Manager Rob McGregor robbie@exerciseregister.org CPD Compliance Manager Dottie Calderwood cpd@exerciseregister.org External Liaison Manager Rebecca Weissbort rebecca@exerciseregister.org

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING STANDARDS SkillsActive Castlewood House, New Oxford St London WC1A 1PX Telephone 020 7632 2000 Technical Unit skills@skillsactive.com

EDITORIAL Publisher: Tor Davies, sportEX Editor: Sarah Owen, REPs sarah@sowrite.co.uk

ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Telephone: 0845 652 1908 Email: reps@sportex.net

DESIGN & PRODUCTION Debbie Asher debbie@sportex.net

PUBLISHED BY sportEX (Centor Publishing Ltd) Contact: Tor Davies tor@sportex.net Telephone: 0845 652 1906 Website: www.sportex.net

I also know that many of you feel REPs should be doing more to raise public awareness of the Register. It’s something we’re working on but I also believe you, our members, are the most valuable and passionate ambassadors we have.

So I’m asking you all to make telling people – clients, bosses, friends and family – about REPs and what it stands for, one of your New Year’s resolutions – let’s make 2011 the year of the REPs!

To help with this we’ve produced a range of REPs-branded marketing materials that we hope you’ll find useful in your work (see page 9 for more details). As ever we’d love feedback on them and any ideas for additional products you’d like to see.

I’m working hard to raise awareness from all angles – my diary is filled with meetings with medical colleges, professional bodies and leading figures within the fitness industry. Rest assured when I’m badgering them about REPs and building bridges I’m very mindful that I represent not just an organisation, but its 28,000 plus members too.

Happy New Year Jean-Ann Marnoch, Registrar

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What REPs membership can offer you

The latest research news

Dr John Searle on exercise for instructors

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