SUPPLIER & TRAINING
Active IQ: New resources for yoga diploma
Premier Training International (PTI) and Burrell Education have unvei led a new Pregnancy and Post-Natal Massage/Remedial Therapy course designed for fitness professionals and therapists. The two-day continuing
New course includes a bespoke learner manual
New resources designed to accompany the Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga (QCF) have been launched by awarding organisation Active IQ with immediate effect. A bespoke learner manual is now
available and will help increase the scale of resources for providers looking to offer the Register of Exercise Professionals- recognised qualification. The first unit of the diploma course covers the “underpinning principles” of teaching yoga, while the next three are designed to develop the learner’s knowledge. Active IQ operations director Suzy Gunn
says: “The demand for qualified yoga tutors has been steadily increasing over the last few years and is something that our Level 3 qualification directly addresses. “We strive to reflect trends and
innovations within the active leisure sector in our qualifications, and we hope that the new learner manual will help provide the best possible resources for providers to offer to their students.” Details:
http://lei.sr?a=r2C3W
Active Nation opts for Precor kit for new sites
Fitness charity Active Nation has signed a four-year deal with leading fitness supplier Precor to install cardiovascular and strength equipment in its gyms. The charity currently runs a total of
17 sites across the UK. The first site to benefit from a Precor installation and a refurbishment will be Bitterne Leisure Centre in Southampton. Due for completion in July, it will feature the recently launched Precor AMT with Open Stride. Active Nation plans to redevelop eight
sites throughout 2012. Stuart Martin, group commercial
manager at Active Nation, comments: “Having acquired seven new sites over the last couple of years – five of those with gyms – we were looking to provide a more cohesive look across our sites.”
16 Nearly 80 per cent of graduates enter the sector after a career change The training will allow Leisure Connection to expand the programme of activities being offered at its sites
Leisure Connection has invested more than £50,000 in training its fitness staff, to allow the operator to expand its programme of activities for specific user groups. Lifetime Fitness delivered the training in
areas such as anti-natal and post-natal fitness, exercise for older people, and interactive instructor training. Leisure Connection has unveiled a
new range of programmes as a result of the training, while all public access facilities currently operated by the company also now offer GP referral services. “We can’t ignore the fact that, as a nation, we are
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becoming more obese, we’re ageing and we’re growing in numbers,” says Leisure Connection head of marketing and retention Kevin Yates. “As an operator – and indeed as an industry
– we can’t offer a ‘one size fits all’ approach to the delivery of health and fitness. “This training has been specifically
developed to respond to these changes. It has been delivered to our entire fitness team in a bid to provide them with the tools they need to fight obesity and provide our communities with programmes that get more people, more active, more often.”
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professional development (CPD) course will be delivered at PTI’s London Academy on 22 and 23 September by Burrell Education’s founder, Jenny Burrell. Learners will have the
chance to develop skills and confidence to work with a pregnant or a post-natal client, with the course drawing on the anatomy and physiology of both disciplines. Burrell says: “The course takes a very
Staff will develop skills and confidence to work with pregnant members PTI sales and marketing director Victoria
modern approach to the discipline, fully reflective of the very latest pregnancy and post-natal massage therapy theory.”
Branch adds: “The course is another sign of our commitment to provide the best and most wide-ranging health and fitness industry training provision on the market.” Details:
www.premierglobal.co.uk
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