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Training for Personal Trainers – What’s it really like? If you conducted a survey of people currently training for a Personal Trainer career you’d quickly discover a whole host of personal reasons behind their career choice. Once thing however resonates with everyone and that’s a genuine interest in people and a passion to help them...

Fitness Career Tips Tempted by a career in the fitness industry? Our fitness career tips are here to guide you through how to get your essential qualifications and land your dream job. It starts with solid fitness qualifications The fitness industry qualification standard for future Fitness Instructors is the level 2 certificate in fitness instructing....

Are you curious about what Personal Trainer requirements you need to meet to be able to work in the fitness industry? Help in on hand with our essential question and answer guide revealing the need to know facts to help you make sure your fitness career path is firmly on the right track. Which personal...

Personal Trainer Credentials Are your sights set on becoming a Personal Trainer? Then it’s important you make sure your Personal Trainer Credentials and qualifications stack up and are recognised by the industry so you’re ready to practice. Without this you could find you’ve gained a pretty much worthless qualification and will be right back where...

Starting a Fitness Business One of the things we’re often asked by our fitness course students and graduates is how should they go about starting a fitness business? With such a wide range of career options available ranging from working in a gym as a Fitness Instructor, Exercise to Music Instructor, Studio Coordinator through to running...

Qualifications to be a Personal Trainer What qualifications to be a Personal Trainer is a popular question asked of our team here at the Academy of Fitness Professionals. There’s no doubt it’s an attractive career proposition if you’ve an interest in all things fitness enabling you to use your skills to help others, build your...

Train to be a fitness instructor What’s it like to train to be a Fitness Instructor is an obvious questions that springs to mind if you’re thinking of embarking on a fitness course. So with the help of our acclaimed student Andrew Carson who recently graduated as a Level 2 Fitness Instructor we aim to...

Become as Master Personal Trainer To become a Master Personal Trainer you will need at least a Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training. Throughout your Personal Trainer course you will gain pivotal knowledge building expert understanding of how the human body works and functions and how to nurture it from a fitness perspective. You will...

Tackle your Sugar Cravings Sugar… it’s danger is everywhere! It’s hidden horrors and all the perils this can do to your long-term health have left many of us feeling guilty every time we pick up a piece of fruit, never mind that favourite chocolate bar treat. But before you throw out your recently acquired magic...