GROUP TRAINING SPECIALIST

Group Training Specialist

This qualification is an NQF4 qualification aimed at the learner who wants to pursue a career in the health and fitness industry as a fitness instructor, in the context of exercise to music. Group Training Specialist is designed to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to plan and instruct group classes. It is a practical, fun and versatile course that will allow you to give group fitness classes in a high-energy atmosphere.

You will learn the principles of HiiT training which equips you with the skills to incorporate HiiT training into your group exercise classes in a boot camp format. HiiT and Bootcamp Training is a very popular way of training athletes, as it emphasises the body’s natural ability to move. It’s also a fun, highly effective way to improve fitness and gain muscle tone.

Gain insight on how to structure a variety of Group Training programmes including: Tabata routines, hard, harder, hardest routines, Little method, Fartlek method and MITT method.The routines will empower the instructor to create fun, interactive, group training sessions which will keep your clients on their toes and wanting more. You will also learn how to incorporate the following into your group exercise classes:

• Bodyweight exercises
• Medicine ball
• Bosu ball
• Weightlifting
• Sandbag
• Motion stick
• Kettlebells
• Battleropes
• Suspension Training
• Trampolines
• Gliding Disks
• Resistance Tubing
• Gun-eX
• ViPR Loaded Movement Training
• Exercise and dance moves
• Music selection
• Choreography
• Teaching methods

This course Includes:

• An HFPA Anatomy and Physiology Manual, an HFPA Group Exercise Instructor manual, a HiiT Instructor Manual and a Bootcamp Instructor Manual (received in hard copy)
• A study (orientation) guide, logbook and assessments (online)
• Tutor Support

This course is completed via both contact workshops and using the HFPA Online Learning Platform.