Exercise and Ageing

Age should not be a barrier to exercise. For this growing section of the population exercise is an essential ingredient for a happy, healthy and active lifestyle. Choose to specialise in exercise to music, weights or circuit training to broaden your client base and ensure that you can deliver the appropriate programmes or classes and really make a difference to peoples' lives.

Learn to…

Structure and deliver appropriate circuit and resistance programmes or exercise to music sessions
Explore the physiological, anatomical and psychological changes of ageing
Identify the benefits of exercise for the ageing population
Identify the safe and effective exercises in relation to a range of medical conditions
Deliver adaptations and modifications for different conditions and abilities
Perform and demonstrate a range of chair-based exercises

Prerequisites

Level 2 ETM or Gym Instructor or equivalents
Experience of working with older people (recommended)
At least 30 hours teaching experience (recommended)

Format

4 days face-to-face learning, 1 day practical assessment and 1 evening theory paper assessment (a mixture of theory and practical)

Assessment

Multiple choice theory paper
Case study and verbal assessment
Practical - you will be required to bring one helper for gym and two helpers for ETM (one aged over 50)

Certification

CYQ Award in Functional Training for the Independent Older Adult Level 3

REPs

Course price

Price: £445

Payment methods

You can pay for YMCAfit courses in the following ways:

Credit/debit card by telephone on 020 7343 1850 (option 1)
In person at our offices during the hours (9am – 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am – 3pm on Friday)
Cheques or postal orders by post. Please make these payable to ‘YMCA Fitness Industry Training’
Purchase order/invoice
By fax on 020 7436 1278

Note: postal bookings can only be confirmed once we have received the payment and a completed application form, which is signed and dated. Please do not send cash through the post.

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