At some point in your career, whether you are a gym or ETM instructor, you are likely to find yourself teaching women who are pregnant or who have just had a baby. Or perhaps you wish to hold classes exclusively for this important client group within your community. Either way, ensure that you have the expertise and confidence to deliver safe and effective exercise for ante or postnatal women.

Learn to…

• Plan and teach safe and effective antenatal and postnatal gym or ETM sessions
• Identify physiological and anatomical changes of pregnancy in the body and how this relates to gym or studio environments
• Identify cases when exercise and activity are not recommended

Prerequisites

• Level 2 ETM or Gym Instructor or equivalent
• At least 30 hours teaching experience (recommended)

Format

• 3 days face-to-face learning plus 1 day practical assessment and 1 evening theory assessment (a mixture of theory and practical)

Assessment

• Practical
• Multiple choice theory paper
• Case study
• Viva assessment
• Practical - you will be required to bring one helper for a practical gym assessment or two helpers for ETM

Certification

• CYQ Level 3 Antenatal and Post-natal Gym or Exercise to Music

REPs

Course price

Price: £360

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.

Where next...

• Aqua Training Module