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Transform your career and help people change their lives with YMCAfit, the UK’s first and leading provider of fitness education.

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Choose the course that will change your life:

Personal Training
Push clients to achieve their goals with full fitness programmes.
PT Courses
STOTT PILATES®
Liberate and reform clients’ bodies using STOTT PILATES techniques and routines.
Pilates Courses
Yoga Instructing
Explore and teach flexible sequences that revitalise the mind, body and spirit.
Yoga Courses
Gym Instructing
Ease your way into the fitness industry by guiding clients through their workouts.
Gym Courses
Exercise to Music
Choreograph and teach exhilarating studio classes and inspire fitness through music.
ETM Courses
Sports Massage
Help your clients prepare for sports and fitness activities with deep tissue massage.
Sports Massage
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What our graduates say about YMCAfit courses

We believe in expertise and experience and provide high-quality education to produce outstanding fitness professionals who go the extra mile to inspire and improve the health and wellbeing of their communities. As a charity, our motivations are different from all the other providers. 

With more than 125,000 students trained since 1984, it’s hard to highlight them all, so we’ve collected some of the career-changing stories and testimonials from our students to help inspire the next generation of fitness professionals.

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“The tutors and team have gone above and beyond and still continue to offer me support when I need it. I will be back again and can’t wait!”
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“It was great fun, the tutors were brilliant, the facilities are excellent. I absolutely loved it. I couldn’t fault anything about it. It was brilliant.”
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“I chose YMCAfit because of its reputation for being the best fitness training provider in the industry, that nurtures talents.”

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Why choose YMCAfit?

The most experienced

We’re the UK’s first fitness training provider and have been at the forefront, shaping the industry since 1984 when we launched the first ever ETM course.

Outstanding Tutors

Our tutors are highly qualified, knowledgeable, experienced, passionate and loved by our students. 82% have said they are “exceptional”.

Fully accredited

Our courses are internationally-recognised, Ofqual regulated, Ofsted monitored, endorsed by CIMSPA, and their legitimacy will never be questioned.

The most complete courses

Our courses are the most comprehensive and complete in the market and will give you all the tools you need to succeed.

We are a charity

Our motivations are different from all the other providers. We’re not doing this to make money, we are here to help you transform your life and your community.

Employers love our graduates

Employers are actively seeking our graduates because they know students leave us with the skills and confidence they actually need to do the job.

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Become a world-class Personal Trainer and start changing lives.

Read our 8 easy steps to get started as a personal trainer and turn your passion into a successful career.

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Employers: Upskill your team. Transform your business.

We have helped businesses thrive for over 40 years with our bespoke, strategic programmes:

In-house staff training
First-class apprenticeships
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CPD courses to enhance your portfolio

We specialise in improving your portfolio and increasing your earning potential. Wherever you want to take your career, we have the courses and support to make that possible

Diversify
Take your career to the next level and boost your earnings with our exciting range of CPD fitness courses.
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Specialise
Our special population courses will give you the expertise and confidence to effectively serve these important client groups and broaden your client base.
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Pilates progression
Choose from a range of courses and workshops, allowing you to broaden your repertoire and increase your earning potential.
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All CPDs
Add an edge to your classes with Kettlebells and Padwork or specialise in an area such as Ante and Postnatal Exercise or Exercise Referral
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News, stories and profiles

YMCAfit launches women-only PT courses to help break down barriers
“It is important to make education more accessible to all women who might be interested in getting into the fitness industry. By running Women-only courses, we will be able to encourage more women to join the industry who may not be able to otherwise. To get more women into fitness we need to have a greater number of female instructors, and this course will help achieve that.”
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5 things I wish I’d known before becoming a Personal Trainer
“Martin Coles, trained with us to become a Personal Trainer in 2011 and has since worked in several different gyms around London. But what did he wish he’d known before he became a PT?“
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