Continuing Professional Development
Within the fitness industry the technical ability that is needed to instruct physical activity and exercise is constantly increasing. Whether fitness instructors are employed, self-employed or work part time, they will need to keep their knowledge and skills up to date and relevant. Personal development is often called Continuing Professional Development (CPD). It is a requirement for maintaining REPs registration that fitness instructors achieve a certain number of CPD credits each year.
- Group Studio Cycling
- A one day workshop for current Fitness Instructors who would like the skills and knowledge to deliver an effective Studio Cycling class.
- Circuit Solutions
- For current Fitness Instructors learn the skills required to offer a circuits classes.
- Core Stability
- To give fitness professionals the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to develop their repertoire of functional training methods primarily utilising the stability ball.
- Business Skills for the Personal Trainer
- An absolute must for anyone thinking about or already working as a personal trainer. Learn how to maximise the potential of your business.
- Sports and performance nutrition
- One day workshop building on the knowledge covered in the nutrition module tackling the subject of sports and performance nutrition.
- Functional resistance and sport-specific training
- For Personal trainers to develop more advanced or sports specific programmes.
How many CPD credits do instructors need to achieve?
In a 2 year period any REPs accredited instructor is required to achieve 24 CPD credits with a minimum requirement of 4 CPD credits in one year.
How are CPD credits achieved?
There are many ways of gaining CPD credits. This can be achieved by attending REPs accredited conferences, lectures, seminars, trade shows, workshops or training courses. Major employers are committed to the register and therefore to ensuring that all of their Fitness professionals achieve full status on the REPs and have the opportunity to gain the required CPD credits to maintain their status.
Each of the CPD workshops chosen are suitable for both level 2 and level 3 fitness instructors to attend and are designed to improve their knowledge base and practical delivery skills.