Lead music-driven group exercise classes with confidence. Qualify as a Group Fitness Instructor with the Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Group Training, delivered through a blend of flexible online learning and hands-on practical training.
This Active IQ accredited qualification is the ideal pathway for anyone looking to start or develop a career in group fitness instruction. Combining essential theoretical knowledge with practical, hands-on training, the course ensures you can teach with accuracy, musicality and presence from day one in a professional class environment.
This blended programme combines flexible eLearning with structured in-person practical training, allowing you to build knowledge at your own pace before applying it in real class environments.
Online modules cover anatomy and physiology, health and safety, customer service and core group training principles, followed by focused Group Training content on class structure, choreography and session delivery.
Your learning journey is designed to take you step by step from essential theory through to confident, real-world teaching.
This stage builds the essential scientific and professional understanding needed to become a safe and effective instructor.
You’ll complete structured eLearning in anatomy, physiology and fitness principles, supported by an assessed online exam. This phase ensures you have the core knowledge required to progress into practical teaching and apply theory with confidence in real class settings.
In this hands-on stage, you begin transforming theory into practice.
Through guided workshop days, you’ll develop choreography, cueing and teaching techniques specific to Exercise to Music. You’ll also begin building your portfolio, applying what you learn in structured tasks that develop your planning and instructional ability.
This final stage focuses on demonstrating your competence as an independent instructor.
You’ll complete your portfolio of evidence and session plans before submitting for marking. The journey concludes with a live practical assessment where you deliver a full Exercise to Music class, showing your ability to coach, cue and lead a group confidently and professionally.
This course is designed for aspiring fitness instructors, gym instructors and personal trainers who want to add group exercise to their skill set. It is also well suited to fitness professionals already delivering classes who want a nationally recognised qualification to back their practice.
This course is open to anyone aged 16 and over. Please note that 16–18 year olds may require workplace supervision upon qualification
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Become a Qualified Group Fitness Instructor. Take the next step in your fitness career with the Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Group Training.
