17/12/2024

Quality assured training offering grows in both depth and breadth of courses

To ensure that professionals and employers in the sport & physical activity sector can access the quality-assured CPD and qualifications they need, we’ve been working with our 3-star ‘Enhancing’ quality assured training partners to improve the depth and breadth of our training offering.

As well as a huge variety of personal trainer and gym instructor courses you will now also find an ever-increasing volume of more niche courses such as those related to mental health, conditions such as Parkinsons, becoming a Ba Duan Jin Qigong instructor, learning about how to better work with teenage girls and even an introduction to the key Olympic lifts.

Here’s a handful of courses you can book on The Training Academy for Sport & Physical Activity.

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Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga

Designed for individuals passionate about yoga and eager to share its physical, mental, and spiritual benefits with others, this qualification equips learners with the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to plan and deliver safe, engaging, and inclusive yoga sessions to a variety of clients.

Enhanced Rated Provider - Motion Fitness Education

Course Date - 15 February 2025

Course Time - 268 Hours

Format - Hybrid

CIMSPA CPD Points – 10

Read more about this Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga

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The Parkinson’s Pro Course

By becoming a Parkinson’s Pro learners will unlock the skills to effectively support individuals with Parkinson’s through exercise. This course supports exercise and healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools to deliver Parkinson’s-specific exercise, grounded in the latest scientific and medical guidelines.

Enhanced Rated Provider – Reach Your Peak

Course Date - 24 January 2025, 4 April 2025, 4 July 2025 or 3 October 2025

Course Time - 6 Hours

Format - Online

CIMSPA CPD Points – 6

Read more about the Parkinson’s Pro course

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Active IQ Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Exercise and Health

This course will enable learners to develop their knowledge of healthy eating, analyse their client’s nutritional habits and be able to offer healthy eating advice that is linked to their clients’ exercise and lifestyle goals.

Enhanced Rated Provider – Study Active

Course Date - Anytime

Course Time - 70 Hours

Format - Online

CIMSPA CPD Points – 10

Read more about the Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Exercise and Health

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Active IQ Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness

Providing learners with an understanding and awareness of mental health, as well as the common mental health disorders and issues, this course serves to help reduce both stigma and discrimination, encouraging people to talk about mental health more openly.

Enhanced Rated Provider – Motion Fitness Education

Course Date - Anytime

Course Time - 20 Hours

Format - Online

CIMSPA CPD Points – 7.5

Read more about the Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness

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Certificate in Olympic Lifting

This one day workshop is designed to offer an introduction to the key Olympic lifts, as well as their application, and technical aspects.

Enhanced Rated Provider – T2 Fitness Training & Education

Course Date – 3 April 2025

Course Time - 8 Hours

Format - Hybrid

CIMSPA CPD Points – 4

Read more about the Certificate in Olympic Lifting

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Ba Duan Jin Qigong Instructor Course

Learn how to support the physical and mental wellbeing of your clients with therapeutic movement that helps them to build awareness and connect with their body and mind, and ultimately reduce stress, tension and pain.

Enhanced Rated Provider – Chris Handbury School of Qigong

Course Date – 1 March 2025

Course Time - 240 Hours (approximately)

Format - Hybrid

CIMSPA CPD Points – 10

Read more about the Ba Duan Jin Qigong Instructor course

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The Female Body: Puberty Edition

This course helps all those working with teenage girls to understand the changes in their body, mind and social life. Tackling how puberty impacts girls’ participation in sport and exercise, this development opportunity aims to raise awareness and fuel change in PE departments and sports clubs everywhere.

Enhanced Rated Provider – The Well HQ

Course Date – Anytime

Course Time - 12 Hours

Format – Online

CIMSPA CPD Points – 10

Read more about The Female Body: Puberty Edition

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