Level 2 Gym Instructor Course

What You’ll Learn

In order to be an effective gym instructor, you’ll need to know more than which machines are best for which muscle groups. This course gives you the skills needed to confidently support gym members by providing expertise across a variety of topics covering anatomy, training, and psychology.

Specifically, you'll learn about:

Motivating Groups and Individuals

It’s easy for individuals new to fitness to lose confidence and motivation, even experienced gym-goers can feel like they’ve hit a wall sometimes. You will learn how to train individuals in a way that keeps them both engaged by the content of your training and motivated to keep pushing themselves to new heights. 

Planning and Instructing Gym-Based Sessions

This course will teach you how to successfully plan and instruct gym-based exercise sessions. Specifically focusing on how you can use consultations and health assessments to offer effective workouts for gym goers. 

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Understanding how the body works is fundamental to successful gym instruction. This course will provide you with the necessary knowledge to keep your training plans safe and effective, covering the heart and circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems.

Principles of Exercise and Fitness

You’ll develop an in-depth understanding of the principles of exercise, including effective warm-up/cool-down exercises, cardiovascular activities, bodyweight and free-weight movements, as well as resistance training concepts’ including how to include them in an effective, varied training plan.

Health, Safety and Welfare

Safety is paramount in fitness environments. As such you’ll learn how to identify and control risk factors, how to appropriately safeguard children and vulnerable adults, and what emergency procedures exist within a gym or fitness environment.

Learning the Business

How does a successful fitness instructors market themselves? How do they maximise business opportunities? During the course, you’ll develop a great understanding of the advertising, marketing and self-promotion essentials which are fundamental for a successful career within the fitness sector. 

How You’ll Be Assessed

Practical assessments are run every month from each of our nationwide locations and are a requirement for all students to qualify with your Level 2 Gym Instructor certificate.

Online & Part-Time Course Assessments

Those studying our gym instructor course online or part-time will be required to complete the following assessments:

• Multiple Choice Open Book Online Exam on Anatomy and Physiology - 90% pass required
• Multiple Choice Open Book Online Paper on Principles of Exercise and Health - 90% pass required
• Practical Assessment on Delivering a Gym-Based Induction - Pass required

For the in-person practical assessment, students need to travel to one of the many OriGym venues located across the UK.

Full-Time Course Assessments

In order to qualify as a Level 2 Gym Instructor, full-time students are also expected to complete three assessments. However, the non-practical elements can be taken online:

• Multiple Choice Open Book Online Exam on Anatomy and Physiology - 70% pass required
• Multiple Choice Open Book Online Paper on Principles of Exercise and Health - 70% pass required
• Practical Assessment on Delivering a Gym-Based Induction - Pass required

To improve your chances of passing the first time and succeeding in your course, you’ll be fully supported by OriGym’s qualified team of tutors.

Study Options

At OriGym, we are proud of our ability to offer multiple modes of study to our students, enabling anyone to achieve a fitness instructor qualification at their own pace, according to their individual requirements.

Our Level 2 Gym Instructor course is taught at our nationwide venues across the UK, each with excellent transport links. All of our state-of-the-art venues are handpicked to provide the best learning experience, putting you at a distinct advantage upon graduation over other newly qualified gym instructors from alternative training providers. 

Online

Utilising our award-nominated online learning platform OriGym students can choose to study their Level 2 Gym Instructor course completely online. Making use of a series of interactive online learning resources, e-books and PDFs, online lectures, and training manuals, only a single practical assessment requires in-person attendance.

As online learning is self-paced, students can take as little or as long as they wish to complete the programme. All online gym instructor students are supported by personal tutors, who are themselves expert fitness instructors and gym instructors, available to reach by phone or email.

Part-Time

Part-time provides a blended learning experience, combining in-person tuition with online study. This is one of the most popular options for many OriGym students as it perfectly balances learning from home and attending regular practical workshops.

These practical workshops run from all of our UK locations and are restricted to small groups, ensuring you get the absolute maximum out of each day spent training. Combined with the opportunity to then study and revise online at their own pace, many students choose this option to fit their studies around their existing work, family and life commitments. 

Full Time

The full-time gym instructor course is 2 weeks of intensive study where you will learn in a classroom setting from 9am-5:30pm, Monday to Friday. From OriGym’s bespoke training centres, you will be able to study uninterrupted by gym members and staff to focus on your qualifications.

Only our most experienced tutors teach our full-time courses and you will study in groups of no more than 12 to maximise your learning experience. Keeping the full-time course engaging and practically based, you will be on the gym floor every day as well as learning in our designated, custom-built classroom during the theory elements of the course.

Careers & Progression

After graduating from the Level 2 Gym Instructor course, you can take your first steps into a new fitness career. As you begin this journey, OriGym will continue to provide assistance, encouragement, and advice about your future.

Careers Support

OriGym graduates will continue to receive a host of support from our post-course team, all of which will help kickstart your career in the fitness industry.

We’ve worked hard to build strong relationships with fitness brands and independent gym chains across the UK. Following the completion of your course, we’ll analyse and distribute your CV to these organisations, whilst also offering interview preparation including mock job interviews.

Progression Routes

There are multiple ways to continue growing in your new fitness career and improve your future earning potential after graduating. One of the most popular routes for our students after completing the Level 2 Fitness Instructor is to advance onto the Level 3 Personal Trainer course.

Gaining the Level 3 Personal Trainer Qualification enables you to work as a personal trainer within gyms or fitness institutions. In the role, you will work with clients on a one-to-one basis creating bespoke workout programmes to help them achieve their fitness goals. 

If you’d like to become a Personal Trainer, our Diploma in Personal Training combines the Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 3 Personal Trainer awards.