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Exercise and Obesity Specialist Course

ODiscovery Learning is the first fitness training provider in the UK to offer a Level 4 Exercise and Obesity Specialist course. This exclusive course gives students the chance to become the most qualified Personal Trainer in the UK. The Level 4 Exercise and Obesity Specialist course combines a Level 3 Master Personal Trainer Diploma with the exclusive Level 4 Obesity Course, making the student a true nutritional and exercise specialist.

This programme is designed for individuals who want to work in the field of fitness, public health and all related professions supporting people with weight loss, exercise and weight management. The aim of the course is to develop the student's skills and knowledge to become competent to work with overweight and obese subjects who may also have diabetes or metabolic syndrome. The course will provide expertise on working one on one or in group situations.

Our programme has been developed with Skills Active and leading employers in the industry to ensure you have an elite range of qualifications to be a leading Exercise and Obesity practitioner. This programme is designed to maximise your ability to work with overweight and obese people and to assist with community work.

£2950 - Part

£3249 - Full

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Level 4 Exercise and Obesity Specialist Course Content:

Master Personal Trainer Diploma Modules Include:

Gym Instructor
Anatomy and physiology
Programming principles for personal trainers (including special populations and different environments)
Nutrition and weight management
Delivering personal training sessions (including functional and portable equipment)
Advanced Functional Training and Movement Analysis
Client Lifestyle & Fitness Appraisal (including lifestyle and stress management)
Postural and Core Stability
Advanced Flexibility Methods
Advanced Core Training
Special Populations: obesity, diabetes and asthma
Communication, motivational techniques and behaviour Change Strategies
Business skills

Additional Modules included in the 6 week Master Personal Trainer Diploma:

REPs Award in Indoor Cycling
REPs Award in Circuit Training
REPs Award in Kettlebell Training
REPs Award in Suspension Training
First Aid Certificate

Level 3 GP and Exercise Referral Course includes:

Exercise Referral Scheme
The role of the Department of Health and National Health Service
How to promote physical activity and health
Behaviour Change and Management
Health and lifestyle screening and Fitness Testing
How to plan, deliver and evaluate an exercise prescription
How to rehabilitate people with conditions such as; Orthopaedic diseases arthritis and osteoporosis

Level 4 Obesity Management Component:

An overview of the obesity pandemic
Obesity & Disease
Weight Gain - an Explanation
Exercise for Obese or Diabetic Clients
Human Behaviour, Changing Habits
Setting up a Weight Management Intervention

Final Status

Level 4 Obesity Management
Level 3 Advanced Personal Trainer
Eligible for membership of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REP's) at Level 4

Course

Full Payment

Payment Plan at 7.5% interest

Difference

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months

Exercise & Obesity Specialist

£2950

£3171.25

£221.25

£1585.63

£1057.08

£792.81

Course

Full Payment

Payment Plan at 12.5% interest

Difference

6 Months

8 Months

12 Months

Exercise & Obesity Specialist

£2950

£3318.75

£368.75

£553.13

£414.84

£276.56

Please call 0208 543 1017 or email info@discovery.uk.com to enquire about dates for this course.

"I recommend this training course both for its academic and practical content. It will equip its participants with the core essential skills to provide effective and safe weight management advice. The components are rigorously researched and advice is based on the best available evidence and reflects best practice."

Deborah Norman BSc. (Hon) RD

"This high-level course (equivalent NVQ level 4) will be suitable for all candidates with a basic qualification who wish to take their understanding of the topic of obesity to a higher level and to use this knowledge in a practical way. It contains challenging ideas which will be useful for all those who work with clients in many different settings – e.g. dietetics, fitness, sports, teaching, medicine, health promotion, managers."

Dr Peter Stott MA MB BChir FRCGP
Founder member and past Board Member, National Obesity Forum Medical Director, Epsom Downs Integrated care Services

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What we can do for you

Here at Discovery Learning we are in the business of growing passionate people to become elite personal trainers. We teach you how to become a Master personal trainer. We're a proud to be one of the leading providers of fitness instructor and personal trainer courses. Our personal trainer and gym instructor courses run in London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Cardiff and Birmingham. We offer you our quality personal trainer courses including our best selling Master Personal Trainer Diploma and Personal Trainer Certificate. Our fitness courses and nutrition courses are flexible and affordable. We provide Central YMCA and Active IQ qualifications in personal training, gym instructing, aerobic instructing (exercise to music), children's exercise and many more, giving you the UK’s leading health and fitness qualification.

We offer both full and part time personal trainer courses. We offer top quality training from the start all the way up to REPs Level 4. We’re the first and only company to offer Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management and provide this training to both personal trainers and NHS staff. We also offer a Level 4 Management of Lower Back Pain course as well as a Level 3 GP Referral that will help you expand your knowledge and client base. Our premium product which will get you to the top of the fitness industry with a huge earning potential is our master personal trainer course. If you’re not sure which course is right for you, then give one of our career advisors a call and they will be happy to help.