Established in 1984, YMCAfit is one of the UK's leading trainers of fitness professionals. We have developed the largest portfolio of fitness training products available in the UK.

YMCAfit aims to provide the highest quality training and education services in fitness, exercise and activity for health in order to equip the individual with the skills and knowledge to improve their own quality of life and that of the community around them.

Our Training Courses

Advanced Diploma in Personal Training

As a personal trainer you will enjoy a career that is both financially and emotionally rewarding, one that gives you the independence of being your own boss and the flexibility to build your career around your life.

We offer an intensive course for students who wish to 'fast-track' their personal training career. Alternatively, for students who may have other commitments, we offer a modular route which allows you to complete the component modules at a time to suit you. Both options will take into account your preferred learning style and you will be taught at a pace you find comfortable. Our Advanced Diploma in Personal Training will make you highly employable around the UK and internationally.

Fitness Instructor Qualifications

YMCA Gym Instructor

You will be taught by our highly qualified tutors who tailor their delivery to suit your individual learning style. You will receive comprehensive learning resources and all the guidance and support needed to pass the course.

Our Gym Instructor course will give you the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to begin your fitness career. It will also make you desirable for employment in any gym across the UK.

YMCA Exercise to Music (ETM)

You will learn to use your personality to inspire groups of people of different ages and abilities. The emphasis on freestyle teaching allows students to express their creativity and imagination confidently when delivering a studio class.

You will be taught by our highly qualified tutors who tailor their delivery to suit your individual learning style. You will achieve a recognised qualification. This qualification can also be used for those wishing to teach Body Training Systems.

YMCA Kids Fitness - Play and Games or Street Dance

YMCA Kids' Fitness Street Dance and YMCA Kids' Fitness Play and Games courses are ideal for anyone interested in running health-related exercise sessions for children, those already running sessions but without a formal qualification and current fitness instructors wanting to broaden their skills to work with children in fitness and activity sessions.

The courses will teach you how to adapt your skills and use different activities to motivate children from the ages of five to sixteen. They also examine setting up and running after school activities, holiday play and activity schemes and teaching on an already established children.

For more information you can call 020 7343 1850 and speak to our course instructors or email us.