Fitness Instructor Current
Pure Gym
Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months
I was hired by Pure Gym to encourage their employees to stay fit and active, provide classes and advice to help them do so. I worked in the company gym and also ran classes in the local park.
Responsibilities
•Initiating, promoting and managing recreational activities
•Conducting personal appraisals and prescribing suitable fitness programs
•Working closely with the Occupational Health and Safety Department and responding to current initiatives and company objectives
•Prescribing and directing injury rehabilitation programs
•Providing variety in the gym through circuit, boxercise, aerobics, stretches
•Providing one-on-one training for clients seeking individualised training
•Conducting educational seminars and health awareness campaigns pertaining to holistic health and injury prevention at the work-site and during leisure time
•Overseeing equipment maintenance, safety auditing and facility housekeeping
Achievements
•Introduced 3 new exercise classes to the company gym and 1 new outdoors program, Proposed changes to the company's Fitness for Work standard which lead to an update of the standard
•Planned and implemented the company's ‘Get up, get going' campaign which increased gym attendance by 20 per cent
Designed and implemented personalised exercise and diet programs targeting specific conditions and concerns including obesity, arthritis and high cholesterol
•Recruit and retain clients
•Counsel members about fitness, exercise, health and injury management
•Run group fitness classes
•Provide weight-lifting, treadmill and other fitness apparatus instruction
•Ensure the safety of all members and clients
•Ensure all gym equipment is maintained
•Advised on common sport and exercise related injuries
•Assess clients' fitness on a monthly basis
•Achievements
•Monitored a group of 20 overweight people who lost 7-10 per cent body fat under my supervision
•Implemented the Fit Fast incentive training program that encouraged and challenged people to their lose weight
Conducted the beep test, 10-40 metre sprint, 60-second push up test, double leg bound test
•Planned and lead training routines
•Assisted with massage and physiotherapy duties
Registered new members
•Maintained equipment and amenities
•Developed exercise programs
•Exercise and fitness instruction
•Basic office administration
Exercise and fitness: NCFT Level 1 Fitness Instructor: ACTIVE IQ Level 2
courses: Level 1&2: Numeracy 2008 - 2009 Merton college: ACCESS: Computer Management 2007 - 2008 Manchester college: 3 City and Guilds: Excel, Word processing and Database, 2 OCR: Clait and New Clait