Volunteer Walk Leader Training Active Gloucestershire and the local authorities in Gloucestershire offer free training to people who are willing and able to lead health walks in their community. It's a free 1-day course; the course is a practical day and covers topics such as: - risk assessments
- how to lead a health walk
- benefits of and barriers to exercise
- information on specific medical conditions
- benefits of the natural environment for health and wellbeing
- resources available to you to make the most of your new skills, including a Volunteer Walk Leader Manual and walk leader certificate.
| If you would like more information about the training day in Forest of Dean, please click here If you would like more information about the training day in Cheltenham, please click here. If you would like more general information about Walking for Health please visit their website
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Nordic Walking Nordic Walking is one of the fastest growing fitness activities and is used by individuals, personal trainers, health clubs, physiotherapists, doctors and health promoters because it is highly effective, affordable and FUN! Nordic Walking is an enhancement of ordinary walking - it makes something we learn to do as babies …. twice as effective! Nordic Walking uses poles to in order to add two major benefits to walking
• The use of poles means the upper body muscles are used as well as the legs
• The poles help to propel the walker along - this means he/she works harder than usual yet the support given by the poles makes it feel easier! | For more information about becoming a Nordic Walk Leader, please click here.
For more information about courses in your area please click here |
Fitness Professionals If you are a qualified fitness professional who would like to further your training to work with people with medical conditions, there are a range of training providers. The BACR Phase IV provide training for fitness professionals who would like to extend their expertise to be able to include Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase IV clients. The British Lung Foundation offer a course called the Chronic Respiratory Disease Exercise Instructor Course. It is an innovative distance learning course for fitness instructors who are looking to develop their knowledge of safe and effective exercise specifically for those with respiratory disease.
| There are a range of courses for training as a GP Referral Instructor, to find the course that's right for you visit the Register of Exercise Professionals |
The Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership The EMDP have a Level 3 Teaching Training Award in Movement and Dance. For details on the South West Introduction Roadshow, please click here. For more information on dates and venues across the country please click here or for a prospectus, please click here | For further details regarding this course and information about introductory days please contact the EMDP office on 01403 266000 or email training@emdp.org |
