Introduction

What are the learning outcomes of this course?

Understand the origins of pole fitness.  You will gain a thorough understanding of where pole fitness comes from including traditional styles of pole such as Chinese Pole and how it’s reached the gyms and mainstream fitness now.

What is fitness and how is it different from well-being? Learn and understand the components of fitness, and how pole fitness improves fitness. Learn about the benefits of being fitter and healthier.

Learn health & safety in all aspects of pole fitness teaching to help you ‘CARE’ for your students. From various contraindications your students may have, such as musculoskeletal injuries and heart problems, to learning all about safety checks of the equipment and the studio. Download the health & safety checklist for pole fitness classes. Understand how to work with pregnant women during a pole fitness class as well as the stages of postnatal exercises.

What type of insurance do you need for your studio and for your instructors? Who needs a music license? All of these essential elements are covered within the course.

Use our clearly labelled images and easy to understand muscle action explanations to learn more about anatomy and biomechanics. Find out where specific muscles and bones are and how this knowledge relates to pole fitness teaching. Understand what the key muscles are for each pole fitness movement to improve your teaching skills and pass this knowledge on to your students.

Learn and understand ethical conduct and professionalism to become an exemplary pole fitness instructor. Use our blueprint ethical code of conduct and professionalism checklist to ensure you are setting a new standard as a pole fitness instructor.

Learn the structure and delivery of a pole fitness class. You will learn how to deliver a pole fitness class from the very beginning when you walk into the studio, to the very end when you wave goodbye to a happy class. You will learn how to carry out a risk assessment, deliver a professional welcome, an effective warm-up, the main body of the class and an effective cool down with a variety of stretches.

Learn how to safely warm-up with mobility exercises, dynamic stretches and the pole specific warm-up. Understand the purpose of the warm-up. Learn all about warming up and watch the video demonstrations to see a full warm-up in action.

Learn the purpose of cooling down, how to cool-down and how to teach fifteen different stretches. Each stretch has a written explanation and a video tutorial.

Learn and practise an extensive beginner pole fitness syllabus. The syllabus includes eight gripping positions, twenty two conditioning exercises, thirty two spins, transitions and tricks on the pole! Each move has a thorough written breakdown and a video tutorial.

Learn how to teach the syllabus. You will learn how to teach these moves in a variety of ways and how to progress and regress them for your class.