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Turn your passion into a profession

We believe that what you get from your qualification is not nearly as important as who and what you become.
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Welcome to HFE

Welcome to HFE, the UK’s leading fitness industry training provider. We specialise in delivering high-quality health, fitness and nutrition training courses and qualifications that are specifically designed to empower physical activity and exercise professionals to improve the impact of their training service and careers.

Central to everything we do here at HFE is the firm belief that getting an education is far more than achieving a qualification. That's why we do everything we can to help our students to learn more, achieve more, and ultimately, become more. Because what you become, is always more important than what you have. #becomemore.

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What will you become?

We deliver one of the most diverse ranges of exercise and fitness industry training courses and qualifications in the active leisure sector. Some of our more common training courses are featured below.

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Personal training

Master the art and science of personal training so that you can inspire, educate and transform the physical and mental aspects of your client's health and wellbeing.

Personal Training Courses

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Pilates

Learn how to apply the pioneering work of Joseph Pilates’ and help others improve their mental and physical health, function and performance with Pilates.

Pilates Instructor Courses

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Yoga

Master the ancient concepts, philosophies, postures and breathing techniques used in yoga and share these with others by becoming a fully qualified yoga teacher.

Yoga Teacher Training

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Exercise to music

Take centre stage and share your passion and enthusiasm with others for group exercise and aerobic choreography by becoming a leading freestyle group exercise to music instructor.

Exercise to Music Courses

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Exercise specialist

Discover how to provide specialist exercise and fitness programmes for a range of special populations, including pregnancy, older adults, disabilities, obesity, low back pain and many more.

Specialist Courses

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Sports massage

Get hands-on with your clients and kickstart your career as a professional sports massage therapist underway with our range of sports massage therapy training courses and qualifications.

Sports Massage Courses

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Nutrition

Feed your appetite for a higher-level of evidence-based nutrition knowledge with our range of cutting-edge, expertly developed and delivered nutrition courses and regulated qualifications.

Nutrition Courses

Why train with HFE

We are an award-winning training provider to the health and fitness profession with a reputation for training excellence. Our team of friendly and passionate health, fitness and exercise professionals are driven by empowering our students to become more.

We’ve been raising standards in the active leisure sector for over 15 years and during this time we’ve helped to launch over 40,000 fitness industry careers.

World-class learning resources

The widest range of quality materials and resources in the leisure sector, including print manuals, digital manuals and video lectures.
5-star learning support service

Unlimited support from a passionate and dedicated team of Learning Support Tutors. No question is too big or small.
Clinical excellence as standard

We're the only training provider with a multidisciplinary team of clinical (e.g. doctors, dieticians, physios) and exercise professionals.
Expert tuition

You deserve the best... So whether you're training online or face-to-face, you can rest assured you'll get access to the most skilled and experienced tutors.
Real employment opportunities

Get direct access to employment with every major health club chain in the country via our ground-breaking CV Connect platform.

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Uncompromising quality

Discover extraordinary learning content created and delivered by some of the health and fitness industry’s brightest minds.

Our learning content and tuition goes beyond the standard requirements of the qualifications we deliver so that all our students get the best opportunity to become the best exercise professional they can be.

We provide an extensive range of other support resources, including mock assessments, detailed study guides, employment and career development guides, multiple mock assessments and much more.

Everything we do is aligned with raising quality standards and helping our students to excel. That’s why we’re accredited by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and UKAS (9001) for quality.

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We've got you covered

Regardless of the qualifications you're completing with us, you can rest assured that your achievements will be recognised around the world, maximising your career prospects and opportunities. Our training services are backed by some of the fitness industry's leading awarding and professional bodies, some of which are featured here.

Fitness courses and qualifications with HFE

We are Health and Fitness Education (HFE), the UK’s leading training provider to the health, fitness and active leisure sector. We specialise in all manner of fitness instructor courses and personal training qualifications, although we also deliver a broad range of other professional development courses.

It’s our continuing aim to raise standards throughout the health and fitness industry by empowering our students and graduates to go out into the world and make a lasting difference to peoples’ lives.

Our range of internationally-recognised courses, qualifications and CPD are the most diverse in the active leisure sector and this is reflected in those who study with us. Nothing is seen as a barrier as we have built inclusion into our DNA.

We want to give as many people as possible the chance to follow their passion and become qualified fitness professionals. As such, we have venues nationwide including London, Manchester, Cardiff, Glasgow, Birmingham, Nottingham, York and Bristol.

We maintain a very close relationship with some of the UK’s largest and most well-known leisure operators, gyms and health club chains, including The Village, Hilton, Bannatyne, David Lloyd and Nuffield Health.

Amongst our most popular fitness courses are personal training (both face-to-face and online personal training courses), exercise to music, yoga, Pilates and sports massage. We also have a range of specialised workshops and CPD programmes to take you further.

We work closely with awarding bodies and other organisations such as YMCA Awards, Active IQ, CIMSPA and ASCM, to ensure that what we deliver to you meets the highest standards possible.

Our commitment to quality is reflected in the support we provide to each and every day to our students, and the quality of the learning resources we have spent countless hours, days and years developing. As standard students have access to a personal support tutor, content-rich hard copy manuals and the HFE app. Then there’s LES, the Learner Engagement System. This innovative system is where students will complete their online learning and to do this, we provide in-depth video lectures from leading experts, lesson plans and practice quizzes. Our advancements in this field have been recognised by industry body ukactive with a Best Use of Technology Award.

In our efforts to continually provide more, we’ve also partnered with a range of companies and brands who we believe share our core philosophies. These include FitPro, Your Personal Training, Awesome Supplements, MAD Group, Clubbercise, Your Pilates Physio, Pure Energy, Yogafit Retreats and Rocktape to name a few.

Enrolling on to a course couldn’t be simpler and no matter what stage of your fitness career you’re at, we offer students the chance to excel and fulfil their potential. Because our health and fitness courses go far and beyond the standard framework, our graduates are employed by some of the largest gym, health club and leisure chains in the UK and around the world. Many of our graduates have even been inspired to open their own gym or studio, or set up retreats in exotic locations.

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