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Exercise to Music Courses and Qualifications
Whether you're looking to teach freestyle group exercise or pre-choreographed programmes like Les Mills, our range of exercise to music courses are guaranteed to get you off on the right foot. With content and choreography created and delivered by some of the industry's leading presenters, this is your chance to learn from the best.
ETM Career Packages
Our range of exercise to music career packages listed below are guaranteed to get your journey as a professional studio instructor off on the right foot. If you're looking for a bespoke package, feel free to connect with our Careers Team on the number below and they will be more than happy to assist you.
Essentials
£545.00
New to freestyle group exercise? Take the first steps to becoming a leading ETM instructor.
Courses Included:
Extras and Exclusives:
Key Benefits:
Interest-free payment plan - £74 per month
5% discount for prompt payment - save £27.25
Specialist
£810.00
A change of tempo. Combine ETM with pre and postnatal and get more moving people safely and effectively.
Courses Included:
Extras and Exclusives:
Key Benefits:
Interest-free payment plan - £93 per month
5% discount for prompt payment - save £40.50
Professional
£1035.00
A perfect blend of instructor training for those looking for employment in a dual fitness instructor role.
Courses Included:
Extras and Exclusives:
Key Benefits:
Interest-free payment plan - £130 per month
5% discount for prompt payment - save £51.75
Featured Exercise to Music Course
The Level 2 Exercise to Music course featured below is the industry's gold standard group exercise instructor qualification that is required by instructors to teach freestyle exercise to music classes. It is also an entry requirement to teach other branded and pre-choreographed programmes, like Les Mills for example.
Level 2 Exercise To Music Instructor
£545.00
Get the knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver your own brand of exciting and unique freestyle group exercise classes with this engaging YMCA qualification.
Key Benefits:
5% discount for prompt payment - save £27.25
Other Group Exercise and Studio Courses
If you're looking for other forms of group exercise to music instructor courses, like water-based exercise or group indoor cycling, then you've come to the right place. To find out more about these courses, review the information in the panels below.
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Level 2 Award in Group Indoor Cycling
Level 2 Award in Group Indoor Cycling
£250.00
An exciting two-day high-energy practical qualification that prepares you for planning and delivering engaging, energetic and original indoor cycling classes.
Key Benefits
- 2-day practical training
- Quality learning resources
- Pure energy music (included)
- Unlimited support
- Ofqual backed qualification
- YMCA Awards certification
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Level 2 Aqua-Based Fitness Instructor
Level 2 Aqua-Based Fitness Instructor
£325.00
Take to the water and discover an exciting new environment for you to demonstrate your ETM instructor skills.
Key Benefits
- Practical and interactive format
- Detailed learning resources
- Pure energy music included
- Unlimited support
- Ofqual regulated qualification
- YMCA Awards certification
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Level 2 Step Exercise to Music
Level 2 Step Exercise to Music
£250.00
Give your career as a studio-based exercise instructor a step up with our Level 2 Award in Step Exercise to Music.
Key Benefits
- high-energy practical training
- Unlimited tutor support
- All resources included
- Pre energy music (included)
- No theory exams
- YMCA Awards certified
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Level 2 Studio Strength Training Instructor
Level 2 Studio Strength Training Instructor
£325.00
Give your group exercise classes a lift with our Studio Strength Instructor programme. This high-energy, highly practical programme will give you the skills to teach non-branded freestyle studio-based resistance training classes.
Key Benefits
- 2-day practical training course
- Unlimited support
- Embedded assessment
- Pure energy music (included)
- Extensive resources
- YMCA Awards certification
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Uncompromising Quality. Trusted by Industry.
Our range of exercise to music courses and qualifications are trusted by all major fitness industry employers because we don't compromise our quality standards. Wherever your career as a studio instructor takes you, you can rest assured your qualification will be recognised. Here are just a handful of places our graduates are now working.
Creative and Engaging Programmes
Our range of exercise to music and studio-based instructor programmes are creatively designed and expertly delivered by some of the industry's most talented and experienced teachers and presenters.
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Uplifting Music
Supplied by Pure Energy
Music supplied as standard with all our ETM courses by Europe's largest music provider.
- License free
- Easy to download
- Continuous play
- Energetic and uplifting
- Yours to keep
- Perfect for training
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Bonus Choreography
Presented by Kardy Laguda
Give your classes a lift with choreography delivered by one of the world's most successful international fitness presenters, Kardy Laguda.
- Energetic delivery
- 12 separate routines
- Over 30 exciting moves
- Around 3 hours of content
- Free to use as you wish
- Exclusive to HFE
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Exceptional Delivery
Tailored to your needs
Our ETM tutors are some of the most experienced and successful in the business.
- Expert tutors
- Unlimited support
- Extensive resources
- Passionate and supportive
- Flexible structure
- Platinum standard
Course Dates & Locations
Our ETM programmes are delivered from leading venues around the UK, including Manchester, London, Liverpool, Birmingham, York, Newcastle, Cardiff and Preston. We also deliver online exercise to music courses, live over Zoom.
We use only use the best studio facilities in leading gyms and health clubs to deliver the practical aspects of our group exercise to music training so you can rest assured you’ll be primed and prepared to launch your teaching career.
To see all our ETM venues and locations, select the button below.
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Group Exercise Advice and Guidance
Serious about launching your career as a professional studio instructor? Want more detailed information about what's involved, what qualifications and insurance are required, and what opportunities await you? If so, take a look at our range of group exercise to music articles and guides.
Become an Exercise to Music Instructor
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Exercise to Music Instructor Jobs and Opportunities
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Exercise to Music Instructor Qualifications
The world of exercise to music instructor qualifications can be a confusing one and our guide seeks to set the record straight.
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Exercise to Music Career Progression Opportunities
From branded programmes to yoga and Pilates, we explore how ETM instructors can upskill and expand their client base
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Ongoing Support With Your ETM Career
When your training is complete and you've achieved your qualification, we'll be on hand to help and support you as you launch your career in group exercise. Here are just some of the ways that we support our exercise to music graduates once they're qualified.
Discounted Insurance
We’ve partnered with Fitpro, the largest fitness professional development organisation in the world, to bring to you a heavily discounted insurance package that is specifically designed to protect exercise and fitness instructors.
Fitpro currently operate in more than 84 countries and have over 150,000 active members in their network. This gives them the ability to secure the best insurance rates on the open market. They also understand the fitness industry so their products are truly fit for purpose.
There are also a host of other exclusive offers and discounts available from Fitpro once you purchase one of their insurance products through HFE.
We don’t take any referral fees on these products and you can rest assured we won’t share your data with any of our partners.
- Heavily discounted insurance
- Public and employer liability
- Professional indemnity
- £10m of cover
- Cover from £55.00
- Underwritten by AVIVA
Discounted Workout Music
When the time is right for you to spread your wings and start your own group exercise classes, you’ll naturally want to customise and update your music so that you can create the right energy and vibe. We can help you with this also.
As well as providing you with license free music from Pure Energy to support your training and development, we’ve also secured a fantastic ongoing discount for all your future music purchases.
Once you complete your training, we’ll share with you a range of HFE exclusive discount codes and instructions that will help you to start your exercise to music career on a shoestring budget.
These deals are only available to HFE graduates and our team have worked hard to secure them for you.
- Lifetime discount
- License free
- PPL free
- Original artist
- All genres
- Digital download
Get Your CV Connected
CV Connect is our flagship state of the art fitness industry recruitment solution that contains named recruitment contacts for thousands of gyms and health clubs across the UK.
Once your studies are over and you’ve completed your training, we’ll give you 6-weeks free access to CV Connect where you can upload your CV, select employers in your area you’d like to work with, and submit your CV to their recruitment team.
This is a feature that is only available once you complete your qualification and so employers value and trust the CVs and communications that they get from us. They also understand that our unwavering standards of quality mean that they only ever get quality applicants.
- UK-wide opportunities
- Thousands of sites
- All major UK operators
- Trusted by employers
- Simple and intuitive
- Included with training