CYQ Level 2 Aqua Instructor

Course details

Course Overview

The CYQ Aqua is a course that will enable you to teach safe and effective water fitness classes, also giving you the essential theory knowledge and practical experience on how the body responds to training in water. Increasingly, aqua exercise classes are a popular part of a facility's fitness programme and the ability to teach them is highly valued. Here in the Middle East aqua fitness is being recognised as a very popular workout with both residents and visitors.

When you have completed this qualification you will have the skills to plan and teach aqua fitness classes, incorporating a range of different approaches and equipment.

In addition to the traditional aqua class you will also focus on the increasingly popular Aqua Circuit training, a mode of exercise favoured by sportsmen and those wishing to get some serious cross-training into their clients programmes, also for those rehabilitating sports injury.

The course content includes:

• Principles of exercise in the water.
• Working with buoyancy equipment.
• Structure and content of water workouts.
• Effects of the properties of water.
• Aqua technique and safety.
• Anatomy and physiology
• Principles of fitness
• Health and safety 

Who is the course for?  For those who want to become an Aqua instructor; those who are working in industry without a recognised qualification; enthusiastic participants who want a career change.