Spring Courses Open - Enquire for details ✆ 075 1373 5700

Level 1 Suspension Training Instructor Course

Progress Your Career & Become A Fully Qualified Suspension Training Instructor

Level 1 Suspension Training Instructor Course

Full course cost: £135

Learning how to instruct Suspension exercises is a key addition to the Fitness Professional toolbox. This unique piece of kit is versatile, portable, and provides variety for your clients.

Book Course

Payment options

When you book below, you'll add your 'Contact Details first,

Then your ''Order details' which is your address... the third tab allows you to select your payment options.

Option 1 = Pay £135 in full today.

Option 2 = Pay £67.50 deposit today.

This allows you to secure your pace on the course and get 100% access to your course materials.

The remaining £67.50 will be paid next month with 0% interest.

Payment plans will be taken automatically each month via a secure payment gateway,

Parallel Coaching does not see or have access to your personal bank details.

Future payments include 1x months at £67.50.

There is NO credit check.

Enter your 'Contact details' below, Add your 'order address details', and then confirm which payment option you are choosing today.

Direct Access To The Nations Gyms

Level 1 Suspension Training Instructor Course

Learning how to instruct Suspension exercises is a key addition to the Fitness Professional toolbox. This unique piece of kit is versatile, portable, and provides variety for your clients.

Course Overview

SuspensionTraining is arguablyone the most versatile and portable equipment that a FITPRO could own.

Being portable means that you could train your clients in a park, a gym, their home, your garden, a sports hall, or a studio.

Meaning you can train clients anywhere and be confident it's an effective approach to reach their goals.

Ultimately suspension training is more than just a series of exercises. On the course, you'll learn how to:

✔ Integrate suspension exercises into your existing client plans

✔ Plan group based suspension classes

✔ Progress a suspension workout across multiple weeks

and more so... how to confidently perform each suspension exercise yourself and coach a client to optimal performance.

The course is 90% practical meaning you get to hone your technique and get valuable feedback from your tutors and others on the course

This one-day course is delivered face-to-face in our Milton Keynes Academy.

You will complete a short session plan on the day and all practical workshops are assessed throughout.

Therefore, you have no pre-course work to complete. The attendance day is all about building your coaching and confidence using the Suspension Training kit.

Upon enrollment, you'll be allocated a tutor who will reach out immediately to introduce and orientate you with your course.

There is easy access via main road routes and free parking on site. Also, the main central train station is just 5-mins walk away from our Parallel Coaching Milton Keynes Academy.

Enquire Now →

Enroll Now

Entry Requirements

To complete this course, you must already hold a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification or equivalent. This could be Level 2 exercise to music, aqua, or level 3 Yoga and Pilates.

If you don’t already have this, you can complete it alongside this qualification with our ''Level 2 Gym Instructor course'. Many of our learners complete the Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 2 Circuits Course as a bundle package.

It's good to have a reasonable amount of experience in fitness. That could be in a gym, studio, home, or Bootcamp setting. You certainly don’t need to be an expert, although once you graduate as a Level 1 Suspension Training instructor you'll be an expert.

What will you learn

How to plan a Suspension Training sessions

It might seem straight forwards to plan a Suspension Training session... after all, it's just a series of exercises using a strap or TRX? Or is it.

You'll learn the intricacies of planning a kettlebell session, including:

✔ Creating a balanced programme
✔ Exercise order
✔ Timings and intensities
✔ Planning for specific goals
✔ Adaptations and Progressions
✔ Warm Ups and Cool Downs
✔ Suspension Training specific mobility exercises
✔ Movement preparation and neuromuscular activation

How to progress a Suspension Training sessions

A Suspension Training session can be progressed in many ways, it is not just about changing the exercises on every session.

You'll also learn how to:

✔ Choose the appropriate resistance
✔ Progress timings
✔ The complexity of exercises
✔ and global session variables

During the course, you'll learn how to logically progress a Suspension Training session, which includes finding the BEST intensity for your client.

By the end of the course, you'll feel confident in being able to manage 121 and multiple clients, each working at different intensities to suit their own goals and needs.

You'll also learn how a Suspension Training session can be used for all components of fitness, including resistance, cardiovascular, flexibility, sport-specific, and motor skills.

Planning Suspension Training for different environments

Suspension Training is arguably the most versatile and portable equipment that a FITPRO could own.

Being portable means that you could train your clients in a park, a gym, their home, your garden, a sports hall, or a studio.

Each environment comes with its own risks and during the course, you learn how to mitigate each risk to ensure each kettlebell session is safe and effective.

How to deliver a Suspension Training sessions

The versatility of Suspension Training means that you can deliver one-to-one sessions or in groups. Each requires a different set of instructing skills.

On the course, you'll gain the confidence to talk and coach in front of larger groups.

Plus learn the intricacies of voice projection, voice control, and pitch so you don't appear like a Sargent Major in the Army and just shout.

You'll also learn what to say, where to stand and move, how to progress individuals and control each session as a leader.

Suspension Training Business

It's vital you leave any of our courses with a clear route to get a solid return on your investment.

During the course, you'll have a tutorial that shows you exactly HOW to incorporate circuits into your current fitness business and build on your business plan.

Many of our learners complete the Level 1 Suspension Training Instructor course whilst on their level 2 gym instructor or shortly after their level 3 personal trainer qualification.

It's crucial you have clarity on your next step on how to get found, get clients and build a solid fitness tribe of your own.

Suspension Training Exercise Library

You'll learn the following Suspension Training exercises with variations, adaptations, and for both single-arm and two-arm options in the:

✔ Saef set up

✔ Chest Press + variations
✔ Pec Fly + variations

✔ Wide / Narrow Row
✔ Lat Pull Up
✔ High "Y", "T" and "W"

✔ Standing shoulder press
Shoulder press variations

✔ Biceps Curl
✔ Triceps Press

✔ Squat + variations
✔ Pistol Squat
✔ Lunge + variations

✔ Hamstring Curl
✔ Burpee & other ballistic movements

✔ Plank variations
✔ Pike Pull Through
✔Ab Crunch
✔ Other core exercises

How you'll be assessed

The course is split into multiple units which are each assessed in a variety of theory and practical ways. Regardless of your learning style and speed, you’ll receive as much support as you need in order to pass this course.

Enquire Now →

Enroll Now

Learning & Support Materials

Unlimited Tutor Support

As soon as you enroll, we'll reach out straight away to welcome you to your course.

You can contact us 24/7

It doesn't matter how BIG, small, silly, or complex your questions are... we're here to help you enjoy learning and kick start as a Suspension Training Instructor with tip-top knowledge and confidence.

Physical Parallel Manual

You'll receive a physical course manual that provides a brief history of the suspension kit plus key features and benefits.

The main bulk of the manual details all the suspension training exercises. Specifically each step of what to look for and how to coach them.

You can make notes in your manual on the course and then contact us at any point after your attendance if you have any questions whatsoever.

Pass On Course

There is no pre-coursework to do. During the 1-days of attendance, you'll complete a short session plan and be assessed throughout.

This short CPD course is about progressing as FITPRO. It's not about stressing over an assessment. You'll leave the day with your name on a certificate, a huge toolbox of exercise and coaching skills, a smile and muscle soreness :)

Future Proof Your Career

You will still have access to all the help and support you need even after your studies have finished.

Whether that's for advice on promoting your circuit business to writing a CV.

Plus every learner gets a personal reference to hand to any future employer.

This is not just a course... soon as you enroll you become a Parallel Coaching family member.

We want you to graduate the course with 10/10 knowledge and confidence so you can thrive in the fitness industry.

Level 1 Suspension Training Instructor Course

✔ Entry Requirments = Level 2 Gym or equivalent

✔ Level 1 Certificate In Suspension Training

✔ Parallel Coaching Physical Course Manual

✔ 1 day face-to-face attendance in our Milton Keynes Academy (June 18th)

✔ Instant and lifetime access to our Parallel Coaching Inner Circle

✔ Next step Career Consultation

✔ 24/7 Student Support

FROM:£135 ~~£155~~

0% Interest Payment Plans

Enquire Now →

Enroll Now

✔ You can bolt on the Level 1 Kettlebell Instructor Course for the same price of £135 as these two CPD courses run back to back on the same weekend.

7 Steps To Become A Fully Qualified Level 1 Suspension Instructor

Our #1 priority here at Parallel Coaching is your happiness.

This means we stand by our product 100%, no matter what, no questions asked, no holds barred, no ifs, no ands, no buts.

If you have a problem, we will solve it. Refund it. Give you 121 revision coaching. Whatever it takes. Just reach out to our customer happiness team:

[email protected]

We're here to help. Happiness. Guaranteed.

Don't Just Take Our Word For It...

Click 'See what others are saying" to view hundreds of 5* recommendations.

See what others are saying

Frequently Asked Questions...