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Level 2 Circuit Instructor Course

This is the industry's leading qualification for group-based training... essential for anyone looking to instruct groups and lead Circuit, Bootcamp, or HIIT sessions with confidence.

Enroll Today And Qualify By May 2025

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Full Course Cost: £350

Payment Plan Option Available

Course Dates:

Spring Course

10th and 11th May 2025 in Milton Keynes

Autumn Course

18th and 19th October 2025 in Milton Keynes

Course Overview

The Level 2 Active IQ Circuit Instructor Coruse is the gold standard qualification for training groups. This course is fully accredited by Active IQ, Ofqaul and recognised by CIMSPA. Meaning this qualification is recognised internationally.

Master the art and science of group-based training with our Level 2 Circuit Instructor Course. Learn how to design well-structured, engaging circuit sessions that cater to all fitness levels and goals, keeping your clients motivated and coming back for more.

This hands-on course builds your confidence in instructing groups, starting with small sessions and progressing to your final assessment. You'll gain a treasure trove of exercise ideas to add variety, ensuring your classes are dynamic and fun.

Whether you dream of leading high-energy gym sessions or outdoor bootcamps, this course equips you with the skills to deliver effective workouts in any environment while fostering a strong sense of community.

Adding circuit training to your FITPRO business is a game-changer, allowing you to offer cost-effective, high-impact sessions that attract more clients and boost your income.

With the skills to start instructing circuits immediately, you can expand your services, grow your client base, and increase your earning potential.

Take this opportunity to level up your FITPRO success with the Level 2 Circuit Instructor Course.

Course Structure

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Let's Introduce

As soon as you enroll today, I (Hayley) will email you all the course details and post your Active IQ course manual

You'll have me as your main point of contact throughout your course, ensuring you’re fully supported every step of the way.

Then, on your attendance days, Neale and I will be there to guide you through the training in person.

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Home Study

Once your course manual arrives, you’ll have an orientation call with Hayley, who will guide you through your home studies and create a personalised learning plan tailored to you.

Most learners have at least 1-6 weeks of home-study prior to the weekend attendance in our Milton Keynes Academy. There are no assessments prior to attending, you'll complete everything on course.

The home study involves reviewing the course manual and completing a workbook with short-answer questions, ranging from 1 to 8 marks.

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2 days Face-to-Face

You'll join us for 2 days in our Milton Keynes Academy.

Each face-to-face day has 4 workshops where we'll go between the classroom and the gym.

There's very little sitting around with 80% of each day being practical based.

The practial workshops are not a test of your own fitness or what you can do.

Rather it's a time to practice coaching and learn how to be an outstanding circuit instructor.

Below is an overview of what to expect:

Attendance day 1:

On Day 1 of your Level 2 Circuit Training Instructor Course, we’ll explore a variety of circuit structures and coaching styles. You’ll learn different layouts, including commander-style (HIIT) workouts, satellite circuits, and call-out circuits, plus more.

Discover how to make group sessions engaging and dynamic with gameplay and challenges, while ensuring every circuit is safe and effective. Throughout the day, you'll practice coaching in small groups, gradually building confidence.

Attendance day 2:

On Day 2, we’ll take your coaching confidence to the next level and refine your circuit planning skills. You’ll learn how to design, adapt, and deliver circuit sessions in various settings—from gyms and studios to outdoor and community spaces.

Plus, you'll master the art of creating effective full-body workouts using minimal or even no equipment, ensuring you can lead engaging sessions anywhere.

In the afternoon, you’ll complete your practical assessment, delivering a planned circuit session to a small group of your peers. This will include a warm-up, main workout, and cool-down.

You start your assessment with a solid plan... we’re here to make sure you feel prepared, confident, and fully competent.

We guarantee your success, and the energy and camaraderie within the group make the experience truly electric!

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Become A Circuit Instructor

Since 2010, we've qualified over 1,500 Level 2 Circuit instructors.

We’re committed to your success, ensuring you're confident and ready.

By the end of the course, you’ll be a confident, skilled, and fully equipped circuit instructor, ready to lead group sessions with ease.

Plus, you'll receive a personal reference to support your career. Graduate with 10/10 knowledge and confidence to thrive in fitness.

You'll Get 3 Certificates

1️⃣ Active IQ Level 2 Award In Circuit Instruction

2️⃣ Level 2 Circuit Instructor For Different Environments

3️⃣ Level 2 Bootcamp Circuit Instructor

Entry Requirements

To complete this course, you must already hold (or be working towards) a Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification (this could be Level 2 Gym, Exercise To Music or Group Training).

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.

What will you learn

How to plan a circuit

It might seem straight forwards to plan a circuit.. after all, it's just a series of exercises? or is it.

You'll learn the intricacies of planning, including:

✔ Warm Ups for small and large groups
✔ Main section layouts and designs
✔ Exercise order and training systems
✔ Approaches to timings
✔ Monitoring group intensity
✔ How to challenge individuals in a groups setting
✔ How to adapt, progress and regress circuit sessions and exercises.
✔ How to periodise a circuit

A circuit may look like a series of exercise to the client. However, to the trained circuit instructor they know otherwise.

How to progress a circuit

You'll learn how to logically progress a circuit across a series of weeks.

Often a circuit is considered to be a random choice of exercises and wildly different every session. Whilst this is necessarily wrong its not 100% effective. You'll learn how to add variety and change the style of the workout whilst keeping logical progression. Meaning your clients love every session, you feel confident that the client isn't bored and everyone sees a result.

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

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

Planning circuits for different environments

Circuits is a fully fledged training system in it's own right... just like superset or pyramid system.

As a training system it has a clear set of principles which can be applied to any environment or equipment.

That could be a sports hall, community hall, studio, gym, park or at home for example.

You'll learn how to apply circuits in a variety of environments meaning you can train clients safely and effectively anywhere.

If you're wanting to train clients outside of a traditional gym setting this group based qualification will allow you to do just that.

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

How to deliver a circuit

Delivering a circuit is quite different from a 121 or small group session.

On the course, you'll gain the confidence to 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 circuit as a leader.

What's more, you'll learn numerous ways of how to inject fun-based gameplay into any circuit. This helps build client rapport and a strong circuit tribe that comes back week after week.

Circuits business plan

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 2 workshops on how to incorporate circuits into your current fitness business and 'How to start a circuit fresh out the gates'

Many of our learners complete the circuit course whilst on their level 2 gym instructor or shortly after their level 3 personal trainer qualification.

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

How you'll be assessed

The course is divided into four units, each assessed through a mix of theory and practical tasks.

You'll receive a learner achievement portfolio with all required worksheets and coursework, which you can complete by hand or online.

All practical assessments take place during the course.

Here's a list of your 4 assessments to qualify as a Level 2 Circuit Instructor:

Circuit Planning and Instructing Worksheet comprising of 1 to 8 mark answers

Circuit Programme Card

Delivery of a circuit - Practical Assessment

Evaluation form based on your practical assessment

You can complete the planning worksheet before the attendance weekend, while some learners choose to complete this on the attendance weekend.

*NOTE: There are no practical video submissions required for this course.

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Level 2

Circuit Instructor

✔ Entry Requirments = Level 2 Gym or equivalent

3 Certificates

1️⃣ Active IQ Level 2 Award In Circuit Instruction

2️⃣ Level 2 Circuit Instructor For Different Environments

3️⃣ Level 2 Bootcamp Circuit Instructor

Plus... ...

✔ Active IQ Physical Course Manual

✔ 2 days face-to-face attendance in our Milton Keynes Academy (9-4)

✔ Instant and lifetime access your Parallel Coaching Academy online resources

✔ Circuit Planning Workshop

✔ Circuit Card Template

✔ Circuits Design Layout Cheatsheet

✔ Next step Career Consultation

✔ 24/7 Student Support

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Course Dates:

Spring Course

10th and 11th May 2025 in Milton Keynes

Autumn Course

18th and 19th October 2025 in Milton Keynes

Full Course Cost: £350

Payment Plan Option Available

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Frequently Asked Questions...

How long do I have to complete my course?

Officially you have 2 years to complete your course.

However, we run a number of course dates throughout the year and the average learner completes within 4 weeks.

If for some reason you can't make a particular attendance day... don't worry, we can easily get you back in to ensure you graduate with no delay.

There are no additional or hidden fees. It's our job to ensure you have the best learning journey and graduate with 10/10 knowledge and confidence.

How long do I have access to my resources for?

You get instant and lifetime access to all your study resources.

You get a physcial Active IQ manual that you keep. Plus all the online resources are yours forever.

Not only that... you get all the future updates as well. Meaning you get the latest knowledge to return back to and keep your confidence topped up.

Do I need to be fit?

Across the 2 days of practical attendance, there are 9+ circuits plus the assessment circuits you join in with on the second day.

It is an intense 2 days however, you don't need to be super fit.

You can only do what you can do.

We've had learners attend before with broken arms and many other aches, pains, and niggles.

Ultimately the weekend isn't a test of your fitness... It's a 2-day short course that's gets you qualified to safely plan and deliver circuit training.

The weekend is there to upskill you and instil circuit instructor confidence.

Please do not worry about fitness.

Am I too old?

You might think becoming a personal trainer is for the youngsters.

However, the average age of our learners is 42- 48.

On every course, they'll be a mix of ages.

They'll be a couple of younger ones in their late 20s and early 30s. Plus a few in their 50s and 60s.

Health and fitness is inclusive. Now more than ever we see people of all ages want to kick-start in fitness.

Perhaps you've had your own fitness journey?

Or you're wanting to start afresh having taken time out to start a family.

Or maybe you're wanting to finish up your working career doing something you love and following your passion.

Whatever your story and age is... The fitness industry has a place just for you.

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You can enroll over the phone by calling student support on: 07513735700 or enroll below in 3 easy steps:

1️⃣ Enter your contact details, then your address (we need to send you a course manual)

2️⃣ Select which course option and attendance dates are best for you.

3️⃣ Enter your payment details and press 'COMPLETE ORDER'.

There are two payment options:

Option 1 = Pay £350 in full today.

Option 2 = Pay £120 deposit today. This allows you to secure your place on the course and get 100% access to your course materials.

The remaining balance will be paid via 2 consecutive monthly instalments of £120.

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.

You can arrange a different monthly amount if you'd prefer... you can do this once you've enrolled with your tutor (Hayley).

There is NO credit checks.

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On the next page you'll set up your Parallel Coaching Academy login and have insant access.

Hayley will then contact you straight away to introduce and orientate you with your learning and next steps. Plus your Active IQ course manual will be posted.

Payment is taken securely, using an online international payment gateway; offering you security and an instant receipt of payment.

Parallel Coaching do not see or keep any of your payment card details.

If you choose to pay your full course fees today there are NO repeat payments or monthly fees.

Or if you choose the payment plan option. Your deposit is taken today and then all future payments are taken automatically on the same date each month.

If you want to discuss your payment plan option please call us on 07513735700.

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