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Move to your own beat with a career in studio-based exercise
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 your career off on the right foot. With content and choreography created and delivered by some of the industry's most experienced presenters, this is your chance to learn from the best.
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 achievements will be recognised.
Our exercise to music courses and qualifications include all the knowledge and skills you need to start your ETM career with confidence.
Our ETM courses are certified by YMCA Awards, endorsed by CIMSPA and are recognised the world over by leading fitness and dance employers.
Teach old school aerobics, become a qualified Les Mills instructor, or open your own studio – the possibilities are endless with our ETM courses and qualifications.
Online, virtual or attended. With venues located across the UK, you won’t have to go too far to get to your nearest HFE training venue.
Our exercise to music courses and qualifications are available to study in a variety of ways to best to suit your needs. We have a face-to-face practical course supported by home study, or learn entirely online and on-demand courses where you can learn from home.
Face the music with our range of distance-learning and attended exercise to music courses delivered practically from quality training venues across the UK.
Skip the travel costs with our range of online exercise to music courses. The online courses offer an equally immersive learning experience and are packed with engaging online content.
New to freestyle group exercise to music? Take those all-important first steps to becoming a leading ETM instructor with our Essentials exercise to music package.
Step right into your group exercise career with this exciting group exercise instructor qualification. This qualification is the minimum standard required to be able to teach freestyle exercise to music classes. It’s also an entry-requirement to teach other branded and pre-choreographed programmes, like Les Mills for example.
Keen to immerse yourself in the group exercise culture? Want to develop a deeper and rich understanding of the science of ETM instruction? Our range of specialist exercise to music courses and qualifications are guaranteed to get your journey as a professional studio instructor off on the right foot.
Give your career a tempo change by combining exercise to music with our pre and postnatal clients qualification. Pregnant women and new mothers frequently attend group exercise to music so it’s only right you have the knowledge and skills to adequately support them.
Professionalise your career by mastering both gym and studio-based exercise. This hybrid package is perfect for anyone looking for employment as a dual studio and gym-based fitness instructor role.
Get into the groove of your career in group exercise with our extensive range of offers, discounts and career enhancements.
We’ve partnered with Fitpro, the largest fitness professional development organisation in the world, to give you a heavily discounted insurance policy specific to your needs as a group exercise instructor.
As well as providing you with free music from Pure Energy Go to support your training and development, we’ve also secured a fantastic ongoing discount for all your future music purchases.
Connect with the employers. Our fantastic employment programme allows you to send your CV directly to fitness employers local to you to get your exercise to music career up and running.
We understand that changing your career can be a daunting prospect and we’re keen to help out in any way we can. That’s why we’ve secured some amazing deals with the leading fitness brands so that you can walk your first steps with confidence.
In order to maximise the quality of your learning experience, we have a team of friendly, experienced and professional Learning Support Tutors who will be there when need them. On enrolment and beyond, your tutor will be on hand to meet all your learning support needs and will be available by:
If you're looking to expand your skillset and complete other forms of group exercise to music instructor courses, then you've come to the right place. We have a range of alternative courses available, so take a look and see which appeals most to you.
Become a leading group exercise to music instructor with the fitness industry's' most widely recognised Level 2 Exercise to Music Instructor qualification.
Learn how to plan and deliver engaging, energetic and original indoor cycling classes with this exciting two-day high-energy practical qualification.
Make waves as an ETM instructor in an exciting new environment and lead water based ETM classes to widen your opportunities.
Pump up the volume with our high-energy Studio Strength Instructor programme which will give you the skills to teach freestyle studio-based resistance training classes.
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.
Music is supplied as standard with all our exercise to music courses by Europe's largest music provider, Pure Energy Go, so all you need to worry about providing is the moves.
Give your classes a kick with choreography delivered by one of the world's most successful international fitness presenters, Kardy Laguda.
Our ETM tutors are some of the most experienced and successful in the business and they’ll be there to guide you in the right direction.
*Images and videos are for illustration purposes and may not depict specific course materials.
We’re not afraid to dance to our own beat here at HFE and we set the standard in terms of training quality and assessment standards. That’s why our graduates are recognised by the fitness industry as being some of the most skilled and practically competent in the business.
Over the years, we’ve had a few high-profile graduates and famous faces on our courses and here’s what they had to say about their HFE experience. While it’s always nice to work with interesting people, in reality, the core of our business is about supporting regular people to starting out in the fitness industry on the path to success. This is what excites us the most.
Over the past 15 years or so, we’ve trained 40,000 fitness professionals and we’re proud of what our graduates have gone on to achieve. Take a look at some of their HFE reviews on our review page.
We've created a list of some of the commonly asked questions when it comes to starting an Exercise to Music Career. If these don't answer your question, don't hesitate to call our friendly Careers Team who will be more than happy to help.
We offer exercise to music courses across the UK with venues in most major cities, including London-Central, London-Roehampton, Manchester, and Birmingham. Our ETM courses are held at premium venues to ensure that we provide you with the best learning experience and realistic practical elements.
If none of our venues are suitable for you, or if you’d prefer to complete the course from home, we also offer a fully online exercise to music course which allows you to attend the course virtually in real time through live streaming. This means that you’ll still get the same high quality learning experience as you would at our attended ETM course and you’ll be able to ask questions and speak with other students on your course.
We’re always looking to broaden our horizons and make our courses accessible to even more students, so if you’d like find out about any other areas where we may be planning to hold attended courses, you’re more than welcome to contact our friendly Careers Team and make an enquiry.
If you’re looking to book multiple members staff onto an ETM course, we may be able to bring the course to you. You can look at our corporate fitness training information or enquire with us for more information.
We don’t offer guaranteed interviews, instead, once you’ve completed your ETM course you will unlock access to our superior solution, CV Connect, which is an exclusive recruitment platform. We developed CV Connect with thousands of employers from leading health clubs, gyms and leisure centres across the UK. This platform puts your CV directly in front of employers in your area who are actively looking for skilled ETM instructors like you. This is a better alternative to guaranteed interviews, which are often actually interviews for self-employed roles where you may be expected to pay fees to work in that particular gym or health club.
We’ve done all the leg work to make the connections with employers from leading health clubs, leisure centres and gyms, ranging from larger well-known chains to small independent centres. All you need to do is polish your CV, upload it to CV Connect and from there it will be sent instantly to all of your selected employers at the push of a button. Then you can sit back and wait for the job offers to roll in. Employers on CV Connect will highly value your ETM qualification with HFE as they know the level of expertise our students achieve.
We recommend that you take a minimum of 6-8 weeks to qualify as an ETM instructor, although most students do take a little longer. The course dates you’ll attend are 4 weeks apart and we advise you do some pre-study before attending your first weekend, usually around 4-6 weeks. If you have already completed a gym instructor course, you’ll probably complete the course much quicker. Similarly, if you have a dance background or have participated in lots of ETM classes yourself, you will probably pick up the choreography much quicker also, but this is not a necessity.
We generally advise that one hour of studying per weekday is enough, but of course this varies on your existing knowledge and the speed at which you learn. On enrolment you’ll be able to access your online learning materials immediately, so you can get stuck in and start learning right away.
The online learning content is light and engaging with interactive elements and quizzes, you’ll also receive comprehensive manuals to support your learning in both a physical copy and a digital format to provide more in-depth content and explanations to help your understanding. The online learning content is mobile-friendly, so if you ever have some free time while you’re out and about, sat on the train or bus perhaps with some time to spare, you can get some of your course boxed off on the go. If you ever get stuck with any of the course content, you’ll have a dedicated support tutor who is only an email or phone call away, so you’ll never get left behind.
Believe it or not, we’re one of a handful of training providers in our sector that actually publishes the price of our training courses on our website for all to see. We believe that all our students should benefit from the same, fair pricing, and we won’t ever bargain with students on price. All our students are of equal value to us and it’s only right that everyone pays the same low price for the same high-quality service. This isn’t the industry standard by the way! We’ve broken down our pricing model for you on our Price Promise page.
We do have a number of interest-free payment plans available that allow our students to spread the cost of their exercise to music training course over six months. You’ll be able to secure your place by making a deposit payment of £100 and after that, it’s just six low monthly payments, one of £75 and the remaining five of £74.
When you enrol, we’ll supply you with a digital download of music that you can use throughout your ETM training course. This music is yours to use throughout your training, although the license doesn’t permit you to use this commercially (e.g. you can’t use it for paid classes).
The music we supply you with has been professionally mixed and prepared by Pure Energy and so it will have had all the gaps between tracks removed, and it won’t have any instrumentals or bridges. There will be a strong and continuous beat throughout, allowing you to choreograph lively and engaging ETM classes to it. You’ll be able to put this music on an MP3 player, phone, or other portable music device so that you can take it with you wherever you go.
Once you complete your course, we’ll also share with you an exclusive discount code that will enable you to purchase future music from Pure Energy at a discounted rate. This will really help you to get your exercise to music career off to a flying start.
We want to help you become the best ETM instructor you can be, turning the thriving and exciting career you’ve envisaged into a reality. That’s why all of our course materials have been specifically developed by a team of industry experts with your success in mind.
From the moment you’re enrolled onto the course, you’ll have access to the Learner Engagement System (LES), our online student hub. Here you’ll find a handy study guide which is there to direct your learning and help you to keep track of your course progress. You’ll also find all of your online study materials on LES, which includes expert delivered videos with engaging and interactive quizzes and questions embedded into the course. Our online learning materials are designed to help keep you focused and to ensure you make continued progress from enrolment all the way through to course completion.
To ensure you have all of the information you need, and to cater to all learning types, we also provide you with comprehensive manuals which are technically rich and in full colour. You’ll not only receive an online mobile-friendly versions, but we’ll also send you textbook manuals in the post. You’ll have a wealth of information at your fingertips to help you progress through your course and in to your future career as a qualified ETM instructor.
Our exercise to music courses and qualifications are delivered from leading venues around the UK, including Manchester, London-Central, London-Roehampton, and Birmingham. 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 be sure you’ll be primed and prepared to launch your teaching career.
To see all our ETM course venues and locations, select the button below.
All Locations ETM LocationsKing's Sport & Wellness Strand Gym, Lower Ground, Aldwych London WC2B 6AN
Roehampton Sports and Fitness, Laverstoke Gardens Roehampton SW15 4JB
Total Fitness Wilmslow, Off A34, Wilmslow - Handforth Bypass, Handforth Wilmslow SK9 3PE
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