Liz Smith
Liz Smith, Dip.RSA, Freelance Yoga and Exercise Instructor and YMCA Fitness Training Co-ordinator
In 1994, I took the basic qualification of RSA/YMCA Exercise to Music Instructor. I began with just four group aerobic and toning classes a week, working for the local county authority. Over subsequent years, I continued to develop my skills in advanced instruction, personal training, teacher training and assessment for the YMCA, Yoga instruction and most recently, Yoga therapy.
Now, as a freelance instructor, I currently teach around 16 classes a week in Yoga, Hi/Lo Aerobics, Dance Aerobics, Body Conditioning and Studio Resistance Training. These classes are taught mainly in local gyms and fitness clubs.
An exciting new venture for 2009, is 1-2-1 Yoga lessons for therapy and fitness. I am based at the brand new Cambridge Medical Centre where we hope also to introduce Yoga classes of limited numbers for those who wish to take their practice further.
I am also course designer, tutor, assessor and internal verifier for the YMCA in Cambridge. My job involves delivering Level 2 and advanced Level 3 qualifications in gym, studio instruction and personal training, as well as developing new CPD courses such as ‘Y Kick-bo' and ‘Y Studio Weights'.
I am the YMCA Cambridge & Peterborough website developer and designer. I was responsible for developing the YMCA online course programme, new in 2007, and continue with this work as online administrator and tutor.
One-to-one lessons
Group Classes
Group Classes
It's a:
class
Venue:
David Lloyd, Energie, Greens, JJB Sports, Kelsey Kerridge - Gyms and Cubs
Location:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire , United Kingdom
Date and time:
Click through to website to view Weekly Timetable
Rates:
Depends on Club rates Experience
Qualifications
Certificates and Qualifications
2008 Internal Verifier, OCR Level 4
2008 Pump-fx, Fitness-fx
2008 Groove-fx, Fitness-fx
2007-2009 Practitioner and Yoga Therapist Course, cYs
2006 Foundation Yoga Course, cYs
2005 Introductory Yoga Course, cYs
2004 Boxercise Instructor, Boxercise
2003 Professional Trainer Certificate, CIEH
2003 Pathway to Yoga, Body Mind Studio
2003 Core Conditioning Course, Body Mind Studio
2003 Assessor D33, City and Guilds
2003 Assessor D32, City and Guilds
2002 Power Chiyoga Presenter Course, Redmays Training
2001 Power Chiyoga Instructor, Redmays Training
2000 Studio Co-ordination, FitPro
2000 Personal Training: Client Retention and Motivation, FitPro
2000 Personal Training: Building a Business, FitPro
2000 Khai-bo Instructor, KO International
2000 Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, FitPro
2000 Exercise Prescription for Fitness and Fat Loss, FitPro
2000 Business Development and Taxation, FitPro
1999 Presenter Course, Athletes in Action
1999 Nutrition and Weight Management, FitPro
1999 Muscles, Movement and More (Kinesiology), FitPro
1999 Fitness Assessment, FitPro
1998 Fitness (Gym) Instructor Certificate, Impact Direct
1998 Body Max Instructor, Pure Energy
1998 Advanced Resistance Training, FitPro
1998 Advanced Hi/Lo Teaching Skills, FitPro
1996 Exercise for Older People, YMCA
1994 Exercise to Music, YMCA, RSA
With thanks to all my teachers and, in particular, very special thanks to my very first CYQ Exercise to Music tutor, Jean-Ann Marnoch, formerly Executive Director of CYQ and now Registrar of REPs; Paul Harvey, my most inspirational and respected Yoga tutor; and my personal Yoga teachers Anne See Yeoh, MMedSci, BA(Hons) and Joan Andrews, cYs Yoga Teaching and Yoga Therapist Practitioner.
Dates:
May 1994 - Apr 2009 Services
