Distance Learning - Personal Exercise, Health and Nutrition (Level 2 Certificate) 2024-25

Poor diet and lack of exercise are recognised as some of the major contributors to ill health. Regular exercise and a balanced diet help to reduce stress, improve sleep, reduce the risk of illness and increase life quality. Therefore, having a good understanding of diets, the role of nutrition in exercise and personal motivation is an important part of maintaining well-being. Getting fit and healthy can be a daunting prospect when you first start out on your fitness journey, so it’s important to be fully aware of how to best do this for you. The 18 week Level 2 Certificate in Improving Personal Exercise, Health and Nutrition will enable you to develop the skills you need to reach your health and fitness goals. You will learn how to assess your fitness levels, how to design a healthy personalised diet and exercise plan, and develop your understanding of anatomy and physiology. The course will also teach you about healthy lifestyles and how technology can be used to help you on your journey. So if you’re looking to make those healthy changes, reduce stress and improve your overall lifestyle, this course is the one for you.

**While completing this course you will be required to undertake light physical activities in order to plan and prepare your personal exercise and nutrition plan**

Workbook 1 - Understand Health, Well-being and Exercise
• The concepts of health and well-being
• Factors that could have a negative impact on health and well-being
• Factors affecting personal motivation
• Basic anatomy and physiology
• Your exercise programme and nutrition plan

Workbook 2 - Understand the Role of Nutrition in Exercise
• Diet and nutrition for exercise
• Requirements for exercise
• Fluid replacement for exercise

Workbook 3 - Plan and prepare for personal exercise and nutrition
• The importance of exercising safely
• Know how to measure personal fitness levels
• Know how to follow an appropriate personal programme of exercise and nutrition
• Know how to evaluate the personal programme of exercise and nutrition

This 18 week Level 2 course in Improving Personal Exercise, Health and Nutrition helps with personal development and could lead to careers in Fitness and Well-Being. This is particularly useful for job roles such as;

• Fitness Instructor (£14,000 to £25,000)
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (£25,654 to £45,838)
• Personal Trainer (£14,000 to £22,000)

Please see the distance learning introductory page to check your eligibility: https://edc.ac.uk/study/distance-learning

• you can complete your course online, by paper or online with paper resources
• we'll process your enrolment, and a tutor will be assigned to support you through your course, their contact details are in the joining instruction email
• an email containing your joining instructions will be sent, this email will contain your start and end date, submission dates. If completing online you will be advised of the weblink and your unique username for you to log into the e-assessor portal. If completing by paper you will still receive a joining instruction email and your paper resources will be posted out to you.
• if you need any guidance on your course content please contact your tutor direct.
• you will receive text reminders throughout your course
• your feedback from your tutor will either be online via e-assessor (located in my portfolio) or via email if completing by paper.

The course starts when you have received your joining instruction email containing your start, submission target dates and tutor contact details.

You have 18 weeks from enrolling to complete your course, this duration includes tutor feedback, internal verification and processing and your first assessment is due within 6 weeks of your start date.