FOCUS qualification
Just Level 2
£600
The gym instructor qualification on its own. The foundation everything else builds on.
View Just Level 2Recognised qualifications and skills most trainers never learn, taught by the people who wrote them. Real humans answer. Even the CEO.
Real tutor support · No fake deadlines · Payment plans at checkout
Prices on show. Humans on hand. John on WhatsApp.
FASTER Health and Fitness is a UK fitness education company, established 2006, delivering personal trainer qualifications and CPD, delivered through FOCUS Awards and recognised by CIMSPA, taught online by the people who wrote them. No sales calls, no fake deadlines, free lifetime return access.
No idea where to start? Why would you? You are just starting. You do not need a bag of courses and a panic purchase. You need the right first step.
To become a personal trainer, that means Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 3 Personal Trainer. Everything else can build later. Dip your toe with Just Level 2, get qualified properly with Certified Personal Trainer, or go Career Mentored if you want future-you to have choices.
FOCUS qualification
£600
The gym instructor qualification on its own. The foundation everything else builds on.
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Level 2 + Level 3 · FOCUS qualifications
£1,500
Level 2, Level 3 and Movement Trainer together. The full route from scratch to qualified personal trainer, one price.
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The degree-model route · mentored by John
£3,250
Qualify first, then build properly. The qualification, core development, course choices and John's mentoring the whole way, without locking future-you into the wrong route. For people who want to be a coach, not just hold a certificate that says they could be.
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FOCUS qualification
£900
Finish your climb to Level 3 Certified Personal Trainer.
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The degree-model route · mentored by John
£2,650
You have the Level 2. Qualify to Level 3, then build properly. Core development, course choices and John's mentoring the whole way, without locking future-you into the wrong route. For people who want to be a coach, not just hold a certificate that says they could be.
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CEO-direct service
Free check
Does your certificate count? Can you skip ahead because you did something similar? Questions like that are best asked in person. Send it to John on WhatsApp, book a call with him, or just send him a joke if you like. Checked for free, no obligation, no follow-up calls.
WhatsApp your certificateYou did what the industry told you. Got the Level 3, maybe a bag of CPD someone talked you into, and none of it joined up. That is not you failing, that is how this industry sells. Pick the wall you keep hitting. There is a course built to get you over it, chosen with you, not sold at you.
Get me moving againTaught by the people who wrote the courses. Ask them directly. They have rebuilt whole lessons for one student before now.
You do not learn everything once. You pass, you coach, you hit new problems, then old lessons mean more. That is why FASTER graduates keep access for life.
We show the price before you buy. Payment plans are at checkout. No pressure calls, no fake deadlines, and no 'pay a deposit now, cancel later' nonsense.
Qualifications delivered through FOCUS Awards, recognised by CIMSPA. That gets you in the door. FASTER builds the skill and confidence that makes clients come back for you.
No call centre. No ticket queue. No waiting for someone who has never seen the course. John answers himself, so happy you messaged you would think you had known him for years. Do not mention comedy or football though, you may never get him off the phone.
We let John have one title, and he put an analogy in it. Our filter is simple: will this make life better for our trainers? If yes, we do it. If not, we do not. If we are wrong, we change it. Since 2006, that is a lot of learning.
We magnify the best bits of your character until you become a shiny beacon of yourself. A trainer you love being and clients love coming back to. Then, when everyone else finally notices how great you are, like we already knew, we dance around like idiots. Sometimes people get so happy they write it down on Google. These two did.
I started with FASTER in 2008 when John came and presented at the PT convention set up by Fitness First for all of its PTs. John talked about the body in a way that brought all the boring anatomy to life, made it practical and something I could use instantly to give my clients a better experience and set me apart from all the other trainers. I was also embarrassed that I didn't fully understand what he was talking about, even though he was speaking slowly and clearly 😄 18 years and 6 FASTER educational courses later I've just started using FASTER Social Media 365 and in 7 weeks I've got a full book and had months worth of enquiries in weeks. Just about to set up the waiting list. Never thought that could happen for me. Thanks John.
My ongoing education and experience with FASTER has been second to none. The level of care and support combined with the access to knowledge from a broad spectrum of sources and trainers has blown other education providers out of the water. I have been training with FASTER since 2015 and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
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