Sports Fitness
Health and fitness is more important (and trendy!) now more than ever. It’s no surprise that getting involved in this area at camp is a popular choice for campers and we are on the lookout for experienced and skilled individuals in many areas of Sports Fitness.
Fitness Instructor
Fitness instruction requires relevant experience, energy and creativity to motivate campers of all abilities and build fitness, confidence and healthy habits.
About
If a big part of your life is personal fitness, you want to help educate others in the benefits of an active lifestyle and you have applicable experience or qualifications in fitness, then this is the position for you.
Become a Fitness Instructor at camp and you’ll be coaching campers, assisting them in reaching their potential and maintaining your personal fitness goals even while you are away from home working in the US.
You’ll need to be a motivated individual for this high energy position with plenty of drive to help push campers to the heights of their ability, improve body image and self confidence. Having a fitness instructor qualification will prove to camp directors that you know your stuff and will show that you can provide a variety of programmes to campers of all ages and abilities.
Bring your personal touch to the role when creating different exercises and drills to keep campers engaged.
Your role will include the teaching of:
Teach the importance of warm ups and cool downs
Lesson planning and running camp fitness programs
Supervise cardio exercises such as cross-trainer, boxing, fitness bike, rowing machine, treadmills
Teach muscle-building techniques such as using free weights for muscle-specific exercises
Help to improve campers balance by using a BOSU all
Teach different stretches and promote the importance of regular stretching before and after exercise
Equipment maintenance
Promote safety at all times, especially whilst using heavy equipment (spotting)
A camp recognised first aid certification may be required for this role.
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Level 2 Fitness instructor
Level 2 Gym instructor
Level 2 Personal training certification
Boxing
Boxing goes hand in hand with fitness instruction at camp and offers campers a different way to improve discipline, physical fitness and mental focus.
About
Boxing goes hand in hand with fitness instruction at camp and offers campers a different way to improve discipline, physical fitness and mental focus.
As a boxing instructor, you will have experience in the ring and preferably within a coaching capacity. A fitness instructor certification will also be worthwhile and will demonstrate your ability from a fitness coaching standpoint.
Your role will include the teaching of:
What equipment is used (bag, gloves, pads)
Defence techniques
Correct stance
Punching technique
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Level 1 coaching qualification (England Boxing)
Level 2 fitness instructor
Yoga Instructor
Mindfulness is a bigger part of life now more than ever and more and more people are partaking in Yoga practice to help them reach optimum inner peace and calm.
About
Mindfulness is a bigger part of life now more than ever and more and more people are partaking in Yoga practice to help them reach optimum inner peace and calm.
As a camp Yoga Instructor, you will be positive and inspiring, encouraging campers to increase their levels of positive energy and join them in practice with an epic landscape as your backdrop; only helping to increase the level of mindfulness achieved.
Having a comprehensive knowledge of the different poses involved in Yoga, and an awareness of it’s beginnings and purpose will put you in a great position to be considered for this role.
Your role will include the teaching of:
The teaching and practice of yoga poses (cat/cow stretch, cobra, downward facing dog)
The teaching of correct breathing technique
Helping campers improve their flexibility
Helping campers to improve their state of mind and inspire them to continue practicing after camp is over
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Regularly partake in yoga practice
Wellness & holistic experience