Duke of Edinburgh Award Skills.
Approved gym skills program for use at bronze, silver and gold levels.
Duke of Edinburgh Skills: GYM SKILLS
Team Training Uk are very proud to run an approved Duke of Edinburgh Skills – GYM SKILLS Course.
3 or 6 month courses available suitable for BRONZE, SILVER or GOLD level awards.
This programme was initially set up for a group of 14 / 15 year old boys needing a Duke of Edinburgh Skills Idea.
The 3 month programme was so successful that most of the boys continued their weekly after school session and have all become highly proficient and confident in the gym with weights (barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells) and cardio Concept 2 machines and indeed grown in fitness and strength.
For these boys to have these skill to take forward into university years and indeed life, will be invaluable for their health.
It is very much for this reason that we decided to offer this approved course to all other students (male or female) who are interested in using this as the SKILL part of the D of E award at Bronze, Silver or Gold.
This 60 minute after school session is taken by an enhanced DBS, highly experienced health & fitness coaches, and can be done at 4:30pm or 5:30pm on a weekday evening at Gadbrook Park (10 mins from Hartford, Knutsford & Northwich) for a duration suitable for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver or Gold award.
The gym skills course can also be attended as a stand alone life skills enhancement course away from the Duke of Edinburgh award.
The key learning points of the initial program are:
- Gym Etiquette
- Gym Confidence
- Safety
- Technique
- Introduction to Kettlebells, Barbells, Dumbbells
- Introduction to cardiovascular exercise & Concept 2 training (Row, Bike, Ski, Run)
- How to structure a workout
- How to increase weights, repetitions and time under tension to gain progressive strength results.
- Setting up, recording and tracking data from Concept 2 machines to progress cardio workouts and gain fitness.