In February, big news circulated the fitness industry with the announcement that The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) and the UK Coaching owned Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) have merged into a single entity.

Curiosity about the connection (or lack thereof) between muscle hypertrophy (size) and strength has been around since as early as 1955. Though many people believe that long-term adaptations in strength depend upon gains in size, there is remarkably little evidence to support that. When a team of researchers examined the evidence last year, they found a weak correlation between changes in muscle size and muscle strength after training. That's not so surprising when you consider that muscle mass is lost during detraining, while strength often remains steady. Further, low-load and high-load resistance training each can trigger similar growth in muscular size, though the strength gains from each of these differ.

Premier Training International is delighted to announce a new partnership with NASM - the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Purchase a Diploma in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training in June for any start date and receive FREE access to one of the National Academy of Sports Medicine’s (NASM) pioneering online training products.

Open Days are a fantastic opportunity to visit our London Academy in Finsbury Park, and to find out if Personal Training is the right career choice for you. It is the ideal introduction to what you can expect on our courses and a great way to meet potential new classmates.

If you're looking for a way to get more business connections (and potentially customers!), LinkedIn is a great free tool to get you networking with likeminded people.

A revolutionary group exercise phenomenon is taking over the health and fitness industry; long-gone are the high cut leotards and countless grapevines to cheesy tunes. Welcome to the new look of Exercise to Music (ETM), a class not only suitable for all ages, genders and fitness levels, but maybe even the answer to improving the nation’s physical, psychological, and emotional health.

The Premier Global Group, parent company of Premier Training International and Active IQ, has announced that it has been acquired by the US-based technology learning solutions firm, Ascend Learning LLC.