BlueSkies Fitness & Training
SPORT & EXERCISE FIRST AID TRAINING
BlueSkies provide Fitness & Training services for everyone regardless of background, fitness level or requirements. Our experience, knowledge and skills allow us to offer a huge range of professional services from Personal Training for individuals to physiological fitness testing for professional sports teams.
Personal Training
Traditional Personal Training can frustrate clients and trainers because the effort put in doesn't translate to the desired results. It's what happens during the 165 hours/week when people aren't exercising that has a bigger influence on their body than the 3 hours when they are.
The desire to see clients and good personal trainers succeed inspired BlueSkies to create the most complete personal training service available. We ensure that our clients get the support they need, when they need it, where they need it.
Clients
Employing a Personal Trainer (PT) can be a bit 'hit and miss' and most people end up asking:
- How do I know what to look for in a PT?
- What qualifications should they have?
- How do I know if they're any good?
- Do I actually need a Personal Trainer?
In the end, people normally end up employing a PT who's been recommended by a friend or the one who works at their gym or they go for 'pot-luck' in the Yellow Pages! The problem is......will this trainer be right for them and help them achieve their goals?
With BlueSkies Personal Training, you can be sure that you are receiving a service designed around YOU and YOUR GOALS. After discussing your needs, we will suggest a Personal Training solution which could be any combination of:
- Training in-person with a BlueSkies PT
- Training programmes, tips and advice over-the-phone
- Training programmes, tips and advice e-mailed to you
- Tips and advice sent via SMS
- On-line communication BlueSkies via the BlueSkies forum
Your training programme and it's method of delivery will fit into your lifestyle and we guarantee that your PT will be highly qualified, experienced and able to take you to where you want to be. For more information on using the BlueSkies Personal Training services, click here.
Personal Trainers
Not just anyone can be a BlueSkies PT - we only select PTs who fit in with the BlueSkies ethos of dedication to health, fitness and well-being.
To become a BlueSkies PT, you must demonstrate a high level of knowledge and practical skills. You will then need to prove that you regularly update your skills and knowledge to maintain the high standard we expect from the PTs we recommend to BlueSkies Clients. Once you are a BlueSkies PT, you will benefit from the range of services that we offer including:
- The BlueSkies forum where you can talk to our Master Trainers and to other BlueSkies PTs
- The ability to 'pick the brains of BlueSkies experts who include medics and sports physiotherapists
- Access to articles and research on pertinent fitness and nutrition topics
- Access to example training programmes
- The ability to partake in BlueSkies promotions and trials
- 10% discount in the BlueSkies shop
BlueSkies has clients Nationwide looking for excellent PTs. To find out more about how you would benefit from becoming a BlueSkies PT, click here.
Our on-line shop has a wide range of items picked for their suitability for Personal Trainers and Fitness Professionals. Tanita products are always a popular choice and our best selling item is the Tanita Client Assessment Pack which contains a BF-522W body composition and hydration analyser, a height measure, a tape measure and a branded Tanita carry case. A large range of Togu equipment and Gaiam equipment is available on-line too.
We also stock Body Mass Index (BMI) Tape Measures that combine a colour-coded, anatomical tape measure that reflects cardiovascular disease risk with a BMI calculator wheel. To visit the on-line shop, click here.
Fitness Testing
BlueSkies have worked with professional sports teams, match officials and individual athletes for many years. We offer a wide range of testing services which would suit anyone interested in optimising their training and improving their performance.
Our services are suitable for individual athletes such as runners, cyclists, swimmers & match officials as well as groups & teams. BlueSkies Fitness Testing services include:
- VO2 max tests
- Blood lactate tests
- Body composition
- Timed speed & agility tests
- Dietary analysis
All testing is followed up by a written report detailing your results and how you can use them to improve your training and performance.
BlueSkies staff have experience of working with a variety of sports and our clients have included professional footballers and teams, the Professional Game Match Officials Board, British Gymnastics, the Auto-Cycling Union, the English Ice Hockey Association, FIFA & UEFA referees and many individual athletes. For more information on BlueSkies Fitness Testing services, click here.
Research & Information
The fitness industry is evolving! This is a good thing but it makes it hard to keep up sometimes! BlueSkies know how quickly things change - important things like recommendations & guidelines for health, optimal training methods and optimal intensity & duration.
Not everyone has time to read the new research or pick out the important parts from new training guidelines, so the aim of our Research & Information pages is to provide you with the information you need in a concise, clear format. To access the Fitness & Training Research & Information pages, click here.