Your career – Move Professional

Your career

Supporting your learning pathway and professional development

Personal trainer high fiving a client in a gym

Lightening the load of metabolic medication

How integrating weight-loss medications management into training provision can be a catalyst for your development and for greater collaboration with the health sector.

Male coaches advising female athlete on the track. Coach is wearing a light green sweatshirt with Cambridge written across the back.

From budding athlete to chartered high-performance coach

High-performance coach Ben Davies reflects on his sporting career as he celebrates gaining chartered status.

Female fitness instructor helping senior woman on treadmill in the gym

Confidence is king – your tips for working with clients who doubt themselves

Enabling confidence in your clients is a key tool in any sport and physical activity practitioner’s kitbag. We’ve asked you

Wheelchair athlete at Activity Alliance National Junior Athletics Championships

Tackling inequalities in sport and activities to meet disabled people’s needs

We caught up with Wilf Reeve, Media and Campaigns Advisor at Activity Alliance, to talk about the organisation’s role as a leading voice for disabled people in sports and activities.

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Unifying perspectives: ‘Connecting the Dots’ across the sector

The state of the nation’s health and wellbeing is currently at a critical point, and the sport and physical activity workforce is facing some of the biggest challenges to date to overcome the various dilemmas that the population is experiencing.

Small group of coaches standing a pitch. They are setting up equipment talking together, talking while waiting for their team.

Recognising professional excellence

Professional status will be a game-changer for professionals working across the sector. As we prepare for its launch at the end of the summer CIMSPA CSO Spencer Moore takes a look at why professional status matters to you.

Cartoon of a character we've called Prisha who is crouching, mid-workout with two other females

Where next? How to succeed in your sport and physical activity career

We explain how CIMSPA and professional status can support you with moving into and upwards in your career in sport and physical activity.

A senior gentleman walks on a treadmill in a gym during a rehabilitation appointment. His female trainer is standing beside him as she guides his exercise and takes notes.

The Final Word

Better than drugs? New research shows the impact of physical activity on those recovering from cancer. In The Final Word, Tara Dillon, CEO of CIMSPA explores what this means for the sectors workforce.

Maureen Hudson smiling in a gym setting.

75 and thriving with a career in fitness – Maureen Hudson MSc

With a passion for developing her knowledge, Maureen Hudson’s MSc professional credentials stretch far beyond those of most personal trainers.

Mid adult fitness instructor is working in his office, writing new routines for his classes.

Brand you

Developing your personal brand is an integral part of career developing. We explore how sport and physical activity leaders can develop their own brand to match their future aspirations.