C1759 - Strength and mobility for everyday life: get fit for summer (all levels)

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Start Date: 22/04/2027      End Date: 01/07/2027        Start Time: 10:00      End Time: 11:30        Hours per Week: 1.50      No of Weeks: 10
Fees:      £101.00 (tuition)     £191.00 (overseas)     £31.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Caroline Ing Chambers        No of Places: 15
Idea Store Whitechapel

Course Overview

Course Overview
Embrace the vitality of the summer season with this course designed to help you feel fitter, stronger, and more confident in your everyday life. This course is ideal for people returning to exercise, starting from a base level, or looking to use the energy of summer as motivation to become more active.

The course focuses on three key areas of fitness: cardiovascular health, functional strength, and mobility. Using uplifting music and a graduated approach, each session is carefully paced to help you build stamina, strength, and confidence without feeling overwhelmed.

Key movements and exercises are revisited each week, allowing you to feel more familiar and comfortable while gradually increasing challenge. Sessions support everyday activities such as walking more, travelling, spending time outdoors, or preparing for holidays, helping you feel more capable and energised throughout the summer.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Take part in low impact cardiovascular activity for longer periods than at the start of the course, demonstrating improved stamina and energy levels by the final sessions
* Perform functional strength exercises for the legs, hips, arms, and upper body with improved control, stability, or repetitions by the end of the course
* Use abdominal and core muscles to maintain better posture and spinal support during exercises, with reduced need for verbal reminders
* Practice balance, coordination, and agility exercises with increased stability and smoother movement across the course
* Use stretching and mobility exercises to demonstrate improved flexibility or comfort of movement by the end of the course
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
You should have completed a beginner level Pilates or fitness course. This course may not be suitable for those with certain medical conditions so please check with your health professional if unsure. In some circumstances your tutor may require you to provide evidence that you are fit to take part in the class or suggest an alternative, more appropriate option.
This course is not suitable for pregnant women
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Equipment required

Equipment required
You will need to wear loose, comfortable clothing, trainers, a towel and bring a drink if preferred.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
The tutor will provide verbal feedback throughout the course.

Students are encouraged to monitor their progress and achievement using an Individual Learning Plan (ILP).

You will also gain more from the course if you commit time to it outside the classroom.

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There is no formal assessment but you will be asked to monitor your own progress during the course. For example, this includes you monitoring your own health and fitness via a simple questionnaire.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
Other Pilates or fitness-related courses
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Other info

Other info
In general, we will not allow late enrolment to any course after the first two weeks.

Children are not allowed in our health & fitness courses unless they are specifically family learning classes. Please do not ask your tutor to give your child access as they do not have the authority to do this.

Health and Safety requirements demand that all learners participating in fitness classes must complete the warm up. Therefore, latecomers that miss the warm up will be refused entry to the session.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.

If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course.

If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email.

Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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