A Derbyshire fitness professional has been recognised by a leading national training body for her cutting edge Fitness Pilates qualification.

Leading group exercise presenter, Rachel Holmes from Kirk Langley, has been working to develop her Fitness Pilates NVQ course for instructors over the past nine years. 

To date she has trained more than 2000 qualified instructors and has now mapped her highly successful course for a level three NVQ qualification.

Working closely with national educational bodies Active IQ and the NVQ, Rachel has produced a new level three qualification for experienced fitness professionals who want to update their existing industry knowledge. 

Fitness Pilates is a modern, research based group fitness class created for rehabilitation. Fitness Pilates utilises all the traditional principles of Pilates with a modern, diverse and updated exercise factor, which provides a controlled body-conditioning programme.

The qualification has been carefully co-ordinated by Rachel to provide previously qualified instructors with the latest and most up-to-date material in the rapidly evolving fitness industry.

Commenting on the new qualification, Rachel said: "As the popularity of Pilates continues to increase, level three qualified instructors are in high demand. Fitness Pilates includes all classical and original aspects of Pilates teaching in addition to updated elements, progressions and current research."

Rachel, who started her own business at just 18, has trained more than 2,500 fitness instructors globally.

Over the past two decades, she has taught motivational strategies and latest fitness techniques to businesses and individuals through workshops, classes and her Choreography To Go website.