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Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs)

The Register of Exercise Professionals is an UK scheme for fitness trainers and instructors. It recognizes industry-based qualifications and also provides insurance for public liability, and requires members to work within an industry code of practice.

It was disbanded in 2020 and its members migrated to CIMSPA. What do this mean for fitness professionals?

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What is CIMSPA?

CIMSPA, the professional body in the UK for fitness and health professionals, is an industry recognised body that regulates trainers. Its mission is safeguarding the public's interests when employing fitness experts by ensuring they have all of the relevant skills and technical knowledge in addition to training and insurance. It is also responsible to maintain and develop professional standards for the fitness industry.

The organisation brings together input from a wide range of stakeholders including employers deployers and NGBs as along with higher education institutions, training providers, and Avon Shop With My Rep practitioners in order to shape the industry and support its professionals and workforce. This is accomplished by working in partnership with the industry to better understand and identify the professional needs and the barriers that affect its ability to provide.

As part of this mission CIMSPA provides the framework for an assurance system of quality for the fitness industry in the form of an endorsement process. This process recognises the content and quality of formal qualifications and training courses. CIMSPA generally endorses the regulated (Ofqual) qualifications that have been certified by an approved awarding organization such as Focus Awards or Active IQ and other types of continuing professional development (CPD) training.

Membership of CIMSPA also confers a degree of status within the industry. Members can avail special insurance options, such as public liability coverage up to PS10m and personal injury coverage. It also allows members to keep a record of their professional growth. Members can enroll in free eLearning courses and access a career website that is updated regularly with new job opportunities.

The body is also a member of the International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals (ICREPs), which means that its members can utilize their registration to work in other countries, as long as they are qualified to do so. The organisation strives to set standards that are consistent across the globe to help the industry grow.

The organisation is a non profit and works in partnership to offer support, education, and guidance. In addition, the CIMSPA Academy offers free e-learning courses for its members, and includes the full range of professional development topics relevant to the industry.

Are REPs certificates recognized internationally?

The Register of Exercise Professionals was an independent public registry that operated through an membership system. It was established to safeguard the public and give fitness professionals and employers the peace of mind they required that an individual held qualifications that were recognised and approved and aligned with National Occupational Standards.

REPs was a UK registered company and as such only covers the uk rep fitness industry. Reputation was not a requirement under the law, but it did give clients the confidence that the fitness professional they were working with was fully trained and operating to the highest standards of professionalism.

In 2020, REPs will be sold to UK Coaching. An agreement with CIMSPA has been reached that will combine the REPs Directory avon sales rep shop with my rep [Sanopedia published an article] the CIMSPA directory. Fitness professionals have the option to join both REPs and CIMSPA However, renewing REPs membership is no longer an option.

Although REPs has ceased operations in the UK but they do have an international presence through ICREPs which connects international registers as well as their fitness professionals. This means that if REPs-certified in the UK you are able to become personal trainers in other ICREPs countries, such as Australia, Ireland, Poland, South Africa and UAE.

It is important to remember, however, that REPs does not guarantee fitness professionals a job or insurance coverage. REPs is an industry association and not a governing authority is a voluntary association. International certification bodies with top international standing such as ACSM, NSCA, ISSA, NASM, and ACE are not affiliated with REPs, and therefore never promise any insurance or employment to their fitness professionals.

However REPs is committed to trying to keep their members current with the constantly changing trends in the fitness industry. This is the reason REPs has a REPs points system that requires members to earn a the required number of REPs points each year in order to keep their REPs status. These REPs are based on the level of certification the member has and how many CPD courses they have completed.