Who we are
SPI is an accredited international fitness and sports education organization.
Why we exist
SPI programs are designed to provide educational opportunities for fitness professionals who do not have time to complete a university degree but desire more knowledge than what is offered by other organizations.
What we do
SPI provides a variety of educational programs to personal trainers, aerobics instructors, coaches, strength training specialists, physical education teachers and fitness enthusiasts who are interested in increasing their health and sports knowledge, in Canada, the Middle East, and China.
Our mission & vision
Our mission is to educate people to live healthy, happy, & fit.
We also support people excel in whatever field they chose in life by working on multi-dimensional aspects of their mental, physical and spiritual development.
Our vision is to have our educational courses available around the globe; helping people live and lead a better fit life.
We also aim to spread our knowledge and information to the public through different channels to always lead people by example on how to adopt a healthy, happy and fit lifestyle.
Our added values
SPI graduates obtain an impressive depth of knowledge delivered in a very unique way (edutainment) to help students understand and memorize the toughest scientific info and be able to easily apply them into practice. As a matter of fact, many of the topics covered in the SPI certification programs are not covered in many University degree programs.
SPI also assists its certified trainers in finding job opportunities in the fitness field while working on continuously improving the education system and the participants’ level of knowledge
Our values
• Fairness
• Honesty
• Constant improvement
• Helping others
• Positivity
• Perseverance
• Humility
How we do it
Because some of our instructors have helped develop materials for the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program, our students can receive the same information that is presented to international caliber coaches. The founders of SPI have worked with over 20 Olympic and professional teams; they have, also, assisted in producing 29 Olympic and over 100 World Championship medalists. Using only the latest in scientific research, SPI has developed the most in-depth series of courses available.
Main Services
The Sport Performance Institute (SPI) proposes a full spectrum of training courses and workshops in fitness, group training, strength and conditioning, and any other health and fitness specialty.
Our courses and offerings range from one-day events to several days courses. And from workshops to full pledged certification courses.
Our courses cover topics divided into several categories:
-Health and Fitness.
-Group exercises
-Specialty disciplines
-Sports Medicine.
-Nutrition.
-Fitness management.
-And certification programs.
Our trainers or students, come from different backgrounds. Some are entirely new to the sports industry, others come from different sports-related disciplines and want to open new horizons in their careers, and the rest are actual fitness trainers, wanting to upgrade their skills, refine their coaching techniques and gain more knowledge.
For many, we were the edge they needed to fresh start, for others, we were the advantage they searched for to move their career forward.
More about the accreditation:
he American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), founded in 1954, was the first organization to certify health fitness professionals. It is the world’s largest sports medicine and exercise science organization with more than 45,000 national, regional, and international members and certified health fitness professionals in more than 90 countries.
ACSM establishes the exercise guidelines that all other certifications use for training and certification, and therefore, continues to set the standards in the fitness industry.
An ACSM Approved Provider is an organization which has applied and been approved to offer ACSM continuing education credits for their educational offerings. The ACSM Professional Education Committee certifies that "Sport Performance Institute" meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status. Providership # 763591.
SPI will provide to attendees ACSM Approved Continuing Education Credits (CECs) so that they may document the number of CECs earned from each course or Workshop. Proof of continuing education is required to renew any International Fitness Certification.
ICREPs is the International Confederation for Registers of Exercise Professionals, it is the global body for REPs registers around the world. There is now a REPS register and member of ICREPs in UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UAE, Ireland, Canada and United States.
REPs has set Occupational Standards (i.e. working standards) that describe the skills, knowledge and competence needed to work as an instructor in the fitness industry.
As such, REPs is a guarantee that instructors are competent and qualified, and have demonstrated that they can work to these standards, normally by gaining an approved qualification like SPI that teaches and assesses everything related to these occupational standards.
It is the mapping of standards between fitness registers in different countries, which results in the formal reciprocal agreements that mean fitness instructors can move around the world and maintain their registration in the new country.
EuropeActive is the European Association that provides the unique voice for the fitness, physical activity, and wellbeing sector at the EU level in Brussels, with the aim to get “More People, More Active, More Often”.
For more than 10 years EuropeActive has been working on European standards that help define the qualifications needed by fitness trainers.
Through the work of their independent Standards Council over 200 experts have contributed to standards that build and improve the qualifications for exercise professionals, allowing users to enjoy safe and effective exercise, all across Europe. Benefits of the Standards and accreditations include: bench marks for quality, enhanced employer engagement, gateway to the EREPS, improved international mobility of graduates, continued improvement, advice and development.
Launched in 2013, REPs is an independent, public register which recognizes the qualifications and expertise of fitness professionals in the UAE. REPs provides a system of regulation for instructors and trainers to ensure that they meet the health and fitness industry’s agreed UAE Fitness Occupational Standards.
REPs UAE serves to protect people who take part in exercise and physical activity and provides assurance and confidence to the public and employers that all professionals on the Register are appropriately qualified and have the knowledge, competence and skills to perform their role effectively.
The register was initiated and established by Dubai Sports Council and is part of a global network of fitness registers now operating around the world. REPs UAE is a member of ICREPs the global confederation for fitness registers.
SPI certifications are fully accredited by REPs UAE for the Category A Personal Trainer. For a student to become a Certified Personal Trainer he/she would be required to accomplish the SPI qualifications of “Training for Health & Fitness” alongside “Advanced Weight Training Techniques”.
SPI will also provide attendees REPs UAE CPDs (Continuing Professional Development) that are needed in the Emirates for trainers to renew their REPs registration.
Launched in 2007, the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) is an independent register for instructors, trainers and teachers working in the European health, fitness and physical activity sector.
EREPS recognizes the qualifications and skills of exercise professionals, and is an important assurance for the public and employers that their instructor or employee holds the appropriate qualifications to perform their role safely and effectively.
EREPS is part of EuropeActive, the (leading) none profit organization representing the whole of the European health and fitness sector in Brussels
Registration on EREPS gives an assurance that exercise professionals are qualified to do their job. This gives consumers, employers and partners in the medical and health professions the necessary level of confidence in their professionalism.
SPI certifications are fully accredited by EREPS for the Fitness Instructor (EQF Level 3), Personal Trainer (EQF Level 4) and Pilates Instructor (EQF Level 4). For a student to become a Certified Personal Trainer he/she would be required to accomplish the SPI qualifications of “Training for Health & Fitness” alongside “Advanced Weight Training Techniques”.
Personal Trainer EQF Level 4 at EREPs for SPI.
Fitness Instructor EQF Level 3 at EREPs for SPI.
Pilates Instructor EQF Level 4 at EREPs for SPI.
It is important for exercise professionals to keep their skills and knowledge up to date. Continuing Education Credits – CEC – or Continuing Professional Development – CPD – is about exercise professionals doing extra courses, attending workshops or conferences or taking part in other activities that increase their skills base.
REPs members are expected to do approximately 20 hours of CPD activities over a two year period and to log their CPD “points” where in most cases one point is equal to one hour of learning.
SPI will provide to attendees ACSM Approved Continuing Education Credits (CECs) so that they may document the number of CECs earned from each course or Workshop. Proof of continuing education is required to renew any International Fitness Certification.
SPI will also provide attendees REPs UAE CPDs (Continuing Professional Development) that are needed in the Emirates for trainers to renew their REPs registration.