As part of its yearly activities in the propagating the Olympic movement, Sport For All Commission in conjunction with Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) will be organising a Seminar for Fitness Trainers from September 18-19, 2024.
The seminar will be held at the Association of National Olympic Committees in Africa (ANOCA), Jahi, Abuja with not less than 35 trainers expected to attend the event.
According to the Secretary of NOC Sport For All Commission, Augustine Odijie, the programme will be conducted by Dr Adebukola Bojuwoye, an expert in sports and exercise medicine.
He would be joined by Joel Uzamere, who is certified Master trainer and Fitness Consultant and have been invited to conduct the seminar while Dominic Funmilola, a Professor of Exercise and Sports Sciences from the Kwara State University who is also a member of NOC Sport For All Commission will moderate the programme.
The duo will take the participants through how fitness improves the role, skills and responsibility of a fitness trainer, an introduction to anatomy of the human body, science behind weight loss and muscle gain, essentials of fitness assessment, why we perform warm-ups and cool downs.
They would also demonstrate how to perform cardio and resistance training, how to perform flexibility, equipment, supervision and maintenance and exercise instruction videos (practical).
The states and other fitness stakeholders that have registered to participate in the seminar: they are Kogi, Taraba, Ogun, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Rivers, Bayelsa, Jigawa, Gombe, Ebonyi, Abia Oyo, Cross River, Osun and Akwa Ibom.
Others are Ondo Anambra, Imo, Edo, Lagos, Kebbi, Kano, Federal Capital Territory, Enugu, Sokoto and Some other stakeholders from fitness organizations.
The Chairman of NOC Sport For All Commission, Dr Abdul lbrahim emphasises that the main objectives of the seminar is to train resource persons and increase the capacity of the participants to become a qualified personal fitness trainer.
Participants are to arrive Abuja on September 17 and depart on September 20, 2024.
