Guest Fitness & Wellness Onboard

Independent study. xplor is not an accredited training provider and awards no certificate. This course does NOT qualify you to instruct anyone: instructing requires an accredited qualification and professional insurance.

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FITNESS-1 · The Role, the Yacht and the Rules

4 lessons

FITNESS-1.1 The Dual Role Onboard Practice in examiner →

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What Guests Actually Want From Fitness Onboard

Introduces the interior-crew-plus-fitness dual role: what guests actually ask for, what the job really involves, and the qualification and insurance rule that governs all of it. Establishes that this course is preparatory study only and does not qualify anyone to instruct.

FITNESS-1.1.2

Qualification, Insurance and Scope of Practice

Sets out the qualifications and insurance required to instruct guests, and draws the scope-of-practice line: no diagnosis, no rehab, no pregnancy or medical programming, no prescriptive nutrition. Covers how to refuse unevidenced fitness claims professionally.

FITNESS-1.2 The Yacht as a Training Environment Practice in examiner →

FITNESS-1.2.1

The Gym, the Deck and the Motion of the Sea

Covers the physical realities of training onboard: gym space, headroom, motion and fixed equipment, the specific danger of free weights in a seaway, and the heat, sun, surface and edge-proximity risks of deck sessions.

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Equipment That Works at Sea, and Scheduling Around Guest Life

Reviews the equipment that genuinely works at sea (mats, bands, suspension trainers, secured kettlebells, bodyweight) and its risks, then covers the realities of scheduling sessions around service, guest habits and the chief stew.

FITNESS-2 · Training, Yoga and Pilates Knowledge

4 lessons

FITNESS-2.1 How the Body Moves and How to Programme Practice in examiner →

FITNESS-2.1.1

Anatomy, Planes and the Compound Movement Patterns

Covers the major muscle groups, the three planes of movement, and the six compound patterns (squat, hinge, push, pull, carry, rotate) as the organising basis for session design, plus a first look at mobility and proper core training.

FITNESS-2.1.2

Programming, Session Structure and Gauging Intensity

Explains the principles of programming (specificity, overload, progression, recovery, individuality), a practical session structure from warm-up to cool-down, and how to gauge intensity using RPE, the talk test and heart-rate zones.

FITNESS-2.2 Yoga and Pilates Onboard Practice in examiner →

FITNESS-2.2.1

Yoga Onboard: Styles, Breath, Sequencing and Risk

Surveys the main yoga styles, the role of breath, the pose families and sequencing of a class, and identifies the poses that most commonly cause injury — deep backbends, inversions and forced hamstrings — with onboard adaptations.

FITNESS-2.2.2

Pilates Onboard: Principles, Mat Work and Progressions

Covers the Pilates principles, the difference between mat and equipment-based practice (and the certification and safety issues of a Reformer at sea), and the classic mat exercises with their regressions and progressions.

FITNESS-3 · Screening, Safety and Boundaries

4 lessons

FITNESS-3.1 Screening, Referral and Safety Practice in examiner →

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Screening, Medical Clearance and the Guest in Front of You

Explains pre-exercise screening and readiness questionnaires, when medical clearance is required, and how to adapt to deconditioned, athletic, older, teenage, pregnant and injured guests — with referral as the answer for pregnancy and injury.

FITNESS-3.1.2

Red Flags, Injury Response, Heat and the Alcohol Reality

Sets out the red flags that require stopping and referring, the yacht medical response you must know in advance, heat illness and hydration management, and the firm rule that intoxicated or heavily hungover guests do not train.

FITNESS-3.2 Boundaries and the Professional Practice in examiner →

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Consent, Hands-On Adjustment and Professional Boundaries

Establishes that hands-on adjustment requires explicit consent every time, offers verbal alternatives to touch, and sets out the professional boundaries of training guests in a setting where the power dynamic runs one way.

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The Difficult Guest, Confidentiality and Looking After Yourself

Covers handling the guest who ignores instruction, reporting a guest who crosses a professional boundary, confidentiality of health data, and protecting your own sleep and recovery while doing an interior job as well. Restates that this course is preparatory study only.

Aligned to the IAMI GUEST Program framework. Preparatory study only — assessment and certification are carried out by an approved GUEST Training Provider. Official source (GUEST Program).

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