NOC to organise seminar for fitness trainers
Nigeria Olympic Committee ( NOC) has announced that the body’s Sports For All Commission under the auspices of Olympic Solidarity will be organising a seminar for fitness trainers from September 18-19, 2024.
According to a statement by the NOC signed by the Public Relations Officer, Tony Nezieanya, the seminar will hold at the Association of National Olympic Committees in Africa (ANOCA), Jabi, Abuja with not less than 35 trainers expected to attend the event.
Nezieanya stated that participants are to arrive Abuja on September 17 and depart on September 20, 2024 even as he stated that NOC has provided accommodation for the comfort of the participants in Abuja.
Throwing more light on the seminar,
Secretary of NOC Sport For All Commission, Augustine Odijie, said the programme will be conducted by Dr. Adebukola Bojuwoye, an expert in Sports and Exercise Medicine.
He further stated that he will be joined joined by Joel Uzamere, who is certified Master trainer and Fitness Consultant 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.
Odijie explained that 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).
He listed the states and other fitness stakeholders that have registered to participate in the seminar to include;
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.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of NOC Sport For All Commission, Dr. Abdul lbrahim has emphasised 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.
The President of the Nigeria
Olympic Committee, Engr. Habu Ahmed will declare the programme open.
