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UAE Firm Delivers First Fitness Instructor Courses for Saudi Women

A UAE-based fitness education provider Empiric has launched its first training courses for female fitness professionals in Saudi Arabia. The move comes as Saudi Arabia gears up to meet the demand for newly licenced female-only gyms, following a milestone law-change in February. Starting with equipment-based courses in foamrolling, kettlebells, and TRX suspension training, Empiric will also be delivering the internationally recognised YMCA Award in Exercise to Music for group fitness instructors at NuYu, a home-grown chain of boutique women’s fitness centres founded by a daughter of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince. Empiric said its next visit to Saudi Arabia will see the delivery of a pre and post-natal exercise course to qualify female personal trainers, gym instructors and other fitness professionals to work with women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. Empiric added that it is in talks to expand its training programmes to offer other fitness qualifications in…