Say hello to Reach Up

Transforming more women’s lives through your group exercise classes

Reach Up, built by EMD UK in collaboration with This Girl Can, and funded by the National Lottery, is a revolutionary new resource hub for group exercise instructors.

This free to access platform contains bitesize learning to help group exercise instructors like you engage more women, inspire them to try group exercise classes, and ignite the fire in them to come back again and again.

Learn on the go

Reach Up has been specifically designed for busy, on the go group exercise instructors.

Whether on the sofa, at the coffee shop, or in between classes, Reach Up fits effortlessly into your schedule. Through videos, worksheets, and step-by-step guide, Reach Up’s bitesize learning format makes expanding your knowledge easy.

Designed to make maximum impact immediately, you can implement your learnings in your very next class.

Boost Your Impact, Change More Lives

Rounding up knowledge, top tips, and video learning from across the sector, you can changes the lives of more women in your community.

Access a free library of helpful resources at your fingertips. Enhance your career with topics that provide maximum impact, including:

  • Movement is Wellbeing: Providing you with a fresh approach to promote sustainable, inclusive, and accessible movement specifically for women.
  • How to Reach and Engage More Women Through Social Media: Ready to boost your social media presence with video but not sure where to start? This session is designed to help you feel confident, clear, and creative when it comes to creating video content.
  • Building Strength – Best Practices for Osteoporotic Participants in Group Exercise Classes: Designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and skills to support individuals living with or at risk of osteoporosis.

Topics Coming Soon Include:

  • Helping Your Participants to Create Long-lasting Exercise Habits: Learn proven behaviour change models to motivate group exercise participants.
  • Guiding a Safe Return: Supporting Women with Long-term Health Conditions in Group Exercise Classes: Learn how to support women living with long-term conditions through inclusive & effective group exercise.
  • Engaging Muslim Women in Group Exercise: Understand faith, create accessible classes, and encourage activity beyond sessions.
  • We Have Your Back: Safely Supporting Women with Non-Specific Back Pain in Group Exercise Classes: Empower yourself to confidently and safely include participants with non-specific back pain in your group exercise classes. 

Reach and engage more women in your community.

Get free access to Reach Up now by signing up to a free EMD UK membership. Because creating positive change in your community shouldn’t come with a high price tag. As a free EMD UK member you’ll gain access to:

Movement is Wellbeing

How to Reach and Engage More Women Through Social Media

Engage, inspire, ignite the fire – transform more women’s lives through your group exercise classes. 

Start your Reach Up journey today. 

Sign up for Free Membership

Unlock Your Path to Teaching Success with Reach Up.

Start your Reach Up journey today. Join EMD UK as a Pro Member, available to instructors with a Level 2 or above, and not only will you get access to the free member content above but also:

Building Strength – Best Practices for Osteoporotic Participants in Group Exercise Classes

EMD UK UK Pro membership offers additional in-depth resources specifically tailored for Level 2 instructors focusing on specific health conditions to align with your scope of practice. This helps us ensure you are equipped with the right knowledge to safely and effectively apply what you you have learnt.

Choose your free or pro membership to get started with exclusive support, training resources, and a community that lifts you higher.

Sign up to Pro Membership