Vivobarefoot Education Courses
Professional training in Foot Health, Biomechanics, and Natural Movement.
- Delivered In Partnership With Vivobarefoot
- CIMSPA-Endorsed CPD
- Study Online or In-Person
- Industry Leading 5-Star Support
- Delivered In Partnership With Vivobarefoot
- CIMSPA-Endorsed CPD
- Study Online or In-Person
- Industry Leading 5-Star Support
Why Foot Health Matters
The foot is the foundation of all movement skill. It has 26 bones, over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments, and thousands of nerves for sensory feedback. The human foot is a biomechanical masterpiece. When it’s allowed to function freely, it’s stable, sensory, strong, and elastic.
When it isn’t, your clients feel it. Weak feet affect balance, coordination, and agility, and change how they squat, walk, and run. Foot dysfunction also contributes to knee, hip, and lower back issues.
Feet can be trained. They can be mobilised and strengthened like any other part of the body. Performance, injury prevention, and longevity are all linked with better foot strength and balance, and demand for barefoot and minimalist training keeps growing.
Foot strength is foundational, not niche.
About Vivobarefoot Education
Vivobarefoot was founded in 2012 by Galahad and Asher Clark, seventh-generation cobblers, on a simple idea: feet work best when they’re free to move naturally. Their mission is to reconnect people with nature and their natural movement potential, and education is central to it. Through VivoHealth, Vivobarefoot teaches the science of barefoot movement and natural health, with accredited courses built for health and fitness professionals.
As Vivobarefoot’s official education partner, The Fitness Group brings these courses to personal trainers and coaches, helping you turn barefoot principles into everyday coaching practice.
- Through VivoHealth: Vivobarefoot’s education is open to its whole community, from people wanting to move more naturally to the professionals who coach them.
- Through The Fitness Group: The same accredited courses, focused on the professional side, so you learn how to apply barefoot principles with your clients and build them into your sessions.
Courses Available Now
Barefoot Movement Coach
What You Will Learn
- Foot anatomy and biomechanics
- Evolutionary biology and physiology, and why modern feet lose strength
- Natural movement principles for walking, squatting, jumping, and running
- Client screening and assessment of foot strength, posture, and movement skill
- Progressive barefoot adaptation, so clients build up safely
Overview
- Course duration: Four hours
- Delivery format: Online
- CPD value: Two CIMSPA CPD points
- Assessment format: Module tests
- Certification outcome: Awarded on completion of the course and tests
Coming Soon
Level 2 - The Power of Barefoot Training
What You Will Learn
- Practical exercises for strength and stability from the feet through the ankles, knees, pelvis, core, and spine
- How to integrate barefoot training into PT sessions and group classes
- How to spot and correct common compensations
- Risk management and adaptation strategies for different clients
Overview
- Course duration: Three hours
- Delivery format: In-Person
- CPD value: 1.5 CIMSPA CPD points
- Assessment format: Discussion and assessment
- Certification outcome: Awarded on completion, subject to performance
Level 3 Running Biomechanics
What You Will Learn
- Gait and running mechanics
- How to assess walking and running technique, including posture, rhythm, and relaxation
- Drills that build skilful, efficient running
- How to apply running assessment with real clients through case studies
Overview
- Course duration: Three hours
- Delivery format: In-Person
- CPD value: Not applicable
- Assessment format: Case studies
- Certification outcome: Awarded on completion of case studies
Who The Courses Are For
- Personal trainers looking to grow their client base and specialise
- Mobility, wellness, and longevity coaches
- Rehab professionals
- Strength and conditioning coaches
- Coaches working with runners
- Pilates instructors
The PT market is crowded, and specialist skills are how you stand out. Healthy feet are the foundation of everything we do. This isn’t niche. It’s fundamental.
Built on the same foundational values
Career Benefits
- Stand out in the industry with a specialism few trainers offer
- Increase client retention by improving movement from the ground up
- Deliver specialised movement assessments you can build into sessions or charge for as a standalone service
- Support injury reduction strategies for your clients
- Align with a leading performance brand
- Join the Vivo Pro community for offers, launches, and revenue opportunities
- Offer niche services gyms don’t currently provide, opening up new income streams for your business
Build Stronger Foundations. Coach Better Movement.
It’s more than feet. It’s training, life, and longevity.
FAQs
No, however you can receive upto 50% OFF your next order when you book one of the official Vivobarefoot education courses, delivered by The Fitness Group.
Yes, if you're new to barefoot training. The courses are designed for qualified Level 2 Gym Instructors and Level 3 Personal Trainers.
Yes. The Barefoot Movement Coach online course awards two CIMSPA CPD points, and the in-person workshop awards 1.5 CIMSPA CPD points.
Barefoot Movement Coach, and the Foot Health and Functional Movement Accreditation.
Please contact us to find out more.
VivoHealth provides education for the whole Vivobarefoot community. The Fitness Group has partnered with Vivobarefoot's VivoHealth to deliver its accredited courses to trainers and fitness professionals in the UK.