About the Academy
In our study programmes, we prioritise a comprehensive approach to learning. In our study programmes, we prioritise a comprehensive approach to learning by ensuring that our courses mutually interrelate. This allows each graduate to gain a wide range of expertise and skills to provide quality services to their clients. Whichever of our courses you choose (certified by the Ministry of Education and Science), you will also gain fundamental knowledge from the other courses.
Courses
Personal Fitness Trainer
Yoga Teacher
Trainer of Functional Training
Massage Course
Nutrition Advisor
Our team
The Academy's team is made up of professionals in the field, and all our lecturers you will meet during your lessons are actively practising the profession they teach. They see their teaching practice as a mission in which they pass on their quality experience. They enjoy contact with people who want to improve their skills or learn new knowledge. Our lecturers are continually furthering their education in their fields and have a wide clientele in their practices. The Academy has full confidence in its lecturers and also offers the best graduates the opportunity to participate actively in the running and development of the Academy. They are Ondřej Pavlovič (Fitness trainer), Marika Papežová (Fitness trainer) and Petr Neplech (Fitness trainer).
The expert supervisors are Daniel Hejret (Fitness trainer who joined the team in March 2018), Radka Geffertová (Functional workout trainer who focuses on the health aspects of training; she has been lecturing courses since the academy's inception, and she’s the author of the study materials), and Čestmír Potoček (Yoga teacher). The courses in Brno are supervised by Darina Kocúrková (Fitness and Functional Trainer who, like Radka, has been with the Academy since the beginning).
Bc. Daniel Hejret
Expert supervisor
Personal Fitness Trainer in Prague
Mgr. Darina Kocúrková
Expert supervisor
Personal Fitness Trainer in Brno
Mgr. Radka Geffertová
Expert supervisor
Trainer of Functional Training in Prague
Ing. Čestmír Potoček
Expert supervisor
Yoga Teacher in Prague
Alice Tvarůžková
Expert supervisor
Yoga Teacher in Brno
Eva Mackanič
Authorized person
Massage Course
Petr Neplech
Personal Fitness Trainer
Mgr. Ondřej Pavlovič
Personal Fitness Trainer
Mgr. Libor Pozníček
Personal Fitness Trainer
Olga Králíková
Yoga Teacher
Filip Kosecký
Personal Fitness Trainer
Michal Komosný
Personal Fitness Trainer
Mgr. Roman Koubík
Personal Fitness Trainer
Václav Tofl
Personal Fitness Trainer
Marta Nováková
Yoga Teacher
RNDr. et Bc. Jan Štěpnička, Ph.D.
Yoga Teacher
Mgr. Milan Fujda, Ph.D.
Yoga Teacher
Mgr. Iva Petrová
Yoga Teacher
Světlana Mihulová
Yoga Teacher
Mgr. Ing.arch. Zdeněk Černý
Yoga Teacher
Žaneta Svadbíková
Yoga Teacher
Jindřiška Roubalová
Yoga Teacher
Ing. Ivana Lichá, Ph.D.
Yoga Teacher
Antuanetta Formánková
Yoga Teacher
Mgr. Radoslav Mikloš
Trainer of Functional Training
Mgr. Robert Chott
Trainer of Functional Training
MUDr. Jan Hlaveš
Nutrition Advisor
Sabina Škrabská
Nutrition Advisor
Mgr. Bc. Eliška Servusová, Ph.D.
Nutrition Advisor
Bc. Kateřina Moravcová
Nutrition Advisor
Mgr. Kateřina Sloviaková, DiS.
Nutrition Advisor
Ing. Michal Frólo
Nutrition Advisor
Denisa Fuksová
Massage Course
Mgr. Marika Papežová
Personal Fitness Trainer
Petra Šebková
Seminar of Ayurveda
Soňa Zdráhalová
Yoga course coordinator
Jiří Mužík
Athletic training workshop
Forms of study
For those interested in Fitness Instructor and Nutrition Advisor courses held in Prague, we also offer the possibility of individual study. This will be particularly appreciated by those who are busy, work irregularly, or have special requirements in terms of teaching intensity.
For more information: studium@improveacademy.cz.
This is a standard form of Improve Academy courses (Fitness Trainer and Functional Trainer Prague/Brno), in which consultations/lectures/seminars have a fixed daily and hourly schedule. The student starts the course at any time during the lecture and completes the curriculum by obtaining partial credits in different subjects, attending compulsory seminars or weekend specials and passing the final exam. The exam and the individual course modules, seminars, specials and the final certificate are included in the price of the course.
Full-time study is also possible for the Yoga Teacher courses held in Prague, Brno and Ostrava. The dates of lectures, consultations and specialisation weekends are fixed and students attend them from first to last.
Yoga Instructor, Nutrition Advisor, Functional Trainer with Health Focus, Sports Massage, and MMA Trainer.
The extension programme is available for graduates of Improve Academy courses. IMPROVE ACADEMY course graduates can complete other courses by obtaining course-specific credits, completing specialisation weekends and passing the final exam of the chosen course. The student then receives a certificate of completion of the respective accredited educational programme.
Graduates of the Fitness Instructor course can enrol in the extension of the Functional Trainer course, complete course-specific credits, attend two specialisation Physiofitness weekends and pass the final exam. The price of the extension study is CZK 9,500. The extension study for the Yoga Teacher course, which includes extra specialisation weekends and a final thesis, has a price of CZK 15,500. For Improve Academy graduates and students, the Nutrition Advisor course is priced at a discounted rate of CZK 8,900. The Sports Massage course extension costs CZK 13,000.
Graduates of the Functional Trainer with Health Focus course can take the Fitness Instructor extension within which they are required to complete the practical part of the course, obtain course-specific credits and pass the final exam, the price is CZK 6,500. The extension (specialisation weekends and final thesis) of the Yoga Teacher course costs CZK 15,500. The discounted price of the Nutrition Advisor course for Improve Academy graduates and students is CZK 8,900.
The Sports Massage course extension costs CZK 13,000.
Graduates of the Nutrition Advisor course need to complete the entire practicum, credits, specialisation weekends, and final exams for all trainer extension courses. The extension to the Fitness Trainer course costs CZK 6,500, the Functional Trainer course CZK 9,500, and the Yoga Teacher course CZK 15,500. The Sports Massage course extension costs CZK 13,000.
Graduates from the Improve Academy courses have access to the extension study programme within which they can complete other courses by obtaining course-specific credits, completing specialisation weekends and passing the final exam of the chosen course. The student then receives a certificate of completion of the respective accredited educational programme.