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update Akademie GmbH · Münchwilen (TG)

We train the people who get others moving.

Fitness and movement trainers, personal trainers, nutrition coaches, group fitness instructors: all of them learn the theory online with us and the practice on site. At the end there is a diploma that is valid in every fitness centre in Switzerland.

At a glance
Company
update Akademie GmbH
Based in
Murgtalstrasse 20, Zukunftsfabrik, 9542 Münchwilen (TG)
Managing director
Markus Gsell
Fields
Fitness, sport, nutrition, group fitness
Learning model
Theory online, practical days on site, online consultation hours
Quality
ISO 9001:2015, certified by TÜV Rheinland
Associations
Swiss Active, SVBO
Recognised by
Qualitop, Qualicert, SFGV (module exams), SERI (federal contributions)
Practical day in a class room. What you learned online, you do here for the first time with real people.
Practical day in a class room. What you learned online, you do here for the first time with real people.

Why we exist

For a long time, getting ahead in the fitness industry meant sitting in a training room on fixed evenings. Anyone working shifts, raising children or living far away was left out. We saw it ourselves and in the trainers at the centres we work with.

So we turned the training around. The theory lives on our learning platform: course notes, videos, audio files, knowledge checks. You decide when and how fast you learn. Whatever you do not understand, you ask in the online consultation hour. Only once the theory has sunk in do you come to the practical days. There you practise in small groups with people who do the job themselves.

The model has held up for years, for career changers as much as for trainers aiming for the Swiss federal diploma. Every qualification counts towards the next. Nobody learns anything twice with us.

The academy is an independent company. We are closely tied to update Fitness AG: many of our instructors run centres there or teach classes. What does not prove itself on the gym floor does not make it into our course notes.

A few numbers

15’000+
graduates
4.8 out of 5 from 326 reviews
average of the approved reviews on this website
16 instructors
all of them work in the profession
4 fields
fitness, sport, nutrition, group fitness

As of today. Reviews and team size are calculated from this website.

How a training works

Advice
Online info evening or a one-to-one conversation. Both are free and without obligation.
Theory
On the learning platform, at your own pace. At home, on the train or at the gym.
Consultation hour
Online with our subject experts. Regularly, no travelling.
Practical days
Small groups at locations in German-speaking Switzerland, often at weekends. This is where application counts.
Exam and diploma
Once you pass the exam, your diploma is valid throughout Switzerland. And it counts as a building block for the next level.

Who teaches here

Nobody here only teaches. All 16 work in the profession: at the centre, in the class room or in their own practice. Four of them:

  • Markus Benz
    Markus BenzOperations Manager

    Qualified teacher, personal trainer and fitness and movement trainer. He keeps the place running.

  • Michalis Giannakopoulos
    Michalis GiannakopoulosHead of Fitness, Health & Athletics

    Master in Sports Science, fitness, personal and athletic trainer for many years.

  • Daniela Stark
    Daniela StarkHead of Group Fitness

    Teaching since 2001, master trainer for P.I.I.T, UpCon and Powerstep, presenter at national events.

  • Naomi Kempter
    Naomi KempterSubject expert

    Bachelor in Sports Science and Psychology, CAS in Sports Nutrition. Advises athletes on nutrition as an independent consultant.

All 16 on the team page

Who vouches for us

Whether we are good is not for us to say. That is done by health-insurer labels, the associations and an independent certifier.

  • Qualitop
  • SFGV
  • SBFI
  • TÜV Rheinland ISO 9001:2015
  • SVBO
  • Swiss Active
What each seal means

Where we are

update Akademie GmbH
Murgtalstrasse 20, Zukunftsfabrik
9542 Münchwilen
+41 71 555 36 42
info@update-akademie.ch
Office
Monday to Friday, 8 to 12 and 13 to 17

The practical days do not take place in Münchwilen but at locations in German-speaking Switzerland. Dates and venues are listed with each training.

Want to know whether this is right for you? Join the online info evening or book a conversation. Both are free and without obligation.

Any questions?