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Padwork, our boxing for fitness certification

Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor

Learn boxing for fitness. Build your confidence. Grow your PT business.

Padwork is a practical boxing for fitness course developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton. Learn to hold pads, coach punches and combinations and deliver exciting boxing workouts. No experience needed. Gain the skills and confidence to bring real boxing into your PT sessions.

10,000+ fitness professionals trained worldwide

Online in about 8 hours. Live in one day. Same certification.

Trained by Hatton Boxing. Working in the UK's biggest gyms.

  • PureGym
  • The Gym Group
  • David Lloyd
  • Nuffield Health
  • Jetts
  • Virgin Active
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Third Space
  • Everyone Active

Logos show where Hatton Boxing certified instructors work. No endorsement implied.

Reviews

What our instructors say

  • Melanie S.

Why become an instructor

  • Client smiling while working on the pads with her instructor

    Earn more money with a new service

    Boxing for fitness builds fitness, coordination and confidence. Skill-based workouts are more fun. Clients keep booking. Sell it one-to-one or in groups.

  • Instructor holding pads and showing a client how to throw a punch

    You’ll finish ready to run a session

    Learn to hold pads safely, coach punches and combinations, and correct common mistakes. Then run sessions for clients of any ability.

  • Instructor holding focus pads for a client throwing a punch during a boxing for fitness session

    Get certified from just £49

    Padwork costs about the same as one PT session, so it can pay for itself quickly. Learn online or live, whichever suits you best.

  • Group of Hatton Boxing instructors in the ring

    A certification recognised worldwide

    Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor and stand out to gyms, employers and clients, wherever your career takes you.

Choose how you learn

Padwork is one practical course with two ways to take it. Both lead to the same Hatton Boxing certified instructor status, so choose the one that suits you.

Woman in a black hoodie working through an online course on a laptop in a cafeOnline

Padwork Online

£49

  • Start immediately, from anywhere
  • Learn at your own pace, about 8 hours in total
  • Complete it inside Team Hatton
  • Hatton Boxing certification on completion
  • Free Team Hatton account and 7-day Pro trial
Start online today - £49
Hatton Boxing Master Trainer holding pads for a client during a live sessionLive

Padwork Live

£89

  • One day, face-to-face
  • Hands-on padwork with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer
  • Selected venues across the UK
  • Hatton Boxing certification at the end
  • Free Team Hatton account and 7-day Pro trial

Next course: 12 November, PureGym London Stratford

Find a live course - £89

Either way, it costs about the same as a single PT session.

Team Hatton Pro is £7.99 a month after your 7-day trial.

Pick your date and venue

One day of hands-on training with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer. £89 per place.

  • Thu 12 NovemberPureGym London Stratford10:00 to 17:009 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 19 NovemberPureGym Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland9:30 to 16:309 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 26 NovemberPureGym Reading Caversham Road9:30 to 16:308 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 3 DecemberPureGym Manchester Urban Exchange9:30 to 16:306 spaces leftBook your place
  • Thu 10 DecemberPureGym Leicester St Georges Way9:30 to 16:309 spaces leftBook your place

On the day, wear comfortable gymwear and appropriate footwear, and bring water and something to eat.

Testimonial

Gail had never held pads. Now she runs two packed classes a week.

“If someone asked me to run a padwork class that same evening, I could smash it.”

“Whenever a course comes up, I recommend it to other PTs without hesitation.”

Gail PenmanPersonal Trainer, PureGym, GlasgowTwo classes a week of 12 to 18 people

Boxing for fitness skills built for personal trainers

Learn to bring boxing for fitness into your sessions safely and confidently. No boxing experience needed.

  • Hold pads safely and correctly
  • Coach punches with confidence
  • Build effective combinations
  • Correct common technique mistakes
  • Make your sessions more engaging

For personal trainers and fitness instructors of every boxing experience level.

How it works

  1. Choose your course, online or live

    Start Padwork Online today and learn at your own pace, or book Padwork Live in person with a Hatton Boxing Master Trainer on a date that suits you.

  2. Learn the Hatton Way, step by step

    Learn to hold pads safely, coach punches and combinations, spot and correct common mistakes, and tailor your coaching to clients of any ability. No boxing experience needed.

  3. Become a Hatton Boxing certified instructor

    Finish Padwork with a certification that sets you apart. It helps you stand out to employers and clients, and gives you a new service your clients will want to book.

  4. Join Team Hatton for support to grow

    Every Padwork graduate gets a free Team Hatton account and a 7-day Pro trial, with delivery, marketing and business support to turn new skills into sessions, clients and income.

Ricky Hatton celebrating in the ring after his win over Jose Luis Castillo

Proven the world over

Trusted by 10,000+ instructors worldwide

Our training was developed with four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, and we've been certifying fitness professionals around the world for over 15 years. Ricky believed boxing should be for everyone, not just fighters.

Every instructor trained becomes part of that legacy.

Boxing for fitness, the Hatton Way

Reviews

Hear from instructors who've trained with us

  • The course is straightforward and the site and uploads are easy to use.

    Karen C.Facebook review
  • great instructors nice environment learnt a lot of great techniques on the coaching coarse

    Tony E.Facebook review

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