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Robierob77
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anyone out there have their personal trainer cert.? How did you go about getting it? And any tips you could give me moving forward would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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ZwagnerAid
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Personal trainer certification can be done all 100% online without having to go into a facility for anything.
Robierob77
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Is the ACE certification the best option, do you know?
themessemger
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I have a couple through NSCA, as well as a few other seminar type certs. Which require degrees and significant studying. Those online ones are easy to pass. But its the equivalent to getting your degree from Harvard or on of those for profit universities like Full Sail or Phoenix.
Heres the thing. Personal training is bullshit. In general you see people a couple of times a week. Put them through some workouts with no real direction or programed out cycles. Sometimes they get fit....sometimes they don't. I have to take PT clients at my gym as part of being a coach there and personally its dreadful. Most of the time they don't even really want to work out. its more like they are paying to have a friend for an hour. The lifters that I do actually coach are trying to make a living out of it. I see them 5-6 times a week. Write them programs and deal with their food. They pay a lot for it and I didn't need a PT cert. If you can get in the right place with people that want to learn, and you lead by example and show you have knowledge, people will ask you to train them. That in my opinion goes farther then a piece of paper
Heres the thing. Personal training is bullshit. In general you see people a couple of times a week. Put them through some workouts with no real direction or programed out cycles. Sometimes they get fit....sometimes they don't. I have to take PT clients at my gym as part of being a coach there and personally its dreadful. Most of the time they don't even really want to work out. its more like they are paying to have a friend for an hour. The lifters that I do actually coach are trying to make a living out of it. I see them 5-6 times a week. Write them programs and deal with their food. They pay a lot for it and I didn't need a PT cert. If you can get in the right place with people that want to learn, and you lead by example and show you have knowledge, people will ask you to train them. That in my opinion goes farther then a piece of paper
Yep, and was the biggest waste of 500$. No one once ever questioned if I was "certified" Go NASM or ACSM if anything, some gyms "require" it because they think that piece of paper makes them qualified but when really the test questions are a joke and have little relevance to real training
Robierob77
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Thanks for the input my bros. I live in an area with a large senior community. Anyone have experience working with older folks? Rewarding? Or sorry to say ask but can it be boring?
are any of the certs worth a damn? Health coach, fitness specialist, nutrition etc?
are any of the certs worth a damn? Health coach, fitness specialist, nutrition etc?
themessemger
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NSCA CSCS and the corrective specialist if you must go down that road.
CSCS is the standard for college strength and conditioning programs. Anything else you should take because you want to learn more or diversify your knowledge base. NOT because you want a certification or the ability to call yourself a personal trainer or something.
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CSCS is the standard for college strength and conditioning programs. Anything else you should take because you want to learn more or diversify your knowledge base. NOT because you want a certification or the ability to call yourself a personal trainer or something.
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I agree with everyone and will add PT'ing is about selling.
you want the people coming back for more sessions.. it's almost like going to the dentist and him wanting to do fillings, crowns, root canals. he has a mortgage and yacht payment and he needs to do work on your teeth more than just cleaning every 6 months.
that part of it makes me uncomfortable and I would rather help the person reach their goals, but if you want to PT full time for a living and support a family on it you need to be a salesman, get people back, and build up a network using marketing tactics etc. it's just like selling cars, plus you gotta deal with other salesman who are going to get pissed if you take business from them
you want the people coming back for more sessions.. it's almost like going to the dentist and him wanting to do fillings, crowns, root canals. he has a mortgage and yacht payment and he needs to do work on your teeth more than just cleaning every 6 months.
that part of it makes me uncomfortable and I would rather help the person reach their goals, but if you want to PT full time for a living and support a family on it you need to be a salesman, get people back, and build up a network using marketing tactics etc. it's just like selling cars, plus you gotta deal with other salesman who are going to get pissed if you take business from them
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^^^^ exactly. The people who do really well whore themselves out on social media. Take filtered photos in strange positions and say they can help everyone. Which is not true. Think ambulance chaser.
A lot of people can't be helped because they don't want to put in the work. The people I know who charge $100 an hour are terrible coaches. They are good with people though. And are super posi all the time. Which is why their clients come back. But don't ever see any real results.
It's pretty cut throat. I usually don't out up a fight when some of the other coaches bitch about me getting certain clients. To me it's pathetic. The best coaches don't need to advertise. You just know who they are.
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A lot of people can't be helped because they don't want to put in the work. The people I know who charge $100 an hour are terrible coaches. They are good with people though. And are super posi all the time. Which is why their clients come back. But don't ever see any real results.
It's pretty cut throat. I usually don't out up a fight when some of the other coaches bitch about me getting certain clients. To me it's pathetic. The best coaches don't need to advertise. You just know who they are.
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These guys pretty much covered it well. If you don't need the certification, I wouldn't waste my time on it honestly. I've been considering getting into contest prep coaching myself lately and thought about the certification, but those I'd be working with probably could care less about a PT certification to be honest.
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