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morrsiway
05-09-2008, 11:01 AM
If you would like to ask a certified personal trainer with over 20years of experience- please be free to ask me- maybe I can help you?
mike
PS - sorry for the wrong spelling
homerun16
05-09-2008, 02:24 PM
hAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE National Gym Association Inc? The website for it is www.nationalgym.com They have a Personal Trainer course that i was thinking about takeing? Just need to know if its worth my time and money.
Thank
FreddyKrueger
05-09-2008, 02:33 PM
I am getting into PT'ing right now. I would like to know from you, and really from everyone else. What type of clientele you feel are the easiest to train, and who is the hardest (more challenging).
I am getting into PT'ing right now. I would like to know from you, and really from everyone else. What type of clientele you feel are the easiest to train, and who is the hardest (more challenging).
For me the easiest when I started out were the females. Really any age, didn't have much issue getting them to do what I wanted or stay consistent. However, it seemed the larger they were, the more they refused to do any of the dieting that comes along with working out (or they said they did, but really didn't)
The hardest clients were teenage guys and guys in the 20-40 bracket. I really don't know why most of them wanted a trainer, to them, they know everything. They read Flex magazine and all of a sudden know how to train and either don't want to do what I have them do, or do it halfass and I'd see them come to the gym at some other time and workout alone or with a friend and "do what they want"
I lost all interest in training men over this unless they were serious and if they started to deviate at all I will cancel them as a client and do a partial refund. Won't even waste my time.
oregonpanthers
05-09-2008, 04:25 PM
Looking at where you train and who you train is a good first step in getting your direction in personal training wheather it be as a side job or as a primary career aspiration. Are you going private, corporate, commercial, independent, non-profit?? All have discrete philosophies and manners of which they pursue, supply and retain clientel. Such differences also dictate how you as a trainer will promote yourself and administer your style of personal training.
With that you also need to look at who your going to train in such domains of fitness instruction. Obviously its best to be open minded and try and train some one from every walk of life to geta true understanding and insight of what its like to train various kins of people and let me tell you, there are many kinds! Some better then others and some not. I have come to find that in 5 solid years of training in commercial, private and independent organizations I like to train men and women of adult to late adulthood. I have also come to enjoy working with executives and those "higher ups", now thats just me but I really do enjoy this sub group of the general population. I thus market myself in such a way to attract such clients.
My advise would be to start in a commercial gym that allows you to be fed a small amount of clients through the gyms membership, you can also pick up clients (if your good) while you ar in the gym yourself working out or just doing floor supervision hours. This will give you a very broad range of prospective clients to work with. After spending some time with several clients of all walks of life, then consider which groups you like best and consider what you need to do from there to make that more regular for you. Dont limit yourself right from the gates on who you will or will not train! The profession is to competitive and unstable to restrict yourself like that right away.
But as I have mentioned elsewhere, I am slowly leaving the fitness and personal training world and jumping head first into athletics and college level strength and conditioning type training. But thats another topic for another thread.
Hope this helps!
morrsiway
05-11-2008, 11:42 AM
hAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE National Gym Association Inc? The website for it is www.nationalgym.com They have a Personal Trainer course that i was thinking about takeing? Just need to know if its worth my time and money.
Thank
I am sorry I live in Europe and did my certification here.
a little one I like to use on PT's
what questions would you ask someone before putting them on a treadmill for 15mins
and what qualifications do you have? where'd you study?
morrsiway
05-11-2008, 11:45 AM
I am getting into PT'ing right now. I would like to know from you, and really from everyone else. What type of clientele you feel are the easiest to train, and who is the hardest (more challenging).
The hardest Cliente to train are the ones who will not listen to you when they are not in the gym.. they do everything right in the hour you spend with them under your supervision..but they rest of the day meaning the other 23 hours they will not listen to what you have told them..but since you are their trainer they will think that your system or training isnt worth jack...
The easiest to train are housewives who are trying to lose a few pounds and stay in shape!
your friend mike
morrsiway
05-11-2008, 11:49 AM
a little one I like to use on PT's
what questions would you ask someone before putting them on a treadmill for 15mins
and what qualifications do you have? where'd you study?
there are many questions you should ask them!
Did they see a dr. before they started weight training? Are they on meds ? Any blood pressure problems? Any joint problems? Do they have any kind of heart disease? there are a number of things that NEED to be talked about...
I studied in Europe in the Academy BSA. check them out.
morrsiway
05-11-2008, 11:59 AM
Which exercises do you do for your biceps and why?
I am studying to become a PT but i have no background on fitness and most of the places hire "1-year" experienced PT. What do you recommend me to do after i get my cert.? What should i do to get more experiences for a totally new PT like me? Thank you