Job help for the personal trainer

[tha shredda]

Hey I just got my ACE cetification last weeks and had a question for anybody who is a PT or would just know what theyre talking about to help me:

Should I get any other certification or anything to help accompany my ACE certification to further help get a job?

Or any good information would be appreciated...

[infernooo]

Originally Posted by tha shredda

Hey I just got my ACE cetification last weeks and had a question for anybody who is a PT or would just know what theyre talking about to help me:

Should I get any other certification or anything to help accompany my ACE certification to further help get a job?

Or any good information would be appreciated...

I think a common pitfall is to try and obtain every certification under the sun. You should focus on learning the basic, core material until you know it off by heart and learn the basics of testing clients, progressions, regressions and matching suitable exercises to them. Practise, practise, practise on your family, friends, offer free sessions to build your experience and knowledge.

At the end of the day, a PT with a simple ACE cert who has a great personality, good skills and great basic knowledge will trump the PT who has 10 certificates and can recite every single origin and insertion of every single muscle or describe to the smallest detail every biological function of the human body but lacks hands on experience or a flair for interacting with people.

[tha shredda]

Originally Posted by infernooo

I think a common pitfall is to try and obtain every certification under the sun. You should focus on learning the basic, core material until you know it off by heart and learn the basics of testing clients, progressions, regressions and matching suitable exercises to them. Practise, practise, practise on your family, friends, offer free sessions to build your experience and knowledge.

At the end of the day, a PT with a simple ACE cert who has a great personality, good skills and great basic knowledge will trump the PT who has 10 certificates and can recite every single origin and insertion of every single muscle or describe to the smallest detail every biological function of the human body but lacks hands on experience or a flair for interacting with people.

Thanks. I actually do consider myslef much more knowledgeable about training than most people (no arrogance). I am a well rounded competitve bodybuilder. I have actually trained a few people, just never worked with a gym, which is something I would like to do.

It just feels like to me that all of the hard heads with not much knowlege on the subject who just happen to have a degree in the area would get the jobs over me, and my clients can testify that I deffinately know what Im doing.

Just wondering if there was any other cetifications out there to "round off" the PT license to help me get a job.

[Sikk]

Originally Posted by tha shredda

Thanks. I actually do consider myslef much more knowledgeable about training than most people (no arrogance). I am a well rounded competitve bodybuilder. I have actually trained a few people, just never worked with a gym, which is something I would like to do.

It just feels like to me that all of the hard heads with not much knowlege on the subject who just happen to have a degree in the area would get the jobs over me, and my clients can testify that I deffinately know what Im doing.

Just wondering if there was any other cetifications out there to "round off" the PT license to help me get a job.

i was a trainer for a few yrs until i got into finance. Look, the cert means jack ****, but sometimes it will get you a job. Many trainers at the gym I worked at were AMAZING trainers but couldnt work there at first because they didnt have a degree in exercise science. So what did they do? They lied and said they did. Very few ppl ever checked and they all had ACE or ACSM or equivalent degrees and were fully qualified to do the job.

take of that what you will

[jules_d1]

i must agree with others here and say the amount of certs you have does not correlate to success in this business.

The best trainers are usualy very good with people and sales. actual practical knowledge and sales comes after that. im not saying i think thats how it should be but it is what it is

[askthetrainer]

Originally Posted by jules_d1

i must agree with others here and say the amount of certs you have does not correlate to success in this business.

The best trainers are usualy very good with people and sales. actual practical knowledge and sales comes after that. im not saying i think thats how it should be but it is what it is

I would go further and say the best trait as a salesmen for a personal trainer is to not be afraid of failure and rejection.

This means seizing every opportunity possible to get new clients, sell to prospective clients, and increase rates on current clients when needed.

[nitrotxtt]

You definitely don't need another Cert. The most important thing now is to get yourself established, and start building a client base.

No one is going to choose to work with you over another trainer because you have 5 different certifications; just not going to happen.

You punched the one ticket you need, go out and make it happen.

[BSCSCS]

Originally Posted by tha shredda

Thanks. I actually do consider myslef much more knowledgeable about training than most people (no arrogance). I am a well rounded competitve bodybuilder. I have actually trained a few people, just never worked with a gym, which is something I would like to do.

It just feels like to me that all of the hard heads with not much knowlege on the subject who just happen to have a degree in the area would get the jobs over me, and my clients can testify that I deffinately know what Im doing.

Just wondering if there was any other cetifications out there to "round off" the PT license to help me get a job.

Irony?

[Vince Goodrum]

Originally Posted by tha shredda

Hey I just got my ACE cetification last weeks and had a question for anybody who is a PT or would just know what theyre talking about to help me:

Should I get any other certification or anything to help accompany my ACE certification to further help get a job?

Or any good information would be appreciated...

Best thing to do is to get some practice first. Offer some free training sessions with your friends and family. This will help you sort out your general training routine and will allow your to fine-tune your methods and give you more confidence in the workplace.

You can take more training, but the best thing to do is to get some hands on experience. After all, a pilot can get his license but flight time will determine how well he or she does

Best of luck to you

[kserajuddin]

Originally Posted by Vince Goodrum

Best thing to do is to get some practice first. Offer some free training sessions with your friends and family. This will help you sort out your general training routine and will allow your to fine-tune your methods and give you more confidence in the workplace.

You can take more training, but the best thing to do is to get some hands on experience. After all, a pilot can get his license but flight time will determine how well he or she does

Best of luck to you

I agree with every reply here - should be a lesson and pattern for every newb asking about all of the pre-req's the need BEFORE they can get started - the actual hands on side is different - so is getting the clients - and doing it on your own without a gym in the real world as a real business? Completely different animal - so take your ACE and get some experience - make getting more certs a fun hobby, but don't expect to fall back on them for anything -