I currently am attending school for business but would like to be ceritified in either nutrition or personal training. I am 21 and have been training for about 4 years. I always have been into learning more about training and nutrition. I've seached around the forums for some previous threads about certifications in these fields. Leaning towards nutrition, I have found many people choose ISSA and NESTA. Any opinions on either of these certifications?
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Thread: Nutrition Certification
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06-05-2008, 06:53 AM #1
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06-05-2008, 08:34 AM #4
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You need to be a RD. in order to be called a nutritionist. Any certification under that would be not legally able to allow you to give nutritional advice outside the basics.
You couldn't prescribe food/ supplements/ etc.I would've lied if I told you this was easy.
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06-06-2008, 07:09 AM #7
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06-06-2008, 08:52 AM #8
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and if you have a client perform one legged squats on a balance ball with dumbbells in their arms like most **** tastic trainers do and they get hurt you could be sued.
Yet we'll say we're protected by a waiver, why not the same for food? Supplements I agree shouldn't probably be recommended, but food? you can get a list of what foods their allergic too.
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06-06-2008, 08:53 AM #9
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06-06-2008, 09:50 AM #10
Every state has rules about certifications etc. and nutrition. In most states you can become a "certified sports nutritionist," and can legally prescribe eating plans and supplements to people who don't have any medical problems. I believe Indiana has some law on the books, but that's about it...
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06-06-2008, 09:51 AM #11
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06-06-2008, 10:25 AM #12
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06-06-2008, 11:49 AM #13
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Personaly I don't understand... Why some one is a PERSONAL TRAINER, but can not give advice on supps or food. To me it would be a waste of the clients time and money. But thats just my 2 cents about the subject.
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06-06-2008, 11:54 AM #14
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06-06-2008, 12:05 PM #16
It's to protect the consumer against dummies.
2 trainers I worked with had the same client. 1 trainer was NASM certified, and the other had his BS in Exercise Science. This woman was 50, doing cardio for 60 minutes a day, 5 days a week along with weight training sessions, 5 days a week to lose fat. She was having no real results, and she was frustrated.
I had a chance to talk with her and she said she was following the eating they told her which was under 1000 calories a day, low to no fat, low to no carbs, and protein from food sources only.
When I mentioned this to them, their response was; "We don't know why she's not dropping weight or fat! Do you think she needs to drop more calories?" UGHFood Aggressive
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06-06-2008, 12:15 PM #17
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