Forum: Personal Trainers Section

Hey I just got my cert through NASM and got a job that i will be starting in a few weeks at Golds. Here's the background to my question; I was living with some junk food high metabolism young girl who basically spoon fed me junk food and made me get off my regular healthy food diet. I weighed...

I have been doing lots of crossfit lately and my cardio is AMAZING! Before crossfit I could box 3 rounds of moderate pace doing my regular stair runnings and here and there weight training but since I have been incorporating cross fit I can go 4 INTENSE rounds throwing lots of punches and having...

Hi All, I'm new here and looking for an online personal trainer to help me with setting up an exercise and nutrition plan. I'm 41 with some joint (knees & elbows) and lower back issues and just getting back into the gym after about a year layoff of regular exercise in the gym. I just signed up...

Does Deylayed Onset Muscle Soreness(DOMS) equal growth? They say, "no pain no gain" so is the pain you free from DOMS the gain?

Seeing as all of us here are either trainers or aspiring to be, I thought I'd share my rather interesting experience at Lifetime Fitness and hopefully give you guys a little more insight. A little bit about my background, my name is Mike and I currently play professional Arena Football. I say...

Anyone ever work a client on one of these? Is it worth an investment? Something new for clientes

Do you have to get your own clients? How much do they pay per hour? What does the avg 24 hour trainer make per year?

Hi, I am a personal trainer with a kinesiology honours degree. I run my own company, "Personal Trainer in Toronto PTinTO dot com. Some of my clients want training at the gym where I workout. They pay their membership fees. The trainers are my gym give me mean faces and are apparently pissed...

I've never used a PT, just wondering if you get tipped by people??

i've been going to school for engineering and i'm not liking it at all. The past month or so I have been trying so hard to figure out what I want to do for a career. I love staying in shape and bodybuilding. I also like playing sports for fun. I'm not a very extroverted person so that would...

Hey Everyone, I figured I would post this here since there is a better chance of getting educated answers and not just stupid remarks or guesses from people. I have a friend who has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and is trying to figure out what is the safest pre-workout supplement to use. ...

Hi I was thinking about writing this post for a long time. Now at 1am in the morning might not be the best time, but it is important to me so I will write it anyway. Three years ago I was working out at least 5 days a week, had my diet under control. I looked like this: --> delted. Apparently...

I barely passed my exam this morning with a score of 600. Passing is >550. I completed all SAPTB.com exams until I was making perfect scores, I attended the last day of the ACSM 3-day workshop, and I reviewed the Resources for Personal Trainers textbook. I also perused at what others said about the...

http://nptifitness.com/?gclid=CPT18vXztpkCFQwxawod4SOD4A#personal-fitness-training-program_home is it worth take the 6 month program? any here takin it? also how much it worth? thanks

Well, I've applied to numerous corporate gyms around my area, and to no avail. This seems to be my last option, I've already been there and spoke to management about their payment breakdown, and it sucks, and from advise I've gotten from other people, LA fitness is not the best of gyms to train at....

should be taking it next week, anyone that's taken it have any tips?

I have been procrastinating for months now. I have already finished everything except for the 2 case studies and the 6 essays. I stopped when I got to this point because it takes so long. I'm doing the first case study right now about a golfer. Whats holding me back is I'm afraid of doing it...

I have usually worn a tie to an interview for any other job, but wondered if it would be ok to just wear, khaki pants, dress shoes, and a polo shirt for a personal trainer interview? or should I stick to wearing a tie?

I have been procrastinating for months now. I have already finished everything except for the 2 case studies and the 6 essays im stuck in this case The case study is: Chris is a high school student ,age 14 male,he wanna gain some muscle mass.He eats a diet that consists primarily of processed...

Let me preface this by disclosing that I'm a non-traditional engineering student (I'm 32 and didn't start college until late in my 20's,) so my study habits/skills are possibly a bit different than most going into this exam. I studied for 3 days and passed. About 6 hours on the first day, and 3-4...

Hey Everybody, I'm taking this exam in about a month, and was wondering if anyone had any advice. I've been a personal trainer for about four years and have a handful of certifications, so I really don't feel that I need to purchase the study guide. Is this test unique to the point where a...

I am certified through NASM. Every two years I need to acquire continuing education units by taking a class, doing home study, attending a seminar, etc. The NASM approved CEU's shown on their website are expensive! Does anybody know any good cheap online CEU's for NASM? If not online, located...

In a way to get motivated to workout again, I decided to get an online trainer. I wanted this person to analyze my current body/stats and then give me a personalized meal/workout plan based upon what he thought was best. I was referred to this person who was just starting out and after...

Can anyone think of any legitimate reasons other than he's just a perv?