Forum: Personal Trainers Section

Looking to start body building in Miami and was wondering if anyone knew of a male body builder trainer in my area? Please let me know. It would be most appreciated. Thanks!

I am looking at relocating to Seattle around 6 months from now. I am hoping to become ACSM personal trainer certifited by then. What I was wondering is how is the job market in Seattle? I kind of want to be my own boss and go it alone and not work for any particular gym. Anyone from that area...

I have a sister of one of my clients interested in finding a trainer out there. She lost about 50 pounds and is interested in phase 2 of her program and losing another 40 or so pounds.

Hey guys, I am so happy that I passed!! I honestly did not leave that exam very confident, but I did rather well! Part of the reason I was not so confident was the fact I only studied a month. Even though I studied a couple hours a day, I started having second thoughts when I heard people...

When asses your clients strength, flexibility and endurance what tests work best? push ups, step test? jog etc

Wondering what out of the box routines/exercises you guys use for your clients that they really like.. Sometimes I feel like I am in a bit of a rut, in terms of my routines and exercises I use. Would love to hear some new ones..

if i have the money to get a cert is this the best one. mainly doing it to get me through school and grad school and to have on my grad school resume. im goin into physical therapy

I did some research on this recently and I thought I would share the results with you all. DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, take the following with a grain of salt. In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) specifies provisions for the security and privacy of...

I'm an exercise vet of 10+ years with numerous bodybuilding shows under my belt. I've recently decided that I wanted to train a few people on the side but haven't found out a way to approach it.(yes I recently acquired my certification) I do not want to work for a gym as they do not pay nearly...

I will be training 2 women for the first time next week. I've never done more than 1-on-1 training. Can anyone provide some good, hard exercises that are appropriate for two individuals...or any other advice that I could use when dealing with 2 clients? Thanks so much.

After going on a lil strength and conditioning course, it has opened my eyes to no reps past 11, and the true benefits of compound and power training , p t ing the guys is pretty easy in terms of there goals varying and mixing it up , for the ladys tho im really struggeling theres so many...

I highly suggest looking into the ProPTA academy for certification. All of the class time and clinic time is taught by IFBB pro body builders and fitness competitors. I learned so much in such a short time, and the time spent with the trainers in the gym while working with their clients was...

i am looking for the best place to buy independent contracting insurance?

If you are certified and willing to answer some of my questions please post in this thread. I have a 4 yr college degree called Health Fitness Specialist but now I am thinking of taking the exam and need to brush up on some of the risk stratification stuff.

I was wondering if anyone from this area knows what the most accepted and easiest cert is. I read the sticky and the big 3 but im curious which I should go with. I am 18 and have this semester off before returning to college. I love everything about lifting and feel like I've learned alot. I want...

I was wondering if anyone had used an osteopath for injuries/problems associated with bodybuilding? I ask because I have exhausted all other avenues as far as I know. I've posted on here before about the bad knee pain I get during and after training legs. I got several good replies and...

I am in the process of ordering equipment for a corporate fitness facility and have been shown what they originally were going to order. They had $57K down for Technogym Kinesis One products. I looked at them online and they basically look like they would perform like a FreeMotion dual cable...

I want peoples to help me doing a bunch of basic sport articles, we will be covering all the major topics in the domain, I'm tired of **** on this board, someone got to do something to help beginner. *CSCS is welcome *Certification is required *Bachelor in exercise science is welcome I...

So there I was... I was working out this afternoon at my university's gym. A staff member (also one of the 'trainers') came up to me and asked if I could lift 100 lbs. I thought maybe he was trying to pitch me a sale, so I told him I eat 100 lbs weights for breakfast. He said, "Ok, cool, can...

I'am considering going to NPTI to be a personal trainer. I just graduated from high school but I've heard some good/bad things about it. Does anyone know if its worth going there or if its just a waste of time??

So, I'm basically in a high school program at a technical college that allows me to take college classes until I receive my degree (at which point I'll get my diploma as well) all for free. I've enrolled into a fitness specialist program with hopes of making this my career. What I want to know,...

Please let me know and please tell me why.

I need to get a new certification, I do not want to renew through NASM... Does anyone know of any decent online certs I can get for a reasonable price???

I've been trying to respond to everyone's pm's about personal training sales and increasing your business. I've been pondering starting a site and some other ideas but I'll be writing up a short list of ideas for creating leads etc. and post it either today or in the next day or two. So...