Forum: Personal Trainers Section

I'm not a trainer, but will be in the market for one in the near future. Does anyone have any specific advice to ask about a trainer that can successfully work with a COPD client? For example, massive cardio is out of the question. I use a pulse/oximeter versus the heart monitor since O2...

Blackcore Edge Your diet should include a great deal of fresh, whole foods as this will make it easier to boost muscle mass. Stay away from boxed and pre-packaged foods because these have a lot of chemicals, preservatives, and fillers which can decrease your immune system and cause disease....

Hi, if you are a personal trainer with a online program or if you have an e-book or anything else for sale, chances are that you could use more customers, right? Well, if so I can help you. I´m a leading expert in lead generation and funnel creation and I´m also a personal trainer and...

I am a 26yo male. I'm what you call skinny fat. I have a flabby stomach and I have love handles but I'm skinny everywhere else. I started a workout plan doing some high interval cardio training while also doing some compound Wright lifting workouts. I made progress, I started at 203 I am 184 now at...

I'm looking for well versed strength coach in metro Detroit. Someone with enough experience that they can properly help me modify traditional strength programs to my capabilities. Does anyone have any recommendations? thank you

I'm thinking about starting to work as PT near Los Angeles area. I have a 4 year degree, CPT and CSCS, and 10 months of experience training athlete population. Please share some information about the situation of PT industry specifically for Los Angeles area. I've read somewhere that big...

Hi I have been given a card on completion of AHA HS course.Is it enough for ISSA cpr and aed certication .or do i need a certificate Help me

If I get a bachelor's degree I could get cscs certified, but if I got a masters degree what additional advantages would that give me?

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Hello my name is Noelia I have been into fitness, weight lifting for 3-4 years. When I was at my best shape, i had family problems & i decided to start Truck driving. As many would know that was the biggest mistake i made for my body & mental growth. I have been a truck driver for almost 2...

While I have a Q&A thread in this forum that is going really well, I'm also putting together these business-building videos to help aspiring trainers increase their job security. The feeling of not knowing if you'll have enough clients isn't a good one at all and I'm aiming to help more and more...

I was just wondering what other Personal Trainers found were the greatest issues in growing, maintaining and managing their businesses? Do you have issues with marketing your brand, getting new clients? If you have a website or a mobile presence, how much do you pay for that, how useful has it...

Just got hired at a Gold's Gym location, currently training for a powerlifting meet. Owner suggested that I start a powerlifting class, which I think would be awesome. I was thinking of doing 3 classes per week 1 focusing on the squat, 1 on the Bench, and 1 on the Deadlift. What do you guys think?

I have just become an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer, and I am on the job hunt for a position at a commercial gym as a trainer. I would love to hear from other trainers what their experiences were when they first started, how their job search went, tips and tricks in...

I just had my first session/assessment with my personal trainer today. I at least need a few sessions to get me started, but I won't be able to afford having a session with him every time I want to go to the gym. My question is, should I do a couple weeks of sessions now then do everything on my...

Hi I have been given a card on completion of AHA HS course.Is it enough for ISSA cpr and aed certication .or do i need a certificate from AHA Help me

A client of mine suffers from knee pain (mostly lateral). When in a side-plank, top leg lifting, it hurts but when an ankle weight is added the pain eases a great deal. I'm not that surprised but I don't understand the physiology enough to explain why. Can someone help please? Thank-you.

I have a online client that is very overweight and is far away on his own trying to lose weight and follow a new diet plan made by his doctors and hospital over there. I have made his training plan and am kind of his online coach making sure he's doing OK and following his plan. Today he tells...

Hi all, I would like to offer my clients a personalised nutrition/meal plan, but I'm not sure if I can legally do this without a dietician degree. Obviously a dietician is required when working with individuals who have an illness/disease, but when working with those who are well(no...

im 18 years old, 162cms, 52kgs i wondering if i should go on a bulk or cutting diet, i wanna compete in bodybuilding but don't know where to start with creating a diet. and should i start counting macros to get better results? i don't really have a proper diet at the moment, i train 4-5...

How do I find a good personal trainer? I looked online, saw some of them, but I do not know which one to pick. I talked to two of them and said that I want a single one-time session to discuss what exercises I need to do and diet plan to follow. But they refused to do that. I spend a lot of time...

Thanks for stopping in! I posted this video in my PT Success thread in this forum, but wanted more active trainers and coaches to listen to this as well. The information and advice in this video is spoken from experience and can lead to increased sales under your belt. Listen up as I talk...

If a person were to start about two feet from the box jump, take one step in toward the box and have the other foot meet right up next to it quickly before going into the jump... It would look *somewhat* like a volleyball spike/hit approach with the arms swinging down in this step phase (though...

Hello, i am currently in school to become a nutrition dietitian while also getting my personal trainers certificate. My dilemma is that i don't know when would be a good time to start taking the personal trainers course to achieve my certificate, i have been working out for about a year and a half...