Forum: Personal Trainers Section

give reasons. . pay, environment, client availability ect. . .?

Its about damn time us trainers get a proper forum for us to gather Thank you bb.com

Well, I'm only 16. I'm by no means in a rush about what to do when I'm older, but as I get older and older, I keep getting closer to the time when I'll need to make some important decisions, so I figured I'd ask some questions. I've thought about becoming a PT, but have noticed that you can go...

As a personal trainer and a student of the art, I want to learn more about bodybuilding (supplements, anabolics, flexing, etc). Any good books out there? Anything more concentrated than mulling over 100s of musclemags and internet sites?

First up, i just noticed this section, and it is a great section!!!! anyway, my plan is i want to go to university (im from australia) to study Bachelor of Exercise Science and Sports Science/Commerce Major in Sport Management. Makes me sound smart ay? lol anyway, i want to get more into...

ok so i got 4 new clients today in a big meeting (which is pretty much my biggest one day ever) one of them is an 12 yr old boy with a deformed arm i am at a little bit of a loss of what to do since his mom is concenred about him being super uneven any ideas i have some but i would love...

how in the world would i go about being an athletic trainer for college or nfl football teams??? this seems very enjoyable and i would imagine decent income. what schools are there for this and how do i land a job like that?

whats the questions like, and what did you do after you got certified

well i went to sixth form after high school and hated it because i didn't care about what i was studying. didn't get any grades, pretty much dropped out after the first year. now i realise i want to be in the sports industry, something to do with weight training or nutrition. right now i'm...

I was wondering about PTing, how do I go about getting certified? I go to uni, do i have to take coureses here? or will a gym offer it?

Ok right now I'm 16 and I love bodybuilding. I want to become a trainer and am going to be taking anatomy next year to get familar with the whole body because even if I am not a trainer I want to be a sports medicine doctor or something of that sort but if this isn't too personal I'm curious what...

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I went through all the subjects on this board, and there are was a lot great advice. However, I am looking into getting certified and my 24hour fitness is hiring trainers right now. From what I understood by talking to all of them is that 24 trains you to be a personal trainer. Do you guys know...

seems like there are a lot of newly certed people here. Anyone been training longer than say 5 years or so as a full-time trainer? Got the first certification 12 years ago, been full time for 5 now but on hiatus due to back injury, hence all the time I'm on this board. I'm probably done as a...

what kinds of things, keywords, phrases do you say that lead up to make your client resign? or do you just flat out say "you need more sessions. did u bring ur credit card?" give me examples of what kind of client u have, what kind of work u did with them, their progress and how u got them to...

Yes! passed my exam with an A! I'm thrilled and I already got 2 clients!!! Sorry, had to share!

hey all, i've got a stubborn, 19 yo female client who can not, for anyreason "feel" her back and chest while working out. I've tried every technique i can think of for getting her to do this. Squeezing shoulder blades together, slow reps, exaggerating contraction times, faster reps. She says she...

im soon to graduate high school and looking for a career in healt/nutrition. how is this field's stability and is it a cometitive job field? how much schooling and how much $$ would one need? thank you :)

Anyone know any good programs at Michigan Universities for Personal Trainers

first off its great to see a section devoted to this trade. ive been skimming through all the threads and it seems that you guys are open and support each other 100%. i am leaveing a construction job and becomeing a personal trainer i am in the nyc surrounding area and am wondering the ins and...

i am looking to get more info on making the move to strength and conditioning coaching anyone do this professionally

I mainly want to work for some gym. Help older people. in my town older people have so many health problems... also wouldnt mind specializing in back injury recovery...

Has anyone taken the course on certified personal fitness trainer & nutritional specialist from U.S. Career Institute. It's an online course. I need some feed back iam thinking about takeing the course? Do gyms

Often times on bodybuilding.com you will see a thread about "idiotic personal trainers" at gyms having their clientelle do things like 100 reps of curls, drop sets for 100 reps, telling them not to deadlift or squat, telling them certain things will hurt them even though most would disagree, the...

well the title says it all, I'm taking my NSCA-CPT exam on May 3rd. I'm an exercise science major so I'm thinking I should know most of it, but I'm kind of unsure on the legal stuff and other sections of the test. I have some study materials (not the book) and the 3 practice exams and DVD. If...