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What a great thread. I'm currently working on a plan for my boyfriend who has very visible Pectus Excavatum, so I'll be going through every single page and seeing what has worked for others!

It...

Sitting at a computer all day is a well known cause of a double curve of the spine. Bad office chair designs tip the pelvis forwards and looking at a computer screen juts the head and neck forwards....

Why the obsession with the commercial gyms?

Get a good working relationship with a local independent gym or council / independent leisure centre.

The manager at a leisure centre I used to work...

It's muscular imbalance, there is no underlying joint or bone problem. Other than the imbalance of the spine he is an apparently healthy individual. There is also no back pain related to the...

This is quite a specific request, but I'm hoping someone around here might be able to help.

I'm writing a periodised program for someone with a fairly severe kyphotic and lordotic curve to his...

The best thing you could do is get yourself on a business marketing course. You are a business and you need to learn how to market yourself.

Perhaps try and get a part time job in a gym / leisure...

Always phone in advance and try and find out when the manager / supervisor will be in and available for you to talk to. Just turning up out of the blue is generally considered pretty bad etiquette.
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Have you thought about medical related studies like Physiotherapy or Dietary? They would both compliment your personal training knowledge.

And of course, for all those "lovely" gentlemen who expect the PT's to put away all their weight plates...

I'm a 5ft1 girl! I might be into training heavy but I can't put dozens of 25kg plates...

I disagree with this completely!

I have a friend who is an extremely in demand personal trainer, who has been a championship powerlifter herself, who coached her partner through multiple (winning)...

Personally I wouldn't train anyone without the relevant insurance policies, even friends or family. You never know when you might hurt someone - especially since you don't have formalised knowledge....

You need to ask your doctor. Without knowledge individual to your specific activity anyone where can give you bad advice. Most decent PT's would check with your doctor anyway with cases like this...

Your best bet is to phone around local gyms and ask if they either do training courses or ask who they send their staff too.

I am very fortunate in that my own personal trainer is a CYQ qualified...

With a medical procedure like this I would suggest talking directly to his Doctor or physiotherapist. The last thing you want to do is wreck his hip joint for a second time. In situations like this...

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3. Knowledge
4. Knowledge
5. Application of knowledge

Great book and I use it all the time when I'm actually in the gym, but no where near enough anatomy to pass the exams.

Thanks for all the other links, will have a look shortly.

I've ordered...

Looking for anatomy resources to help me get through my PT exams. Particularly interested in diagrams labelling all the muscles, major nerves and major glands in the body. Everything I find seems...

Never ask anyone how serious they are.

They'll always say 10... it's usually more like a 3. It's your job to make the 3 a 10.

Personally I'd stay away from asking probing questions about...

Ask yourself...

Does a certificate where your actual teaching techniques are not examined actually mean anything? Study at home to be a personal trainer courses are IMO a waste of money. You...

Well I spent a long time with my (female) powerlifting trainer feeling up all the men in their belts and seeing which one I liked the feel of! (Hard job, someone has to do it...)

The problem is,...