University or Certified course

[imsilenzi]

I would like advice, is it possible to build a career in the fitness world without being graduated? I would like very much to study communication and to obtain a certification as a personal trainer without studying physical education.
Opinions about it?

[KyleAaron]

You don't need a bachelor's degree to be able to tell people to eat 2 fruit and 5 vegies a day, do 10,000 steps, and teach them to squat.

Employment in gyms typically requires some particular certification, and that varies hugely from one country to another. This is what you need to do, in order,

1. get yourself a trainer, and set moderately ambitious goals that'll take 6-12 months to achieve and involve setbacks along the way
2. then after achieving those goals and talking to that trainer about the profession, go and do a proper certification
3. then work in a big gym
4. and talk to someone new every day
5. and teach someone new a movement every day - plank, squat, leg press, whatever you think is useful, but always the same one
6. and thus in 2 years you'd have talked and taught a movement to at least 500 people, and will have learned something about people and teaching movements

[WolfBeast]

NASM is the most recognized national certification. It costs between $500-$1600 depending on the package you buy to study for the exam, it is also one of the harder certifications. It takes time to build up a clientele but if you're serious about being a trainer you can make a decent living, if you're in the right area and market yourself.
I do in home (mobile) personal training and I make good money, set my own hours-always have weekends off.
The hours can be early as in you may need to get up at 4am to get ready for the day and be at the gym or wherever by your session to start at 5am.
Getting group certifications is great too if you plan on working in a gym-you will usually make more teaching a class than you would one on one training

[bluebarbell]

Look into getting ACE or NASM certified. Both are good foundations for getting started as a trainer.