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Old 03-29-2009, 08:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Certification for Training Obese Clients

I am wondering how much experience everyone has training morbidly obese clients?

In 5+ years of being a full-time indy trainer I have only had 1 morbidly obese client. It reminded me of coming directly from a NCAA Div 1 Strength & Conditioning program to 9-5 office workers.

Most of the techniques I use with healthy clients either had to be severely modified or left out of the exercise.

My question is, do they have or should there be a special certification for training the morbidly obese people which physical activity could may well be a matter of life and death?
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