I would really like lots of input on how to become a great trainer. I am going to enter the fitness industry and I would like to know what others recommend to make sure I am able to offer great advise and services to those I work with. I would like to work with athletes in high school or small colleges. Weekend warriors and anyone who is serious. I know that I may not be able to start off working with my "ideal" clients but that is where I would like to head.
So please recommend schooling, certs, books, habits, internships, etc.
If you where to write out a blue print what would it look like.
So you know where I am at, currently I am working with two trainers in my area to run a boot camp. We have been successful and have a average of 15 to 25 campers. I want to go to college and I going to study exercise physiology, I have decided to start the NSCA_CPT cert as it seems to be a good one to learn from. I would like to get my CSCS someday also. I have also thought about pursuing Physical Therapy but I would not want to stop training, I would like to do both .
Attend as many workshops and seminars as you can. Read. Find the best trainers in your area and see what they do. Read.
Oh, and checking this forum daily can't hurt.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
I would really like lots of input on how to become a great trainer. I am going to enter the fitness industry and I would like to know what others recommend to make sure I am able to offer great advise and services to those I work with. I would like to work with athletes in high school or small colleges. Weekend warriors and anyone who is serious. I know that I may not be able to start off working with my "ideal" clients but that is where I would like to head.
So please recommend schooling, certs, books, habits, internships, etc.
If you where to write out a blue print what would it look like.
Thank you so much!
Adam
Read, watch, listen to everything you can, absorb it, practice it, expand upon it, stay open minded...
The other day I was in the "core room" at the gym slogging through the "body weight matrix." I was also listening to a trainer's interaction with a new client. I was really impressed by the way that this obviously experienced trainer really listened to the client and was able to pick out the client's issues and gently reflect them back, relating them to the developing fitness program. For example the client mentioned the abs he'd had when younger (he was maybe 45-50) several times. So the trainer mentioned concentrating on what a strong core, not necessarily visible abs, might do for his health and activity level. The trainer also picked out several things in the client's diet and suggested compromises, never saying something was off-limits completely or "bad." If I were going to hire a trainer, it'd be him.
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