Boxing fitness certification?

[ed7501]

I just got my NASM-CPT certification earlier this month, and now looking to add a boxing cert. to my name. Anyone can recommend a good one? Also helps if it is a CEU

Thanks,
Ed

[Tom@foresight]

Hi,

I did the boxercise ones here in the UK, found the course useful and added kick boxercise and the boxercise PT.

They have gone down very well with PT clients and also as group exercise classes.

Hope this helps

TOM

[kaiser S]

Originally Posted by ed7501

I just got my NASM-CPT certification earlier this month, and now looking to add a boxing cert. to my name. Anyone can recommend a good one? Also helps if it is a CEU

Thanks,
Ed

What for man? You've got one of the best certs - you're set! Start getting clients and train them any way you see fit -

[WalkingDysfunction]

I'm curious....what is the point of this certification? is it for people that have never trained as a boxer/kickboxer before and wanted to learn it to utilize for clients?

[ed7501]

^^^ I'm not pursuing this anymore. I found that you don't need a cert to teach it to clients. At least where I am anyway. A better course would be something like "Golf Mechanics"... but I don't golf, so I'd feel like a fraud teaching golfers how to improve their swing, LOL

[kuri]

Call me old fashioned but being trained by a boxing trainer juuuust might be a good way to learn Enough with the fucking cardio boxing shit.

[ed7501]

No, its not old fashioned.... I just thought u needed a cert to teach it professionally. But yea, cardio boxing makes me laugh as well

[WalkingDysfunction]

I'm actually teaching a thai boxing boot camp class this week. I call it boot camp because my job has restrictions on physical contact between members. I basically will kick their ass with exercises, teach technique and have them strike pads (held by assistants) while I'm correcting them. Hopefully this will catch on.....I hate that cardio kickboxing crap.

[ed7501]

^^ yes, that's what I had in mind. Not the punching/kicking air done to cheesy music crapola.

[WalkingDysfunction]

Yea....I know that my class will weed out a number of people because learning a proper punch, knee, and kick is much harder than just doing crap (the workout will be pretty difficult as well). I really do hope that it does catch on for financial reasons obviously, but I love muay thai and it's always fun teaching someone.

[kuri]

What's next, a running cert? Oh wait, crossfit already has that

I don't know a single trainer that has a boxing/kickboxing cert, but what matters to clients is that the trainer has some real experience training in it.

[WalkingDysfunction]

I agree....training muay thai for a while is what separates me from some trainer that claims to train clients in boxing, but then has them swinging away with crappy form. I think boxing/kickboxing is utilized by so many trainers, but only a few actually understand.

[kaiser S]

Originally Posted by ed7501

No, its not old fashioned.... I just thought u needed a cert to teach it professionally. But yea, cardio boxing makes me laugh as well

If you want to add boxing to your training, I'd just go ahead and get started with it - you'll learn as you go -

haha, sooner or later, you'll need a certification to cross the street - lol

[ivey]

Can someone delete this douchebag?

[ivey]

Originally Posted by Tony Spain

You seem like a wonderful person.

And you seem to think this forum is your personal advertising billboard.

Hint: It's not.