I just received the Essentials of Personal Training text and have been looking thru it the last couple of days. My educational background (Masters) is in Exercise and Sports Psychology so my knowledge of muscle structure, bioenergetics, biomechanics leaves a little to be desired. The rest of the information doesn't look quite as daunting, although it doesn't look easy. Now, I'm no dumbass, but I'm no Good Will Hunting either. Does anyone have any suggestions, help, experience that they can pass on here? I haven't scheduled a test date yet so I'm not really working with a time table, but I would like to have it done in a timely fashion.
Schedule your exam 2-6 months out and then study your ass off. All you really need is the book.
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I just received the Essentials of Personal Training text and have been looking thru it the last couple of days. My educational background (Masters) is in Exercise and Sports Psychology so my knowledge of muscle structure, bioenergetics, biomechanics leaves a little to be desired. The rest of the information doesn't look quite as daunting, although it doesn't look easy. Now, I'm no dumbass, but I'm no Good Will Hunting either. Does anyone have any suggestions, help, experience that they can pass on here? I haven't scheduled a test date yet so I'm not really working with a time table, but I would like to have it done in a timely fashion.
Just curious but with your background why didn't you go with the CSCS instead of the CPT which doesn't require the college degree? I know it's geared for strength & conditioning coaches and emphasizes Olympic lifts & plyometrics but it would give you more options...
Just curious but with your background why didn't you go with the CSCS instead of the CPT which doesn't require the college degree? I know it's geared for strength & conditioning coaches and emphasizes Olympic lifts & plyometrics but it would give you more options...
ATT: I plan on testing for the CSCS as well. The CPT cert will make more sense to the clients I am working w/ at this moment and require less explanation. If I didn't already have a job in the industry I would have gone the CSCS route from the jump b/c, as you said it would give me more options. Thanks for the reply!
I have a bachelor's in psychology and a minor in Kinesiology. I just broke down and bought the whole multimedia shebang. I keep reading, re-reading, and re-re-reading chapters.
Does anyone know anything about the flash card system I linked above? I made my own flash cards for my Sports Psych tests in grad school (hardest tests I have ever taken, all essay and several pages) and I seem to learn very efficiently this way.
ATT: I plan on testing for the CSCS as well. The CPT cert will make more sense to the clients I am working w/ at this moment and require less explanation. If I didn't already have a job in the industry I would have gone the CSCS route from the jump b/c, as you said it would give me more options. Thanks for the reply!
Clients don't care what your certification is, and will probably never ask.
The general population doesn't know what a Strength and Conditioning Specialist is, but knows what a Personal Trainer is. But, I'm sure you could label yourself a personal trainer, then list CSCS as your certification. Lower case is a position/role, upper case is the certification.
Clients don't care what your certification is, and will probably never ask.
Hey Ivey,
Yeah, I understand what you are saying but I am thinking more along the lines of what Lost Dog's point is. Anyway, the cert is more for my company than it is to actually train people one on one. After the cert is in place I will probably look into that for some side money, but for now I am just trying to get some more letters behind my name.
Clients don't care what your certification is, and will probably never ask.
So True,
I had been training this doctor for 3 years and the topic of college degrees came up in a conversation and he turned in surprise and said, "You went to college?"
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