WITS stands for World Instructor Training Schools and is one of the organizations that certifies personal trainers. They have been around since at least the 90s when I first heard about them. Over the years,I’ve been asked a lot of questions about WITS such as is it a good cert, do gyms accept WITS etc. […]
How to Study and Pass The ACE Personal Trainer Test
The day has arrived, your package from the American Council on Exercise (ACE) is in your hands and you can’t wait to see what’s inside and get started on your new and exciting career! You open it up and start to look through it and almost immediately have that same feeling that a mountain climber […]
NSCA or NASM: Which Fitness Cert Is Better?
Have you ever wondered what’s better, the NSCA or the NASM certification? Odds are, more than one person thinking about how to be a personal trainer has pondered this because both NASM and NSCA are heavy hitters in the personal trainer certification game. I started thinking about this question after I got an email from […]
Online Personal Training Certifications: Everything You Need To Know
As I write these words, there are over 100 different fitness organizations that certify personal trainers. For many people wanting to get certified, choosing a personal trainer cert is as easy as saying “ACE” or “NASM” while for others, it’s paralysis by analysis. There are so many letters (acronyms) out there ―and each organization tries as […]
What’s the Best Personal Training Certification?
I want to be a personal trainer, someone said to me recently. “Whats the best personal training certification” they asked. This is probably one of the biggest questions people ask when they decide that they want to be a personal trainer. It makes sense because there are so many different organizations out there that your […]
The AAAI/ISMA Personal Training Test
I get a lot of questions about the AAAI/ISMA personal trainer test. It makes sense as this is the most popular class I teach. I want to help you if you are trying to pass this certification test. What I’d like to do is tell you about how the AAAI/ISMA certification works and try to […]
AAAI/ISMA Master Personal Trainer Test: Questions And Answers
The AAAI/ISMA Master Personal Trainer certification is one that I enjoy teaching very much because it allows me to help trainers learn the information and tricks of the trade, so they can work effectively with people who have health issues. The class is very different than the regular personal trainer class I also teach for […]
Personal Trainers: Are Online CPR/AED Certifications Good?
If you know me personally, you know how much I harp on the importance of all fitness trainers being CPR/AED certified. With that in mind, recently, I received this email from someone: “I’m studying for a personal training certification and I want to know if I can get my CPR cert online? This was something I […]
NASM CES Certification Review
The Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) certification offered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) is one of the most popular personal training certification’s out there today. For those who are interested in taking this certification, I sat down with April James, a self employed personal trainer in Titusville New Jersey about how she prepared […]