Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of why someone would want become a personal trainer. I get that especially, if you are working in a busy gym where it seems you are being pulled in all directions. It’s easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees. To help bring back your perspective, here […]
Personal Training and HIV AIDS
Training someone who is HIV positive may seem like one of the more challenging things a personal trainers may do – but it doesn’t have to be. What I’d like to do now is cover some issues to be considered when working with somebody who has HIV/AIDS as well as give fitness trainers some exercise […]
Can You Be A Personal Trainer And Smoke? Facts You Need To Know
I once was teaching a class which included a lot of people who were hoping to become certified personal fitness trainers. At noon, I gave everybody a lunch break and it was then, while I was walking back to the college I was teaching, that I noticed something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before: […]
Personal Trainer With a Criminal Record?
Update 7/14/19. Can you be a personal trainer with a criminal record? This is a question I’ve seen asked quite a bit online but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it discussed in any fitness publications. While I’m sure some might think the answer is obvious, I don’t think it necessarily is. I think for […]
15 Personal Training Facts They Don’t Tell You Before Getting Certified
You want to become a personal trainer. You love working out and helping others. You’ve picked a certification and are studying to take your certification exam. Great! What comes after you get certified? In over 800 fitness certification classes I’ve taught, one thing I’ve noticed is most fitness certification focus more on the science of […]
Gym Emergency Procedures: What Would You Do?
Update 7/22/19. As a certified personal trainer, let me ask you a question. What will you do, if― God forbid ―one of your clients dies right in front of you or is seriously injured while working out? What would you do if ANY member of the gym you worked at died or was injured? This […]
How To Pass The NASM Personal Trainer Test
This post is by Heather Dziczek an NASM personal trainer. Heather can be reached at her website HeatherDzicek.com. My hope is that Heathers words can be of some comfort and inspiration to you ask you study for the NASM personal trainer test and hopefully give you some insights and study tips as you prepare to […]
Personal Training During Ramadan
As personal trainer, you will be working with many different types of people. They will not only have different personalities but religions customs too. While religion does not need to be considered when training clients, I know some fitness trainers struggle with dietary guidelines during training sessions for those who fast during certain times of […]
Gym Safety: Failure To Train Front Desk Staff. The Dirty Secret
Each time you enter a health club, what’s the first thing you normally see – the people working at the front desk, right? I’ve always found this ironic because it seems to me that the front desk staff are also the very same people that health club managers appear give the least thought to. This […]
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