As someone who has worked in the fitness industry for many years, I often ask what kind of personal training exam I consider “the best”. This is a very good question, because there are so many different certificates to choose from. Only some of the more familiar organizations that certify personal trainers include ACE, AAAI / ISMA, ISSA, NSCA, NPTI, WITS, Cooper Institute and ACSM. Trying to decide which organization to go with can be overwhelming.
But this is not necessary if you remember this fact: the general public will probably NEVER ask you "who you have certified." This is due to the fact that the public does not know the difference between ACE, WITS, NPTI, NSCA or any other personal training certification.
Another fact is that all certificates of personal training mainly cover the same basic areas of knowledge. All fitness training organizations (and their textbooks) focus on exercise physiology, muscle and cardiovascular physiology, anatomy, fitness tests, development of exercise programs, basic safety / first aid, genealogical nutrition, and exercise techniques.
The difference between each organization is how deep the certification exam and study materials are. Some personal training books are so obsessed with counting each ATP molecule made in the Krebs cycle that they forget to mention that people should be more focused on burning calories during exercise and not burning fat. In other words, they pay more attention to obscure scientific materials E = MC2, rather than information that people can use right now.
If you want to be a personal fitness trainer and are wondering what certificate you should get, give your mind a break and do not hang up the phone on which this is the best certification. The trick is to look at several certification programs and find a certificate that:
1. respected
2 , Teachers you what you need to know to work safely with others
3 Allows you to re-certify reliably. And ...
4. It is cost effective for your budget.
Remember that knowledge is more valuable for people than for certification or biceps size. Consumers are very smart, and they are looking for professionals who can save them time not only to develop, but also to search for answers about their health and health.
Regardless of what is most important, you need to continue to learn. Remember that certification does not mean that you all know. Most people care more about how smart you are than how much you can bench. With certification plus six packs of abs, you can get several clients, but if you can't exactly answer a question like “why my urine looks dark after I’ve worked out,” you are in a BIG disadvantage, and you probably # 39; t keep these customers for very long. Most certificates only teach facts, not how to apply these facts in the real world. That is why I wrote my personal training book to help fitness trainers avoid mistakes and understand how facts relate to real life.
