Recent content by trihhher69

Is LA Fitness like 24 hour fitness, where you have to sell supplements in order to make any real money? That one of the reason's I'm getting as many certifications as possible because I want to focus solely on personal training. I am not interested in selling anyones products.

What gym do you work at? How is the clientele base as opposed to last year around this time?

Hi Missy. The National health educators nutrition program is killer. The best on the market. The problem with collaborating with other students is that you don't know which exam you are going to get. With the exception of the level one program, each master and nutrition exam has a correlating...

Are you kidding???? I'm making about 20 percent less than I was making a year ago. One of the things I might do to counter, is to lower the price per package. I usualy charge $75 per sesssion but I'm going to offer $60/hr sessions if the client commits to 15 sessions or more.

Thanks Lando! Your buddy Mike sent me the national health educators guide and it looks great. It's practically new. Big time ex phys and anatomy. It's almost like a pre-med text. It's one of the better ones I have. It's as thorough as the Scott Powers editions.

Ace is sort of a generic credential. Everyone has one. Try to seperate yourself by getting something different.

There are a lot of good trainers at 24 hour fitness because there realy isn't many other places for them to go and find work. I always say when it comes to personal trainers, "judge a book by it's cover". If he/she looks like they know what they are talking about, they probably do.

That would be great. The more I learn about national health educators, the more I like them. Here's my email: [email protected] Thanks!

I heard the exam is harder than ISSA. My gym is now accepting their certification and giving us an additional 15% increase in pay if we choose to get it, but their book is $300. I guess it will be worth it but I'd like to get a used one if I can :)

Does anyone have a national health educators study guide they wish to get rid of? I need the personal trainer level one.

I agree with you. And by the way, I'm not upset...it just seems like your kinda obsessed or something. You've been asking everybody you know about them, researching, going oinline, calling....Why are you stressing so badly? Do you own stock in their company or something?

I've seen their study materials and I think they are smart for two reasons: 1) The study materials are in "notebook" format. Apparently, this makes it easy for them to update the contents. Have you seen an ACE manual lately? Look inside and the food pryamid will be outdated. Text books are too...

Hi frog! Scirion seems to be a very big issue these days because they are new to the industry. I learned about them not too long ago and since have been bombarded with questions from people who want to know more about them and APPT. I'm still gathering information about APPT (there isn't much...

I agree. There's no doubt though that their exam is one of the hardest to pass and from those who know it, one of the most respected. To me that's everything. I wouldn't wast time dealing with any gym or any gym "manager" who wouldn't accept their cert just because they have "never heard of it"...

I just Googled them and these are the sites I found: http://www.newomen.com/phpBB_14+index-action-viewtopic-topic-292.html http://www.healthandfitnessforums.com/discus/messages/64/4367.html http://weight-loss.fitness.com/off-topic/scirion-institute-1041.html I'm not sure what you're looking...