Ulter said:
I don't doubt that but your physique isn't going to make the corporation that has to satisfy the liability insurance carrier hire you. My point wasn't that ACE is any better or any worse. My point is that if you don't have a certification the big gyms couldn't care less what you look like. Since any certification will do and ACE is the easiest and cheapest (last time I looked), and ACE gets you in; it makes more sense to get that one.
I was under the impression that most gyms preferred trainers to be NASM certified.
You're absolutely right now, if ACE gets you in and it's more widely accepted, that would, without a doubt, be the way to go. I wasn't doubting your point, I just so happened to respond to your thread, that comment wasn't directed at you, Ulter.
But yeah, the best thing you can really do is start PT and show a progressive change in your body composition and people will start asking for questions.
It is incredibly hard these days to find a gym who will allow you to be independent. They are just losing entirely too much money that way. If you can find one do it.
The fact is is that I was set on being a personal trainer/athletic trainer. Realistically I looked at the men who have been in the field for 10 years and I wasn't happy with where most of them were at, ya know? They weren't spending anytime with their families (if they even had any because most were single due to so many working hours with the athletes)
I have always wanted to open up my own wellness center to teach solid principles, to have a definite system, to franchise and really teach people the truths about fitness and educate them on steroid use. I switched to the financial industry because that is where I'm going to learn the business principles and obtain the capital to begin.
I can't work for other people.. Common sense isn't very common these days. People try to complicate business and that's where the bottom falls out and your business dies.
T-Matt