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Citruscide
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Well... for one, a kinesiology (sp?) degree would help... but you probably don't NEED that.
If you have a JACKED appearence and got the right certifications (some of them are LIKE degrees) you could do it as well...
meaning, if you had like 6 certifications, and had a really good physique (not talking 280 5%) but a good physique... and established yourself... THEN you'd hvae to make the CONTACTS... proably start off working for a firm that deals directly with the celebs... you'd make not too mcuh... but after you established yourself... you could start pullling in like 300-400 a session or more?
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If you have a JACKED appearence and got the right certifications (some of them are LIKE degrees) you could do it as well...
meaning, if you had like 6 certifications, and had a really good physique (not talking 280 5%) but a good physique... and established yourself... THEN you'd hvae to make the CONTACTS... proably start off working for a firm that deals directly with the celebs... you'd make not too mcuh... but after you established yourself... you could start pullling in like 300-400 a session or more?
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I know some Physical Therapy type places offer/ know of classes you can take to get certified... I had a friend do this this summer, but forgot what route he took to accomplish this. Now he works for a gym parttime and trains about 2-3 people a day (when working) at about 40-50 per session, but he also does some cardio with them and some nutritional aspects. So depending on ur area, gym memberships in Lexington Kentucky are frickign cheap so you can't charge as much as you would where memberships are expensive.
Fatty4You
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Check out this link, it lists a whooole bunch of different certifications:
http://dmoz.org/Health/Fitness/Certification/
Read through them. Some require undergraduate work in a "fitness or fitness related field" and stuff like that. Some require that you take the test and that is all. But i would ask the PT managers at your gym and see which ones they would prefer to hire for.
I hear that American College of Sports Medecine is well regarded and i think the National Academy of Sports Med. is very well regarded, but that one requires college degree in health field.
As for someone that trains movie stars, i dont know how much they need to know. I mean, Lou Ferrigno trains movie stars and he did the high volume training from the 70s that everyone bashes now adays..... but damn is he big!
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http://dmoz.org/Health/Fitness/Certification/
Read through them. Some require undergraduate work in a "fitness or fitness related field" and stuff like that. Some require that you take the test and that is all. But i would ask the PT managers at your gym and see which ones they would prefer to hire for.
I hear that American College of Sports Medecine is well regarded and i think the National Academy of Sports Med. is very well regarded, but that one requires college degree in health field.
As for someone that trains movie stars, i dont know how much they need to know. I mean, Lou Ferrigno trains movie stars and he did the high volume training from the 70s that everyone bashes now adays..... but damn is he big!
-Fatty
MsBeverlyHills
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theres a trainer at Golds, Theresa Hessler, does alot of movie stars, celebs..etc..
I think her only qualifications are her giant tits.
I think her only qualifications are her giant tits.
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Citruscide
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bignate73 said:
yeah... that sounds like some qualifications to me...
If you get your pro-card in any competition... you can train just about anyone for any price...
Milos Sarcev trains for 350/hour
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MsBeverlyHills
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bignate73 said:
I know that-- but as a PT, shes medicore at best (she just looks hot).
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Citruscide
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MsBeverlyHills said:
Sometimes being in awesome shape is all it takes for people... and if you think about it, it is logical... because if you are in awesome shape, you must know what to do to get there... people look up to that.. and are drawn to that.
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MsBeverlyHills
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Citruscide-- yep I agree being in awesome shape helps a PT get clients-- but for $150/hr Hessler is pretty much a walking Barbie doll... but hey-- guys still hire her!!
matto18
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well, i was considering making a run for med-school, but i'm not sure if i want to be in school for that long. if i work towards a degree in "exercise and sports science" i wonder if it would be possible to get a summer internship with a high-level club and make some contacts...
bignate73
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a buddy of mine just got on with sportsclubLA, which is supposed to be a premiere club. he's a certified athletic trainer, going for his masters and on to his doctorate in Physical therapy. top clubs require a degree. though go to golds venice (tons of money there) and its all about what you did, not where you were educated. its different from club to club, and area.
your physique speaks highly of your committment to fitness usually. a client wants someone who has "been there and done that" and who lives how they want to be.
bare minimum you need are good certifications (nationally recognized). degrees will get you interviews with larger clubs with high end demographics.
your physique speaks highly of your committment to fitness usually. a client wants someone who has "been there and done that" and who lives how they want to be.
bare minimum you need are good certifications (nationally recognized). degrees will get you interviews with larger clubs with high end demographics.
ExtermiN8r
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Hi, I'm a new poster here but I've been browsing the boards for over 2 years... I'll give my .02. I got my PT cert in Nov. of last year and I had a similar dilemma. I am going to go to college in an unrelated field (computer science) but I was considering a degree in exercise science with the hopes that it could further my PT career. From what I have heard (granted I am rather new to this profession) getting a degree does not grant a huge increase in pay/exposure in a lot of cases. With higher end clubs I have come across a few that require degrees; but you have to look between the lines because many of them want you just to have a degree... not necessarily in exercise science. The club I work at would be considered higher end for the area I live in; the owner is a bodybuilder and he doesn't buy much into cert's/degrees, etc . Granted, those help, and you will learn a LOT... but your own experience in training and independent researching is also very important. I mean look at a lot of the guys here they know their shit; a lot of the stuff they recommend you wouldn't learn in a college course because it is too cutting-edge and unproved, but it works. What I'm trying to say I guess is that personal training from what I gather is more of a WHO you know rather than WHAT you know industry... you have to gain experience and build a client base and try to establish contacts more than anything. Sorry for the long winded post 
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Fatty4You
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ExtermiN8r, i am in a similar situation... I was a computer science major in school and there is NOOOO money is that at the moment, so i am trying to a PT certificaiton in April. Actually, this monday i am gonna go interview at Crunch Fitness.
I talked to various trainers at my gym last night and they said, currently, its not so much the certification, its what you know. They ask you questions and stuff to see i fyou understand how the body works and how to do stuff.
But this other trainer last night, who has been doing it for years, suggest that people should get the American College of Sports Medicine certificate because he thinks the trend will be that something like that is required.
He also suggested looking into the Equinox Training Institute, run by Equinox Health Clubs. He said they are very good and i think he said after that you can get placement in an Equinox gym, which is a very very very very upscale gym chain...
-Fatty
I talked to various trainers at my gym last night and they said, currently, its not so much the certification, its what you know. They ask you questions and stuff to see i fyou understand how the body works and how to do stuff.
But this other trainer last night, who has been doing it for years, suggest that people should get the American College of Sports Medicine certificate because he thinks the trend will be that something like that is required.
He also suggested looking into the Equinox Training Institute, run by Equinox Health Clubs. He said they are very good and i think he said after that you can get placement in an Equinox gym, which is a very very very very upscale gym chain...
-Fatty
big_bad_buff
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Theresa Hesslers my 2nd cousin
MsBeverlyHills
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big_bad_buff said:
I forgot to mention that shes a really, really nice person
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