Best Personal Training Certification

[sasharawkz]

NATABOC is for athletic trainers...who rehab injuries and such, although strength training and reconditioning is part of it...not really part of what you're looking for I think.

 

[wtlftr]

I am CSCS and ACE. I was going to take the ACSM, but decided not to. People here do not really support ACE. CSCS is really tough. It has a high failure rate. But a lot of respect is given (from pro athletes) to a person with a CSCS certification

 

[Hahnb]

NSCA, or ACSM, only two that are worth getting.

 

[northfloridatrainer]

I remember an interview that I heard once with a fitness professional who was making over 6 figures a year with his personal training business. When asked in the interview what cert. he had, he almost couldn't even remember! He said that the cert. was just what got him into the industry - it was his business building process that made him the real money.

The moral of the story is that it doesn't really matter which cert. you have UNLESS your particular job is going to require you to have a given level of education. Training athletes is a good example of that.

However, if you just want to train people and make some money in the process, it's not the piece of paper that makes the difference, it's what you DO with it that matters!

Aaron M. Potts
Complete Personal Training Business
http://www.completepersonaltrainingbusiness.com
[email protected]
Fitness Journal: [email protected]

 

[Topside]

I am certified through ISSA. I learned a lot, but i dont know how good it is compared to anyone other one. I know at my college they actually hold ACSM seminars and many people come to my school to get certified through them.

 

[silverbackn]

I have the CSCS, it was supposedly the toughest so I got it. Why waste your time with something anybody can get in a weekend?

 

[outlawthe1]

NASM is by far is the best

 

[AlwaysOn]

what certification is the best in terms of cost VERSUS wide acceptance at commercial gyms?

I want to be a personal trainer at a commercial gym like bally's, gold's etc.


All I want is a piece of paper that gets me in the door.



(Remember, I am only interested in COMMERCIAL GYMS)

 

[AlwaysOn]

I don't want to take a course, or learn anything more.

I already have some degrees

 

[cobra108]

If you want a challege try this http://www.i-a-r-t.com/ very few actually stick with it and pass the exam. very few!