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Fitness Instructor as a sub-career - stupid idea???

  • 16-02-2008 12:21am
    #1
    unreggd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭


    Howaya's!

    I plan on makin a career out of Photography. Gonna get a degree here in DIT then travel and work, have me eye on Dubai!

    Anyways, im doin a Photography Diploma Course over the internet, to get into DIT

    They're an Irish company

    They also do a Diploma in Fitness & Nutrition


    I was thinking of doing that course too, as first off I want to study it in-depth purely out of Interest

    And I plan to be working out for a good few years to come!

    So my plan is, if I get this diploma, not only would the knowledge benefit me, but I could always have it as a job to fall back on [as a Personal Trainer / Fitness Instructor with a gym]

    And as I plan on Travelling, a PT's visa would be easier to get


    Photography is my passion and will always and eventually be my number one career, but i'm really considering this qualification too!


    Thanks for readin the long post! :p


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  • #2
    siochain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭siochain


    Yeah sure what harm will it do, don’t know the quality of the course your going to do, I’m sure it will give you a good foundation in diet, health, anatomy etc. which is always good to have.

    What holds back a lot of people from going into the fitness industry is the cash, only the best PI’s or those that move into the few mgt positions make a good living out of it. So if you have a passion for it and you can supplement your income with the photography, go for it.


  • #3
    colmconn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭colmconn


    unreggd wrote: »
    I was thinking of doing that course too, as first off I want to study it in-depth purely out of

    i think if you're going to do a course then you really need to to do on where you have hands on practical experience and can talk face to face to real instructors who have years of experience in the industry, where you can learn correct form and can have incorrect form you may have picked up corrected and more importantly learn why you should perform an exercise in a particular way.

    do it but just make sure you pick the right course.


  • #4
    jj1310
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭jj1310


    Just make sure that the qualification will cover you to instruct abroad. Some qualifications are only recognised in Ireland and/or UK. Some include Europe so just check that it will qualify you in instruct in Dubai


  • #5
    unreggd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    cool, thanks for the replies!


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