Advice needed

studio83

Hi Guys,
1st time poster, regular visitor on here.
I have been offered an opportunity, but I need some help/advice. Without going into it to much I have been approached by someone who is working in the nutrition industry to work in tandem with them. Basically this person deals with a wide variety of people, from those who play amateur sport (soccer, GAA, rugby),young male/ females, to the middle age men/women who are seeking to lose weight and eat better for their individual make -up. The hope is to provide 1 to 1 programmes for these people in tandem with the nutrition programmes they are already receiving. The client gets analysised on a weekly or fortnightly basis. The programmes wouldnt all have to be gym based, as not all the clients are gym users.
My background is a 3 year degree in Recreation and leisure and I am coming towards the end of an 18 month certificate in Physical Fitness & Conditioning for Sport. I have a little experience in S&C at youth level, but I have never worked with adults in this environment. I have no PT experience in a gym environment so I am wondering would this go against me when dealing with the non sporting clients. What are peoples opinons on it? Would I need to do a short PT course to cover dealing with those non sporting people?
Thanks in advance,
Studio83

househero

studio83 wrote: »

Hi Guys,
1st time poster, regular visitor on here.
I have been offered an opportunity, but I need some help/advice. Without going into it to much I have been approached by someone who is working in the nutrition industry to work in tandem with them. Basically this person deals with a wide variety of people, from those who play amateur sport (soccer, GAA, rugby),young male/ females, to the middle age men/women who are seeking to lose weight and eat better for their individual make -up. The hope is to provide 1 to 1 programmes for these people in tandem with the nutrition programmes they are already receiving. The client gets analysised on a weekly or fortnightly basis. The programmes wouldnt all have to be gym based, as not all the clients are gym users.
My background is a 3 year degree in Recreation and leisure and I am coming towards the end of an 18 month certificate in Physical Fitness & Conditioning for Sport. I have a little experience in S&C at youth level, but I have never worked with adults in this environment. I have no PT experience in a gym environment so I am wondering would this go against me when dealing with the non sporting clients. What are peoples opinons on it? Would I need to do a short PT course to cover dealing with those non sporting people?
Thanks in advance,
Studio83

No but you do need clients. Work on getting some before some disguised sales man pushes you in to being his prison lady dog.

Maybe you didn't describe it well. But what is it you would be doing, how do you earn money and what has supplements got to do with you?

studio83

househero wrote: »

No but you do need clients. Work on getting some before some disguised sales man pushes you in to being his prison lady dog.

Maybe you didn't describe it well. But what is it you would be doing, how do you earn money and what has supplements got to do with you?

Apologies if it hasn't come across to well.
Basically this person (who runs this successful business) has clients who have approached and asked about the possibility of providing this service as an ad on to what is already been provided. .
I would be getting a wage each week and working 1 to 1 with some of these clients then. Doing up programmes, going through sample sessions, technique etc.
Thanks for the reply

househero

Sounds exactly like a personal trainer.

Why did he approach you if you have no experience of it?