Becoming a Personal Trainer

daraghw

Im interested in becoming a PT / Nutritionist and I was wondering what the best courses out there were in terms of qualifications and experience.
Thanks 😀

Blacktie.

Use the search function.

jive

You just have to open an Instagram and Facebook page. Buy some coloured clothes and eat loads of quest bars. Say IIFYM a good bit in your posts and you are onto a winner.

You can probably get away with just being an online coach as well so you won't even have to leave your room.

tonto24

jive wrote: »

You just have to open an Instagram and Facebook page. Buy some coloured clothes and eat loads of quest bars. Say IIFYM a good bit in your posts and you are onto a winner.

You can probably get away with just being an online coach as well so you won't even have to leave your room.

Why be such a douche?

jive

tonto24 wrote: »

Why be such a douche?

A wild personal trainer appeared!

Hanley

tonto24 wrote: »

Why be such a douche?

It's a pretty accurate assessment tbh.

Truth sometimes hurts!

Dtp1979

daraghw wrote: »

Im interested in becoming a PT / Nutritionist and I was wondering what the best courses out there were in terms of qualifications and experience.
Thanks 😀

Loads of collages do sports nutrition courses. They'd give you a good grasp on the basics. You could go further with a sports science degree but that'd be a long way away.
As for PT I'm not sure. Some courses do both. As for the best ones, maybe someone that's already qualified on here might guide you further

MartyMcFly84

I did the NCEF fitness instructor course.

It is recognised by the University of Limerick and gives you credits towards a degree should you choose to go down that line later on.

It is internationally recognised which is also a plus.

Educationally there is some good base knowledge there.

However some of the course information is extremely dated, as is the fitness instruction, there is mandatory Aerobics, exercising to music, step class routines that you have to do. I hated all of these as they were weighted heavily and in no way did I ever want to teach these types of classes. The science biology/science was very interesting, as was first aid and learning lifting form, and instruction methodology.

Over all i think it depends what you want to teach and what you are interested in. Additional courses are needed to qualify as a PT and from then on you will need to continue to do series of courses to qualify and get better knowledge in different areas.

Horusire

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

I did the NCEF fitness instructor course.

It is recognised by the University of Limerick and gives you credits towards a degree should you choose to go down that line later on.

It is internationally recognised which is also a plus.

Educationally there is some good base knowledge there.

However some of the course information is extremely dated, as is the fitness instruction, there is mandatory Aerobics, exercising to music, step class routines that you have to do. I hated all of these as they were weighted heavily and in no way did I ever want to teach these types of classes. The science biology/science was very interesting, as was first aid and learning lifting form, and instruction methodology.

Over all i think it depends what you want to teach and what you are interested in. Additional courses are needed to qualify as a PT and from then on you will need to continue to do series of courses to qualify and get better knowledge in different areas.

Three of my group of friends have did the same course and told me the exact same thing regarding the dated information. The fitness industry is constantly evolving and iam sure donning lycra and doing step aerobics will be in vogue in the not to distant future.

CoachDivine

Make sure its internationality recognized.