| | |  | Career Books | Home » » Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies | | | | | | | Description: | | Want to turn your passion for fitness into a lucrative career? Each year, more than 5 million Americans use personal trainers to take their workouts to the next level—and this plain-English guide shows you how to get in on the action. Whether you want a part-time job at the gym or a full-time personal training business, you’ll find the practical, proven advice you need in this indispensable resource.Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies is for you if you want to become a certified personal trainer and start your own business—or if you’re a certified trainer looking to improve upon your existing practice. You get a thorough overview of what it takes to get certified and run a successful business, complete with expert tips that help you: - Find your training niche
- Study for and pass certification exams
- Attract, keep, and motivate clients
- Interview, hire, and manage employees
- Update your training skills
- Expand your services
This user-friendly guide offers unique coverage of personal trainer certification programs, including tips on selecting the right program and meeting the requirements. You’ll see how to develop your training identity as well as practice invaluable skills that will make you a great personal trainer. You also receive savvy guidance in: - Choosing the best fitness equipment
- Creating a business plan, a record-keeping system, and a marketing campaign
- Performing fitness assessments
- Developing individualized exercise programs
- Advancing your clients to the next fitness level
- Managing legal issues and tax planning
- Offering additional services such as massage and nutrition consultation
- Training clients with special needs
Complete with ten great starter exercises and a valuable list of professional organizations and resources, Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies gives you the tools you need to get the most out of this fun, fabulous career! | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Melyssa St. Michael | | Paperback:
| 384 pages | | Publisher:
| For Dummies | | Publication Date:
| October 01, 2004 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0764556843 | | Product Length:
| 9.24 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.42 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.81 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.29 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 19 reviews |
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49 of 49 found the following review helpful:
 A must read for all prospective and current personal trainersAug 28, 2005
By Keith R. Kaminski
I have been a personal trainer for nearly two years and I thought I had a handle on everything. I was given this book as a gift and I was blown away with the comprehensive information that it provides. I learned the most from the True Stories sections as they provided extra tips and really expanded upon the knowledge contained in this book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about becoming a personal trainer and encourage current personal trainers to read it as well. I only wish I would have read this book a lot sooner.
18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Very Good Book, worth readingDec 31, 2011
By Jackie Speciale
This is a very fun and informative book to read if you're considering a career as a personal trainer. I've been in the industry for quite a while and still found it a worthwhile read. The actual experiences of different personal trainers portrayed in this book was probably my favorite part, but there was really not one chapter in this book that I didn't feel I benefited from reading. If you are new to the personal training industry or are considering fitness as a career, this is a great book to start with.
One aspect of training this book does not cover, which is fine because that's not what this book is for; is the selling side of personal training. That's right, your new personal training position has very much to do with sales. I still remember having to sell my first client personal training sessions, I had no idea what I was doing nor that I was doing sales when I signed up to be a trainer. It's not that bad once you get the hang of it, just remember that helping people is the name of the game. I would suggest looking into some type of book that teaches you how to sell, makes things much less stressful. Here are two good books on the subject:
1) The Personal Training Sales Education Textbook: A simple and effective sales system designed specifically for the personal trainer in the health club.
2) Selling Personal Training : How To Make the Most of Your Personal Training Business
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 already have a certification and want to start your own business?Feb 27, 2010
By tangerine
The title of this book is remarkably misleading. The vast majority of the content is about starting your own personal training *business* not becoming a personal trainer. The sections on certification are fine but skimpy. The section on exercise prescription is, well, comical - stick figure diagrams? Really?
If you read the reviews, even the most positive ones say things like, "not what I thought it would be," or "geared toward people who are already certified." If you're already a trainer, the detailed instructions on how to write a business plan and market yourself could be quite useful. Otherwise, those wanting to break into the field can go online and find everything you need from this book in about fifteen minutes. Good luck!
13 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Title says it all.Dec 31, 2006
By Michelle D. Lee
"Fitness Freak"
This is a very easy to read primer for those considering a career or hobby in personal fitness. It gives a nice overview of what the career is like and what it will take to gain a certificate and proceed to line up those all important clients. I also learned a few things that can be incorprated into my own liftness lifestyle.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Very InformativeJul 06, 2008
By K. Carrington
This book provided alot of helpful insight from the mind of an individual who has already achieved success in the field I want to pursue myself. This is a good book to read if you're curious to see a realistic day-in-the-life look at the entrepreneurial track of fitness training. It also gives good tips for those that wish to work in established gyms as well; however, the entrepreneurial info is what reeled me in.
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