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Monday, December 17, 2012
Some Of The Smartest Fitness Trainers You Might Not Know (Part 1)
Leigh Peele
When you want to lose fat, see Leigh Peele. She’s simply one of the best at what she does, which is help people shed flab. Based out of Greensborough, N.C., Leigh takes a no-nonsense, get in, get out and get on with your life approach to training, and is highly sought after speaker because of her wealth of knowledge and her unique approach. Peele also focuses on more than just calories and exercises, she helps her clients with the less-talked-about-but-equally-important mental side of training and nutrition.
Jon Goodman
You'll be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated to the advancement of personal trainers than Jon Goodman. Goodman parlayed his career as a successful personal trainer into Toronto into a thriving community – the Personal Trainer Development Center – with contributions from the world's foremost expert trainers and strength coaches. Jon's recent book, Ignite the Fire, is gaining a reputation as the go-to guide for up and coming personal trainers, teaching them not only how to survive, but thrive in the fitness industry, and make a living by changing people’s lives for the better.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
What You Need to Know to Be a Fitness Trainer
Function
Personal trainers are people who work best in interpersonal, one-to-one or small group settings. Their clients are often older people or people with weight problems, injuries or motivational issues. Thus trainers may require more medical knowledge than group exercise instructors. While the social aspects of a group exercise class often keep people motivated and compliant, personal trainers do not not benefit from group energy, so they must find other ways of intrinsically motivating their clients. If the client becomes too attached to a trainer, the motivation may be extrinsic, meaning that the client is getting in shape for her trainer, not herself. Basic knowledge of psychology is helpful. Personal trainers usually work in the weight room so they must understand program design, which includes setting the proper weight and prescribing the appropriate sets and repetitions. They must also learn the testing and screening procedures.
Certification
Most certification exams require you to identify the major muscle groups of the body, their primary movements and their planes of motion. Examples of primary movements include flexion or bending, extension or straightening, abduction, which is moving a limb toward the center of the body or adduction, which is moving the limb away from the body. You will also be tested on the planes of motion. The sagital plane is associated with forward and backward movement, the frontal plane is side-to-side movement and the transverse is rotational movement. The energy systems segment of the exam is often the most complex.
Salary
Personal trainers can expect to spend at least a few hundred dollars a year on certification and continuing education, so their salary must justify their expenses. Fortunately, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a "much faster than average" growth in this profession, which, according to their website, implies a 20 percent increase in fitness trainer jobs between 2008 and 2018. The results of the 2010 American Council on Exercise Salary Survey indicate that full-time personal trainers earn an annual average of $53,323, while part-time trainers, working about 16 weekly hours, earn $18,650. Full-time trainers with advanced certifications earned $55,771, and part time trainers with advanced certifications earned $20,588. Highest salaries were in the Northeast, and lowest salaries were in the Northwest. These salaries represent a 19 percent increase since 2005.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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