question for personal trainers

[parker210]

im going to become a personal trainer but i need some advice. I am stuck in a dead end job so im going to be a trainer because fitness is something that i love and i was wondering if i should go to a college and get certified and a degree first or get certified first an then go to school while i am a trainer. I am going to go fuckin postal if i dont get out of my current job.

 

[Who is Mike Jones?]

A lot of personal training involves going out and getting your own clientel . . . . .if your looking to get in for the $ think again but if it's something you love by all means go for it

 

[parker210]

where im from the gyms employ the trainers and they pay better than i make now

 

[Ponderosa]

where im from the gyms employ the trainers and they pay better than i make now

that IS pretty sad. one option (and i'm sure there are others more appropriate): research an international gym, like fitness first (it's a UK based company, the largest in all of europe and asia); and apply with them. many of these gyms in asia would love to have an english speaker providing its members training, and they'll provide all your cirtifications for you. down sides: the pay will be very low (i've heard some folks making only about $1500/month with about 15 clients); and you'll have to live in a place where the pussy flows like a fresh springtime river through a lush forest. ahhh...the pleasure.

i usually provide fitness training pro bono, but only to girls...usually those with already firm bodies and nice tits. usuallys pays (in poon coinage) very well.

 

[blackbeard]

I may get inot personal training as well..I know a ton of athletes and would first like to work with them rather than the old housewives who just want to shoot the shit with someone..

I will say college and getting a degree is very important..I have a degree but persoanlly i think it means shit..Ive worked with people who have been to Harvard/Yale and others like me who went to state schools..The harvard guys couldnt do shit and i was always covering and fixing their fuck ups..But if you should decide that training is not what you want to do youll find it easier to change careers with a degree behind you..

Im not sure of your age but maybe you can take a semester off and really concentrate on the training and then once youve established a clientele you could go back to school