Is anyone here a certified personal trainer?

[SaraSmithishere]

I was thinking about picking up a certificate because I try to lead a healthful lifestyle, and it seems like it would be a great way to further my knowledge on fitness.

[hyperben]

I am a PT, at least I was years ago, it started as a passion for training/working out so I thought I'd try to make it into a job, as work it kind of sucked but it did further my knowledge. There is a lot of great information available online but there is also a lot of nonsense, I'd suggest just picking your mentors carefully dont just watch hot people doing silly routines for likes!

Why it sucked, I spent all day in the gym so when it was my time to train the motivation wasn't there, I would end up re-racking all the stray weights (you just go into auto-pilot "employee" mode!) but worst of all, a solid 50% of my clients just spent their time flexing and showing off and it made me wonder if they were just paying me to listen to what their friend said was good...

Hope this helps, you sound like you are in a similar place to myself when I started!

[SaraSmithishere]

Would you mind if I sent you a DM?

[hyperben]

of course not, happy to help if I can

[SaraSmithishere]

Ok, just started following you

[RagnarRedbeard]

If you want to be a personal trainer then do it, but you don’t need to do a course to learn more about health and fitness if that’s the goal. You can find everything you need to find out on the internet for free.

[pers0n]

Just take steroids and advertise yourself on social media, you will have lots of clients. You can eat junk and breathe indoor air too, by the way.

[mayur1598]

There are many apps focusing on fitness or try social media... There you will find like minded people...

[driven159]

I am retired so my job is very simple do what I want when I want

[Guardian45]

Nope