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Obviously, if you have found this site and are
now reading this, you are already considering a career as a personal
trainer. You might not be aware, but many consider personal training to be
one of the fastest growing industries in the United States of America.
Why?
Look at what is going on in our society! Exorbitant medical and healthcare
costs, skyrocketing because people know nothing about exercise and less
about nutrition. Simultaneously, the “baby boomers” are aging and they don’t
want to! They are looking for the fountain of youth and the best place to
find it is in the gym under the supervision of a well-trained Personal
Trainer.
You might be interested in helping people, you might be passionate about
fitness, and you might want to have a dramatic impact on improving our
society. But, if you’re like most people that enter the fitness arena for
the first time what you really want is to make a lot of money!
What’s the bottom line? How much can I make? How much money is there in
personal training?
Here are the facts: Earnings potential for personal trainers vary greatly
from $35.00 to well over $175.00 an hour.
Exceptional trainers can make over a thousand dollars an hour and for the
select few: books, videos, speaking engagements and related businesses can
mean much more. Yes, the personal training business has created many, many
millionaires. And the best part of the personal training business is that
those who have made millions, have created their wealth while working at
something they passionately care about, love to do and all while being their
own boss – independent of anyone else.
What is
the difference between being a $35.00 an hour trainer and a $1,000 an hour
millionaire trainer? Hard work, dedication, willingness to learn, to
improve, to strive for excellence every minute, of every hour of every day,
day in and day out. Constantly, passionately, urgently striving to be the
best! Constantly striving for excellence. Improving every aspect of your
life mental, emotional, physical and spiritual.
If you
are one of those trainers that think $35.00 an hour ($70-$75,000/yr) is a
pretty good income, then that’s fine. Then the IFPA Personal Trainer
Certification course may be all you will need.
But it
you want more, look around through out this site, here you will find a
multitude of certification and continuing education courses, offered along
with an extensive book – store of the best texts the fitness industry has to
offer on fitness, health and nutrition. Everything you see her is designed
to help you on your journey to success, regardless of what level of success
you aiming for.
Don’t
forget “Success is a journey – not a destination!”
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The IFPA Personal Fitness Trainer
Certification is the core program for safe and effective personal
training. This course teaches and tests on the essential information to
train individuals in gyms, health clubs, and other one-on-one fitness
training environments.
Subject areas include:
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Basic muscle physiology
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Energy metabolism
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Exercise physiology
training principles
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Strength and aerobic
conditioning
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Safety guidelines
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Sports training
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Exercise testing
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Body composition
analysis
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Safety, anatomy, and
exercise
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Complete program design
and development
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Documentation
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Nutritional
considerations for the personal trainer
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Psychology, motivation,
ethics, and success
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Business of fitness:
marketing/law/finance
Includes: The Book on Personal
Training textbook, Study Guide, review workshop, certification exam.
(Independent Study also includes 2 instructional videos)
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Related Articles:
Letter to Future Personal Trainers from IFPA President, Jim Bell, PhDc.
Why Become A Personal Trainer?
Why do Fitness Professionals choose IFPA?
How the IFPA Compares to Other Fitness Certifications?
Testimonials by the World’s Finest Fitness Trainers and Fitness
Professionals
Why you need IFPA Courses?
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