Personal Training certification...

[musclehealth]

What is the quickest most easy certification to obtain? The new gym I am starting at requires me to have a certification. My old did not. Been training for 5 years without it. I need it quick and cheap.

 

[GoneForever]

AMFPT. American Muscle and Fitness. Google it. Costs like $70 and takes about 15min to pass it. Super easy. Its nationally recognized.

 

[MightyJohn]

AAAI (609)397-2139 takes a 1 day course costs like $100

 

[Muay Thai]

mine was hard

ISSA.com

 

[Grit]

about 7 chapters in to the Nasm book.

 

[Pericles]

NASM
ACSM
NASF
ISSA

 

[deadandgone]

can you actually make a living being a personal trainer? Ive been looking into it cause all the trainers at my gym are fat bastards...

 

[gtj220]

Fitour

I have Fitour, inexpensive and offers several different certifications online.

 

[gtj220]

can you actually make a living being a personal trainer? Ive been looking into it cause all the trainers at my gym are fat bastards...

Yes, shows what a certification is worth in practical terms!

 

[nosnmiveins]

AMFPT. American Muscle and Fitness. Google it. Costs like $70 and takes about 15min to pass it. Super easy. Its nationally recognized.

sorry to bump a semi-old thread, but is this cert really any good? its SOO much cheaper than all the others

 

[Showy0023]

AMFPT. American Muscle and Fitness. Google it. Costs like $70 and takes about 15min to pass it. Super easy. Its nationally recognized.

Wow So.....basically anyone can become an accredited PT? Interesting.

 

[GoneForever]

sorry to bump a semi-old thread, but is this cert really any good? its SOO much cheaper than all the others

I would email a few gyms first and ask if they accept it. Some really anal places may only prefer an ACE or NASM but God knows why.

 

[Drbnmi]

ISSA was easy. It was online. NASM was more difficult.

 

[7_Deadly_Sins]

I just got my ISSA less than 24 hours ago.if you busted ass you could finish it in as little as 2 weeks

 

[swole79]

Bro, nothing could possibly be quicker and easier than AMFPT

 

[Pharm_Fed]

What kind of money would the average personal trainer make? What kind of pay schemes are they usually on? Comission only? Hourly + comission? Salary?

 

[sakguy]

anyone an NSCA-CPT?

 

[nosnmiveins]

NSCA is what im really looking at. one of the more expensive but it seems the best for someone without a 4 year degree

 

[sakguy]

NSCA is what im really looking at. one of the more expensive but it seems the best for someone without a 4 year degree

It is one of the more accredited certs out there. I got mine before my junior year of college and have been practicing as a personal trainer for 2 years now. Will have a B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science, with a double minor in Strength and Conditioning/Nutrition. The CPT has done a lot for my professional developement

 

[werfewgrt]

ACSM or NSCA the rest is garbage
No one is gonna pay you good if you have other crap