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Becoming a Personal Trainer

Building your personal training business is only the first step. One day you'll need to rent a place of your own and take on staff. This course will give you the fundamental information your need to get started.
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Already a personal trainer? Skip to Module 2: Business Mindset

Objective:
Learn how to become a personal trainer, what it takes, how to get certified and how to get funding for your personal trainer course.

About: Becoming a personal trainer has a low barrier to entry but that doesn't mean the standards at which you get certified should be. Becoming the best personal trainer requires the right mindset and the right training.

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Lessons: 5
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Minutes: 50
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Video & text
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Beginner
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Free
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Exercise:

This course includes an optional workbook. During the lessons you'll see this symbol which means there's an exercise to complete in your workbook.

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Becoming a Personal Trainer
Lesson 1: Becoming a Personal Trainer
An introduction on what it takes to become a personal  trainer, including the mindset and long  term commitments. Learn what it takes to become a professional personal trainer in a thriving industry. Understand the physical, psychological and emotional demands of working with an extensive client base.

Personal Trainer Salary
Lesson 2: Personal Trainer Salary
Discover how much a personal trainer actually makes using two examples of a solo personal trainer and one that works in a gym. The idea that you can get a PT certificate and start making £40 per hour from day one is a false idea advertised to personal trainers by fitness course providers (not all of them). Personal training should be chosen as a career for the love of helping people, not for the idea of making easy money.

Getting Qualified
Lesson 3: Getting Qualified
Learn the basic first steps you need to take in order to become and practice personal training  on members of the public. The right foundations are essential if you're going to take personal training as a profession seriously. Failing to create the right foundations could result in injury or even be fatal to your clients.

Funded PT Courses
Lesson 4: Funded PT Courses
Understand the various way you can pay for your   personal trainer course or how to fund your PT   course with government grants. For some people, becoming a personal trainer is the dream job but getting the money to become qualified is difficult. However, there are ways to get the money to become a certified personal trainer.

Personal Trainer Course List
Lesson 5: Personal Trainer Course List
A comprehensive list of the most popular  personal   trainer courses in the UK, USA and  Australia. Discover the most popular personal trainer courses in the UK, USA and Australia and use it to find the right course for you. Not all courses are created equal. It's important to know the number of personal trainer courses available to you so we've created this handy personal trainer course list.

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