CHAPTER 1: Personal Training Basics
While you may know what a Personal Trainer is and does, you will find that with all the
predetermined ideas about personal training out there that everyone from your boss at
the gym, to your clients, to your mom has a different idea about what a Personal Trainer
does. Gratefully, the core principles of what the job involves is true for every one –
client, trainer, gym and session.
In your career as a Personal Trainer, you will:
ü Guarantee that your client continually works toward their fitness goals every day.
ü Safely motivate each client to work harder and do more than he or she would do if
they were working out on their own.
ü Create lifelong skills that will help your clients live a healthier lifestyle than before
they met you.
ü Potentially break unhealthy lifelong habits your clients’ possess and exchange
them for health and wellness.
ü Push, motivate, inspire, and listen to your clients to help them reach the optimum
success.
Doing all of those things is not as easy as they sound. However, the more fitness plays
in your own lifestyle, the more you will inspire others just by working hard and having
infectious motivation and energy. Have you ever noticed how some people just give off
such an energetic vibe that you can’t help but feel inspired? The more money you make
as a trainer, the more you will find that the energy you give off is what you will get back
in return. Just as no one wants to be around a deadbeat, negative or depressing
person, people will flock to you and want to train with you because of the positivity and
energy you bring to the table. Part of your job