Career as a Personal Trainer by Institute For Career Research

Author:Institute For Career Research [Institute for Career Research]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Institute For Career Research
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Personal Qualifications

Communication skills are also vital in this career field. Like a sports coach, a personal trainer is in many ways a teacher, instructing individuals on proper exercise and diet techniques and methods. A trainer must be able to clearly explain and, if necessary, illustrate the different programs. Some of these may be complicated concepts; nonetheless, it is a trainer's job to instruct clients in the theory and methodology of physical education. For this reason, it is important that a personal trainer have excellent oral and written communication skills. Sometimes teaching will occur in the gym (especially when it comes to new exercises) and sometimes instruction needs to be written for later reference (plan for a person's diet, for example).

Communication skills are also needed to sell potential clients on your services. Unless you are employed by a large health club and have clients assigned to you, marketing yourself to individual clients is a vital aspect of the personal training.

A personal trainer must also never forget that this is a business, and you must be willing and able to perform business-related tasks. Basic accounting and bookkeeping chores are components of any business venture, and there is certainly no underestimating the value of possessing computer skills.

There are many hours of hard work required in this vocation, both in the gym and outside of it, so an tireless work ethic will be a valuable quality - as will flexibility, to deal with changes in appointment hours and clientele.

Every personal trainer will benefit greatly by being strong, healthy, and athletic, not just because the work can be physically demanding but also your appearance will help promote the business. Your apparent success in training yourself will provide a good demonstration of your ability for future customers.

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