Most personal trainer positions require a specialty school, and not a local school. I would first visit a local gym and speak with a personal trainer to see where they went to school.
If you want to become a school personl trainer, you would have to become certified. Check out local fitness training schools to see if this is something you are interested in.
It depends on what type of personal trainer you are doing. In most cases, you need to establish a name for yourself in the field of personal training and be able to have the credentials to back up your regime.
Well good for you wanting to go back to school while working. For online courses try Bryman College they offer an online course for a personal fitness trainer.
Although there are some classes available,there is no legal requirment. You can start your own gym if you like.
maybe human anatomy and biology, physiotherapy
To become a personal trainer, the qualifications include the required age and certain completed education. The certifications needed are a high school diploma (or more), a CPR certificate - that needs to be renewed every year, and a defibrillator training.
You must go to a institution or school to get a personal trainer education. Personal trainer education degrees can be found at many institution, some of which include some institutes in Colorado, find more information here www.nptitrainer.com/.
The National Academy of Sports Medicine at NASM.org offers intensive instruction for trainers. APAfitness.com is an online, home-study program for those who want to be certified as personal trainers. To learn how to become a personal trainer, you would have to go to school to learn how to obtain the qualifications personal trainers have. You can also visit a gym and ask a personal trainer what their days are usually like.
They are a few schools that offer personal trainer certification along with training, try visiting http://www.naturalhealers.com/qa/personaltraining.html and http://nptifitness.com/.
There are many different types of public and private schools that offer programs towards Professional Trainer Certification. There is no degree required, you can acquire this certification at technical schools as well as colleges. The school must be accredited with the NCCA (National Council of Crediting Agency) for your certification to be valid. You should look for schools that offer programs in "Sports Medicine". This is typically where the Personal Trainer Certification program is found.
You do not need any major qualifications to become a bosu balance trainer. This occupation is similar to a fitness trainer and should not need more than a high school diploma to get ahead.
Becoming a personal trainer requires learning about personal health, sports nutrition, injury prevention, and managing stress and lifestyle changes in future clients. Personal trainers usually earn their personal trainer certification from a personal trainer school. After achieving certification, personal trainers are relatively well-compensated, because people often pay top dollar to work out and achieve their fitness goals with a private, personal trainer. Although, PTs are contract employees so taxes are not taken out up front so plan on saving at least 20-30% of your income for taxes at the end of the year. The plus side is you can write off a lot of taxes if you know what you are doing. The easiest place to start for someone who has zero personal training experience is to call around to local gyms and find out if they are hiring. Yes, gyms will hire you with no experience and no certification. Some fitness managers even prefer it because they get to train you themselves and can dictate the w