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Being a
personal trainer can be a fun and rewarding career. You can work for
yourself finding clients on your own, or work for a gym or other health
organization. You can work on a cruise, in a spa, and much more! You get to
stay in shape yourself while you help others achieve their goals of physical
health.
First, you will
need to become a trained and certified personal trainer. You can go through
this training with many schools online or offline. Once you earn your
certificate, you can begin working. If you want, you can also go to a
college or university to study physiology, exercise physiology, health,
nutrition, and much more.
Where you can get certified –
American Council on Exercise
http://www.acefitness.com/
American
College of Sports Medicine
http://www.acsm.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page
National
Federation of Personal Trainers
http://www.nfpt.com/
International
Sports Sciences Association
https://www.issaonline.com/index.cfm
With millions
of people in this country alone wanting to lose weight, get in shape, or
even gain weight, you have a huge market when entering the business of
personal training. However, if you want to train celebrities, you will need
to build and maintain a strong relationship with your work, and most
importantly, your clients. You must be honest, and at times that can be
brutal. However, if your client wants to achieve their fitness goals, they
are in a better position if they are ready to listen to you. Build up your
client list with the goal of working with celebrities.
Begin by
obtaining clients that are in the entertainment industry. Obtain clients
that depend on how they look or how strong they are for their careers. You
can target, for example, musicians, models, stunt doubles, actors, and more.
Keep in mind that you are building this clientele so you can reach the big
time celebrities. In the process you will learn the skills, gain the
experience, and learn the people skills you will need to find success in
this career. Before you know it, you could be the next big celebrity
personal trainer. It is not as difficult as it seems to achieve dreams such
as these.
However, you
must be independent, persistent, and dependable. You must set goals and meet
them. You won’t be training Jessica Simpson tomorrow, but in a few years, it
is a possibility.
Celebrities are
not born with those fantastic bodies. They have to work hard at getting
them. Nearly every celebrity has their own personal trainer who helps them
keep the figure they need to help them succeed in their careers. Celebrity
personal trainers say that training celebrities is more demanding, because
they are seen by the world. People everywhere comment your results.
Celebrities also have strict time constraints, so you will have to work
within their schedule to work for them. Some personal trainers who train
celebrities also train non-celebrities. This doesn’t usually affect their
career, as long as they are loyal to their celebrity clientele.
To train a
celebrity you must create a fitness and/or nutrition plan that fits their
needs and works within their schedule. If you are up for the challenge, what
are you waiting for? Get started on your way to personal training
celebrities!
You must also
maintain your training, and keep up with the latest trends. Understand what
your clients need and give it to them. Keep learning by continuously taking
classes and attending workshops and seminars. You must diligently market
yourself. Keep building up your clientele with your celebrity goal in mind
and keep up with your own training.
The secret to
personal training celebrities is to make goals with people in the
entertainment industry, and work your way up. Persistence and hard work will
take you there.
Here are some
more resources that can help –
http://www.musclebomb.com/
http://www.davidanthonie.com/
http://www.exclusivepfs.com/
http://www.sonoma.edu/star/issue9/personaltrainers.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_12_59/ai_n6247219
http://exercise.about.com/cs/forprofessionals/a/personaltrainer_3.htm
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