I reckon they do but the vast majority wouldn't ask. Most would assume they're qualified to be working there or perhaps the information is available in the gym. Most gyms I've trained at, all the PT's have a profile on the wall with their certs, specialties etcPotential clients don't care about qualifications?
Lol ok.
As I said, over 100 people trained, nobody asked. Dave Tate - who used to be a PT - explains it.Potential clients don't care about qualifications?
Lol ok.
As I said, over 100 people trained, nobody asked. Dave Tate - who used to be a PT - explains it.
"When you drop your car off at the Quickie Lube, do you demand to see the mechanic/technician’s credentials, ask him how long he’s been changing oil, or quiz him on his knowledge of the internal combustion engine? Probably not. If you’re like most of us, you just hand your keys to the first guy you see in a dirty blue jumpsuit, assuming he will not pour five pints of oil into your radiator."
Nobody who actually hires trainers cares. Lots of people who "if I were to hire a trainer" care desperately, but they never actually do, so we don't worry about them. We're wearing the polo shirt with our name on it, so the person assumes we know what we're doing. "Well the gym hired the guy, so..." Nobody asks to see my certs any more than they would ask a chef, plumber, taxi driver or anything else.
Now, they do care about empathy and social proof. "She has been on the same weightloss journey as me," or "Bob says he was good." But bits of paper? Nope. They also care about demonstrated competence - do you show you know what you're doing? Which some education may help, but unfortunately lots won't.
I assure you that my colleagues with a Diploma of Fitness or a degree in exercise science did not earn more or have more clients than me with my lowly certificates. Usually they did worse. This did disappoint them, most had an air of "I deserve to be somewhere better than this!" which did not help them get and keep clients, believe me.
For 4 years I worked at the Y, which had none of us on its websites. And virtually nobody in a mainstream gym knows who Rip is. Or Dan John, or Pavel Tstatsouline, or anyone like that. That's shit that (sometimes, but usually not) impresses people who are either trainers (who as I said, rarely hire trainers), or who train on their own.I'm sure very few people ask you when they walk into your gym. If they have half a brain they have already seen what your quals are on your website and decided whether they think you are suitable for their needs or not, and let's face it - you have a pic of you hangin' with Rip so throw your pieces of paper out.
Yes, though you are perhaps overstating the usefulness of most PTs. Now tell us about this maintream gym where most of the people have been training and doing their own research for years. A big box gym, 1,000-5,000 members. At my old place, at any one time we had 20 males who could squat 100kg or more, 12 of them were my clients, 4 I gave some occasional advice to though they were mostly self-coached, and 4 learned to lift somewhere else and I had nothing to do with, they were trainers, former crossfitters or whatever; I don't count me and the other guy using barbells regularly with clients. We had 6 women who could squat 60kg or more - all were my clients. So less than 1% of gym members had achieved what any healthy person under 50 can do in 3-6 months of even half-arsed trying.My opinion of 95% of PTs is that they're great for middle aged men and women who want to lose a few kgs, or people who have never been to the gym or trained before, but most of them have a body of knowledge not exceeding, and in many cases less than someone who has been training and doing their own research for years.
Now go read it. He knows more than either you or me by far, and he says not only do qualifications not matter, competence doesn't, either - if you're just talking financial success at a mainstream gym. What matters is personality and hustle.
Obviously if you run your own business, competence will matter a bit more. But it's still not everything. To succeed as a PT, brains or personality - either will do, both will make you very successful.
Figure going physique she's a unit.If she compete in bikini forget about this pesty qualificational bizz, I'd hire her 1-on-1 as well lol!
As far as lifting weight is concerned, it's a very simple task.
the only real qualification that should be necessary is for a person to spend time under the bar, to pay their dues.
the other two prerequisites are; being able to communicate, passion and knowing what the trainee requires, that's three.
the other is and most importantly, duty of care.
which is rarely considered.
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