{"id":12076,"date":"2019-09-13T08:15:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/?p=12076"},"modified":"2022-08-18T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T09:15:15","slug":"how-do-you-choose-a-personal-trainer-course-thats-worth-its-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/how-do-you-choose-a-personal-trainer-course-thats-worth-its-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you choose a personal trainer course that\u2019s worth its salt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing a career path can be extremely daunting. These types of questions will be running through your brain at a rate of knots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will I be good at it?<\/li>\n<li>Will I be able to make enough money at it?<\/li>\n<li>Will I still enjoy it 20 years down the line?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ve decided that you want to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/benefit-personal-trainer-course\/\">personal trainer<\/a>, that\u2019s awesome! Being such an integral part of the fitness industry is a very rewarding profession because you\u2019re helping people to reach their health and wellness goals and are assisting them with seeing tangible results on their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still undecided about if you want to choose personal training as a career path, there are a number of features that great personal trainers display.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A love of fitness<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It goes without saying that personal trainers must love <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/how-do-you-carry-out-a-fitness-assessment\/\">fitness<\/a> and exercise. They must look fit and buff \u2013 just like their clients want to look for themselves \u2013 so the trainer must be dedicated to perfecting their bodies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A passion for learning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The first, and most important, step that anyone who wants to become a personal trainer must take is to do a personal trainer course. However, the studying doesn\u2019t stop there\u2026 There are so many new exercise techniques coming out every single day which means that the personal trainer needs to keep abreast of what\u2019s happening so that they can offer their clients the latest and greatest exercise modalities before they even ask for them.<\/p>\n<p>A personal trainer must constantly be looking out for CPD courses that they can use to improve their knowledge. For example, a personal trainer could decide to do a kettlebells course or an Olympic lifting course so that they can improve their service offerings to their clients.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A positive, can-do attitude<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are going to be occasions when a personal trainer\u2019s clients become demotivated with their exercise regimen because, for example, they are not seeing the results that they want as quickly as they want to.<\/p>\n<p>So, instead of losing the client because they feel like they want to give up, a personal trainer will need to encourage the client and spur them on to continue with their training sessions. When the client says \u201cI can\u2019t!\u201d a personal trainer must read the situation and see if the client is actually at the point of exhaustion \u2013 and can\u2019t push anymore \u2013 or if they are just being lazy and want to take the easy route out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12079\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019_motivation_04-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"Trifocus Fitness Academy-personal trainer course \" width=\"500\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019_motivation_04-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019_motivation_04-219x200.jpg 219w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019_motivation_04.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to choose a personal trainer course that\u2019s right for you<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you fit the criteria that we\u2019ve outlined above, and you want to become a personal trainer, then (as we\u2019ve already said) you need to do a personal trainer course.<\/p>\n<p>But with so many courses out there, how do you know which is the best one to choose? Well, lucky for you, we\u2019re about to give you some pointers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The course that you decide on must have a comprehensive syllabus that covers everything from physiology and anatomy right down to building a training programme for your clients.<\/li>\n<li>Students who\u2019ve done the personal trainer course previously must be willing to give glowing testimonials about it.<\/li>\n<li>Fitness industry bodies must be willing to endorse the course and give it their rubber stamp of approval.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/contact-us\/\"><strong>Contact Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve found a personal trainer course that ticks all of these boxes then you know that you\u2019ve found the right one for you. Trifocus Fitness Academy\u2019s Personal Training Diploma is one such personal trainer course which fits into this category. For more information, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-diploma\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-diploma\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5273 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/footer1-1-600x96.jpg\" alt=\"Trifocus fitness academy personal training course registration\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/footer1-1-600x96.jpg 600w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/footer1-1-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/footer1-1-768x123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/footer1-1-1024x164.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/footer1-1.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Personal Training Diploma\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_gZ-F4B2JQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing a career path can be extremely daunting. These types of questions will be running through your brain at a rate of knots: Will I be good at it? Will I be able to make enough money at it? Will I still enjoy it 20 years down the line? If you\u2019ve decided that you want&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2116],"tags":[2410],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}