{"id":3031,"date":"2018-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/5-traits-of-the-worlds-top-personal-trainers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:54:56","slug":"5-traits-of-the-worlds-top-personal-trainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/5-traits-of-the-worlds-top-personal-trainers\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Traits Of The World&#8217;s Top Personal Trainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is it that makes personal trainers stand out? What makes\u00a0one <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/national-certificate-of-personal-training\/\">personal trainer<\/a> better at his job? There are, in fact, five qualities that the world&#8217;s top personal trainers have in common. Take a look.<\/p>\n<h2>Best Personal Trainer qualities<\/h2>\n<h2>1.\u00a0They\u2019re properly qualified (and never stop learning)<\/h2>\n<p>Great personal trainers are experts in their fields and have the qualifications to prove it. The best option is a holistic fitness certification that covers biomechanics, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, safety and risk management, as well as the basics of fitness instruction.<\/p>\n<p>But the world&#8217;s best personal trainers don&#8217;t just stop studying when they receive their certifications. They keep studying, always learning more about the latest and best methods.<\/p>\n<h2>2.\u00a0They get results<\/h2>\n<p>This is, arguably, the simplest way to measure the value of a personal trainer: His results. His clients report real weight loss, or measurable improvements in fitness and strength.<\/p>\n<h2>3.\u00a0They&#8217;re motivated motivators<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest &#8211; nobody likes getting up at 4:30am to work out&#8230; But the world&#8217;s best personal trainers understand this. And they&#8217;re master motivators, able to inspire their clients to not only get up at that hour, but to meet their exercise targets effectively. As Lindsay Vastola, certified fitness expert,\u00a0says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Your body achieves only what your mind believes!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>4.\u00a0They&#8217;ve got a good head for business<\/h2>\n<p>Most <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-training-course-packages\/\">personal trainers<\/a> are passionate about what they do. But the best trainers take their passion seriously. They focus on running their training as a successful, professional business. If they lack the know-how or the skills to manage any aspect of the business, they either get educated (i.e. take courses) or they hire someone who&#8217;ll ace it on their behalf.<\/p>\n<h2>5.\u00a0They live by the principles they teach<\/h2>\n<p>They say you shouldn&#8217;t trust a skinny chef. Or a fat and unfit personal trainer who snacks on French fries.<\/p>\n<p>A personal trainer who doesn&#8217;t apply his training principles and practices to himself has failed to walk the talk. This means he lacks credibility and isn&#8217;t positioned to lead his clients on the path to their best selves.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/contact-us\/\">Contact Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re not yet a personal trainer but have always dreamed of becoming one, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/product-category\/personal-training-courses\/\">Comprehensive Personal Training<\/a> qualifications on offer at <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/\">Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/a>. It gives you all the tools and skills you need to become a professional trainer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/product-category\/personal-training-courses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/footer1-1-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"pt button\" width=\"813\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why should you become a personal trainer?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wu2OjGO4U5k?start=6&#038;feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it that makes personal trainers stand out? What makes\u00a0one personal trainer better at his job? There are, in fact, five qualities that the world&#8217;s top personal trainers have in common. Take a look. Best Personal Trainer qualities 1.\u00a0They\u2019re properly qualified (and never stop learning) Great personal trainers are experts in their fields and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2116],"tags":[95,98,224,37,28,226,1201,159,62,1619,1620,63,123,952,229,1621,140,44,45,191],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031"}],"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=3031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39583,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions\/39583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}