{"id":9573,"date":"2019-04-30T10:59:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:22:09","slug":"can-i-become-a-personal-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/can-i-become-a-personal-trainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I become a personal trainer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer to this question is \u201cyes\u201d! If you want to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/which-fitness-course-study-to-become-a-personal-trainer\/\">personal trainer<\/a>, there\u2019s nothing stopping you. However, a question that requires a bit more of an in-depth look at is \u201cshould I become a personal trainer\u201d? To determine the answer to this question, we\u2019ve got a couple of our own.\u00a0 If you answer these with \u201cyes\u201d, then \u2013 as far as we\u2019re concerned \u2013 you should become a personal trainer.<\/p>\n<h2>Should you become a Personal Trainer<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Are you passionate about helping others adopt the fitness lifestyle?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not just enough for a wanna-be personal trainer to be passionate about <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/body-systems-and-psychological-factors-affect-fitness-performance\/\">fitness<\/a>. They must be passionate about helping others adopt the fitness lifestyle and ultimately help them to start on the road to wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Clients come to personal trainers for all sorts of reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some want to lose weight,<\/li>\n<li>Others want to bulk up,<\/li>\n<li>Yet others have certain chronic conditions \u2013 such as arthritis \u2013 that they need the personal trainer\u2019s help with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They all have different mindsets. Some are super stoked to get started with their fitness routine, others are extremely enthusiastic in the beginning but need tonnes of motivation a month or two down the line because their motivation has gone. Yet others grudgingly come to you in the first place and are only there because a doctor\u2019s told them that they have to come to you. Personal trainers have to take all of these types of people and have to motivate them in such a way that they end up loving exercising and motivate themselves to do it every single day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do you want to own your own business?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you do decide to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/how-often-see-personal-trainer\/\">personal trainer<\/a>, ultimately you will become a business owner. Owning your own business definitely has significant perks\u00a0 such as being able to work when you want to or your salary being in line with the hours that your work.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are also things that you need to deal with that you wouldn\u2019t have had to factor in as an employee, such as regular bookkeeping and the more onerous tax requirements that befall business owners. And, there\u2019s the added complexity of, in a quiet month, not earning the same as you do in a busy month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9575 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC9340-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Trifocus fitness academy - personal trainer\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being a business owner is both liberating and terrifying at same time. You\u2019re not obliged to be bum on seat, in front of your computer, eight hours a day. However, there are a lot of unknowns such as cash flow \u2013 something that you won\u2019t be able to predict in your first couple of years as your business hasn\u2019t established a pattern of good months and lean months. This means that you\u2019ll constantly have to be marketing your business to make sure that you have a steady flow of income throughout the year. But if, for you, the pros outweigh the cons, you\u2019re well on your way to becoming a business owners and personal trainer!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Would you like to see the world?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Being a personal trainer is a very flexible profession and translates well the world over. This means that if you are wanting to see the world and earn a decent income while doing this then becoming a personal trainer is a good career choice.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to do this, we recommend that you obtain a personal training qualification that is recognised internationally. This will ensure that you don\u2019t have to re-qualify if you decide to emigrate and will put you well on your way to maintaining \u2013 and possibly increasing \u2013 your earning potential.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/contact-us\/\">Contact Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>As we said at the beginning of this article, if you answered \u201cyes\u201d to the three questions that we posed above then you need to become a personal trainer. However, what\u2019s even better than just going a personal training qualification is doing one that equips you holistically to take on the personal training world and will make you into the best trainer you can be. Trifocus Fitness Academy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-diploma\/\">Personal Training Diploma \u2013 Platinum Package<\/a> is just such a course. Follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-diploma\/\">link<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-diploma\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8969 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/platinum_banner-600x129.jpg\" alt=\"Trifocus fitness academy - Platinum package registration\" width=\"600\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/platinum_banner-600x129.jpg 600w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/platinum_banner-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/platinum_banner-768x165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/platinum_banner-1024x220.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/platinum_banner.jpg 1260w\" 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>The short answer to this question is \u201cyes\u201d! If you want to become a personal trainer, there\u2019s nothing stopping you. However, a question that requires a bit more of an in-depth look at is \u201cshould I become a personal trainer\u201d? To determine the answer to this question, we\u2019ve got a couple of our own.\u00a0 If&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9574,"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":[2260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573"}],"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=9573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}