1. Introduction
1.1 Definition and description
A personal trainer is a trained and qualified professional who helps people achieve their desired level of fitness and their exercise goals by motivating and encouraging them to do so. Personal trainers usually work with individual clients at one time usually 1-5 times per week depending on the client’s needs, each session usually lasts about an hour. When starting with new clients personal trainers start of with a fitness assessment to measure the clients strength and weaknesses as this will help them understand the help they need to accomplish their fitness goals.
1.2 Aims
The purpose of this report is to inform people about the career of being a personal trainer and what they do. The report will be discussing the history of personal training, the qualifications skills and requirements needed. It will also be looking at the salary and wages that they earn and what opportunities you can get out of being a personal trainer.
2. Discussion
2.1 History
Personal training and fitness have been around for many years even back during ancient times. Although personal training did not become a profession until sometime during the 1900s. As they begun to certify personal trainers as a plan to push and increase the fitness and health of people. Although as the time went by the requirements for being certified increased and became harder to do. Personal trainers made a great impact on society in the following years, and by 1980 the profession of personal training had begun to come into the spotlight. As more people were interested in fitness and more people wanted to have personal trainers or instructors. Throughout the 1990s new certifications from different agenci...
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...g on where you work. Although to be a personal trainer you require certain skills and to have the right qualifications. Personal training and fitness have been around for many years changing throughout the years to be as common as it is today.
4. Recommendations
I would recommend people that are interested in fitness enjoy exercise and have a healthy lifestyle and a positive attitude towards what their doing because there is more chance of getting a career in something you are interested in and enjoy. People that have good leadership skills and motivational personality are also recommended as this can help to push their clients to help them reach their desired level of fitness.
5. Bibliography
• http:// blog.focusdtrainers.com
• http:// en.wikipedia.org
• http:// www.sofemine.co.uk/healthy-living-personaltrainer.jobdescription
• http:// fitness.edu.au
For this project, the certified athletic trainer who I have shadowed for almost eight hours in just one day is Candace O'Bryan, currently the athletic trainer at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron. Candace has worked at Hoban now entering her third year at the high school. She works alone as a trainer there but works along side one team doctor who is at every game, and the other one being a neurosurgeon but is just a parent helping out.
The individual filling the position of the physiotherapist also has the responsibility of training the other staff members on how each piece of equipment works. The physiotherapist is required to inform other staff members on how the equipment can be used for different conditioning and rehabilitation purposes. The Fit Stop also employs one individual with a bachelor degree in Kinesiology in order to provide advice to clients based on specific sports or physical activities. The need for extrinsic rewards is much higher than the need for intrinsic rewards due to all of The Fit Stop’s employees being full-time.
Athletic training career is one of the careers in healthcare that requires hard work, dedication, and patience. It is competitive and because of that, it requires extensive schooling. Most jobs in athletic training field requires a bachelor degree from an accredited program but having a masters degree or a doctorate degree from an accredited program increases one’s chance of getting a better job or qualifying for an affluent position in one’s company. One has to pass the rigorous board exam as well in order to be a certified athletic trainer. Athletic trainer’s job setting varies. Some athletic trainers work in the hospitals, some in colleges and universities, some work in occupational industries, and some work in professional sports. Employment, pay, and benefits is based on one’s experience and qualifications.
“Accept the challenge so that you can feel exhilaration of victory”. This quote was said by George S. Patton is discussion the important role that Athletic trainer should work and work until they win. Who are we are highly qualified multi skilled health care professionals. Also Athletic trainer prevent diagnosis treatment and rehabilitation of emergent acute or chronic injuries. Were also known for being high qualified multi skilled health care professional. Being and athletic trainer is a great and hardworking career. That involves meeting new people, dealing with different challenge each day, Also it has moderate schooling.
To satisfy my curiosity and gain a broad understanding of athletic training, I chose to interview my boss, Pete Stevens. Pete is employed by Physiotherapy Associates, a nationwide corporation that specializes in physical/occupational therapy, athletic training, and fitness/sports training. He has worked there for three years. He is currently the Head Athletic Trainer for The Arizona Rattlers. Pete received his undergraduate degree in Athletic Training at Boise State University in Idaho, followed by a graduate degree in Recreation from Arizona State University. He is currently considering additional education to become a Physician’s Assistant.
Some would agree that the field of Athletic Training has not changed over the past hundreds years while others would say that it has changed over time. People have said that it has changed over time because we have more studies, and technology is more advanced than what it was now from in the past years. “Athletic Trainers (ATs) are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians” (Hofstra University, n.d). “The services provided by ATs comprise prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions” (Hofstra University, n.d). Athletic trainers are the first to arrive and the last to leave at most practices and games. They are responsible for making sure the athletes receive the care they need in order to perform at their best. To be a certified trainer, you must have a degree from an accredited institution with an athletic curriculum. The courses you would have to take should include areas such as first aid, injury prevention, human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, physical therapy, illness and prevention, and emergency care. Once you obtain a degree, you must also pass a comprehensive test administered by the Board of Certification. If certification is granted, you must continue to meet ongoing educational requirements to maintain your certification.
A few negatives to becoming an Athletic Trainer are dealing with a lot of injuries, working a lot of long hours, parents and coaches disagreeing with the trainer’s diagnosis and recommendations, and working within small
My plan B for my career is to be a high school Athletic trainer. My reasoning for wanting to be an Athletic trainer is because it deals with my two favorite things to do; sports and helping other athletes with injuries. As the years go on I would like to advance to be a college Athletic trainer then move up to be a professional sports Athletic trainer.
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I want to become an athletic trainer after high school. An athletic trainer helps athletes take care of their body. I've been an athlete my entire life. I have also been hurt many times and I know the importance of an athletic trainer. It is important to understand the education or training requirements, skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered and the duties for a particular career when making this decision.
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As the media bombard the American public with unrealistic images, a new obsession with fitness has hit the markets. With more and more people aiming to lose weight, the fitness industry has been pressured to accommodate the high demands for efficient and entertaining workouts. This greater variety of work-outs hitting the market is a result of the diverse types of people who are trying to get in shape. Health clubs are no longer only for those 20-30 year olds who are in competitive training or those who need to be fit as a job requirement. Instead, these facilities are now packed with people of...
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As one may consider this as a career they must know the qualifications to have this as a career. Educational wise there are no specific requirements but if someones does plan on going to school a bachelor’s degree will always look good also the field of study someone should take interest in would be physical education, exercise science and
Distinctiveness: The unique selling points will be the personal trainers who will help educate the participants.