How to Become A Personal Trainer

by Chris Hitchko

How To Become A Personal Trainer (Successful)Did you know the average personal trainer in 2020 was self-taught? This means that YOU could become a CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER within 28-days (we have done it.) ALL BY YOURSELF! Many trainers at the top personal training gyms in the United States are charging $100+ per hour and most of them have never trained another human being. Just because someone uses an ambiguous acronym (i.e. NASM, ISSA, ACE) does not make them qualified to teach and train the mechanics of the human body. Regardless – did you know that the average personal trainer doesn’t understand anatomy (17-muscles around the shoulder, 30-around the hip), the fundamental principles of movement, overload, programming, SAID, bioenergetics, or how to regress or progress exercises? Does that make sense to you? Us either. Just because these people have a six pack of abs and backside from Venus packaged up with a certification, it does not mean they are qualified to teach how to properly move and exercise another human. You heard it first from Show Up Certifications are Blockbuster, Internships are Netflix. If you want to be respected and turn your passion for fitness into a career, you need a solid foundation in anatomy, programming, business & social media development, and guided experience. This isn’t a book on how to get clients, or a shortcut to becoming a celebrity trainer. It’s an honest approach on what to expect if you’re thinking of becoming a personal trainer and to expose the fitness industry’s entry standards for what they are—RIDICULOUSLY EASY. The average personal trainer takes a simple 120-question test and then considers themselves a “fitness professional” – imagine the gasps if a heart surgeon did the same thing? The majority of social media “instafamous” personal trainers have no idea what they are doing, and people are getting hurt because they lack education and guided experience. Add to this that 90% of personal trainers quit within 12-months of getting certified -WHY YOU ASK? Read this book and find out.How to Become A Successful Personal Trainer will help you turn your passion for fitness into a career and help you become a qualified fitness professional. 

How to Become A Successful Personal Trainer 1-      Personal training industry, certifications & internships2-      The Average Day in the Life of a Trainer 3-      H.E.L.P. N.I.C.K. & Commandments of Becoming A Successful Personal Trainer4-      Interviews from Managers on why 90% of certified trainers quit within 12-months5-      How to Make 100k & Develop Streams of Revenue6-      The Trainer Happiness Equation 7-      Interviews from Top Personal Trainers

Chris Hitchko, BS Kinesiology, CSCS, has personally taught over 800-personal trainers and knows the formula for success in the fitness industry. Throughout his sixteen-year tenure, he’s collaborated with top trainers, professors, coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, and doctors, which allowed him to develop a Board of Education to make sure the material and scientific information is up to date. Here are just a few of the worlds TOP Personal Trainers interviewed for this Contreras, Brett Bartholomew, Meghan Callaway, Nick Tumminello, Dean Somerset, Erica Suter, Dan John, Tony Gentilcore, Kellie Davies, John Rusin, Ben Bruno, Jordan Syatt, Marc Megna, Charles Staley, Eric Bach, and many more!  

Genres: Fitness

245 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 15, 2021

Reviews

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The information I’ve been looking for for years

I found this book through a Reddit thread and then I found out about the internship they offer reading the Amazon reviews. I signed up the same day. The intership builds on the information in this book and I feel a bit more confident about training someone now that I have access to both this book and internship. The book told me the exact blueprint to becoming more than the average commercial gym trainer, and how timely it was as I’m picking up my first training job at a local gym.

I was certified two years ago and I finished feeling like okay now what. I’ve since been looking for practical guides or experience because as we know the text books are utopia but real life clients aren’t as cut and dry. I’m so happy I found this resource prior to starting my job at the gym so that I already start out knowing what not to do.

[Marc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty great read, hard to put down, lots of good content and interviews with successful trainers but loses a star for his every other page pitch for his Show Up Fitness internship and occasionally shitting on the importance of posture on pain/movement.

Being oblivious to the impact of the position of our body (posture) on our biomechanics and where the stress goes in our body tells me this guy really isn't very advanced when it comes to his understanding of the body. This has become a massive problem in the last 20 years as we have become more and more sedentary and dysfunctional. We are dealing with a pain epidemic and new trainers should know the importance of kyphosis or an elevated hip or internally rotated shoulders, for example, on how well someone can perform an exercise and whether it is causing pain and/or a lack of function. Dude misses the mark on this but otherwise I enjoyed the book. It was funny at times and relatable.

[bwc · Rating 2 out of 5]

There’s some decent information in here but wasn’t worth the money for the book - everything he mentions can be discovered online or through networking with other trainers. The author is pretty full of himself and his ego is easily sensed, even through pages of a book. He bad-mouths certifications the entire time while promoting his own internship, pretty clearly trying to get new trainers to go that route as opposed to getting your credential alone (which is what most gyms require). Also, it’s also pretty obvious this was typed up in Microsoft Word and wasn’t sent to an editor before it was published, lots of typos and double spaced to fill more pages.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

SO. MANY. NUGGETS!! This book has a no BS approach on how to be successful. There are a few typos in the book, but nothing that hinders the understanding of the content. It's expected that books will be "perfect", but people aren't. And if you can't get past the typos and just take in the knowledge, then you have some grwoing up to do.Just saying! However, overall this book has provided me so many takeaways that I will be implementing when I start my personal training business. Highly recommend to read this book!

[Danielle Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about becoming a personal trainer in today’s industry- it is a good introductory tool for a prospective trainer who is looking for mentorship and gives you ideas of where to find that mentorship and how to set yourself up for success.

Again, I would recommend this read to those just starting out in the industry, and junior trainers.

[Katka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Gives really good insight on where to start with PT. As someone who wants to get in that industry it gives me some direction on where to start and what to concentrate on.

[Shervin · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're a PT read this book. Even though it doesn't talk about programming that much but if you're going to be a freelancer this is a must for you.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

good intro to what is needed as a trainer

I loved the interview sections. They really gave actionable advice. And the book is definitely good at spotlighting the benefits of the internship.

[Regina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great tips and interviews for those just starting out in the personal training community.

[Joe Ybarra · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Blueprint

Very straight-forward, no pulled punches, and easy read. Lots of recommendations on how to be successful as a trainer and how to set yourself up for success.

[Antwan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I definitely enjoyed the story that was shared in this book, the Hmk info to get a jump start on how SHOW UP FITNESS does their practices and what path SUF is going into. Definitely for those wanna jump into knowing your info and putting it to use to help those in need go onto your web and check out their site I purchased the programming and its great with weekly videos, & Weekly meets on a daily basis, just come on down and SHOW UP, & SHOW OUT.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me on my fitness social media page at @RoughAshlarFitBox