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Should I become a personal trainer?

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We bet that many of you have asked yourselves this question!

If you have, you’re probably in one of two situations:

  • You’ve just finished school and your parents are breathing down your neck to choose a course to study.
  • You’ve been in the job that you’re currently doing, for a number of years; however you’re just not feeling it anymore. You’re always watching the clock, trying to calculate how many hours it is until you can close your laptop lid and head for the gym.

If you’re considering a career in personal training, you’re probably the go-to person in your friendship circle for advice on exercise and nutrition. They value the help that you give them and they can see the tangible results as a direct consequence of what you advised them.

 

So, the question is, should you become a personal trainer?

Are you passionate about fitness?

To be a world-class personal trainer, you need to be passionate about fitness. You must not mind spending hours and hours in the gym working on the parts of your body, which you want to tone up or bulk up. In fact, you must absolutely, without a doubt, look forward to getting stuck in at the gym.

Are you a people person?

A personal trainer has to deal with a variety of people on a daily basis. This means that they will need to adapt their communication skills in order that they can communicate appropriately with who they need to. So if you’re an introvert, perhaps being a personal trainer won’t be a good fit for you.

Are you entrepreneurial?

Remember that if you’re a personal trainer, you’ll be running your own fitness business. The buck stops with you. You’re responsible for making sure that the finances and taxes of your business are 100% (or if you don’t want to do this, you’re going to need to hire someone to help you to do this.) In addition to this, you’ll be responsible for your marketing and making sure that you continuously attract a steady flow of clients who want to train, into the business.

Are you enthusiastic?

One of the primary jobs of a personal trainer is to motivate their clients to keep on exercising. If the people who they’re training feel like they want to give up, it will be your job to make sure that they keep on pushing in order for them to reach their goals.

If you feel that the responses to the above four questions describe you, then you should really become a personal trainer!

Once you’ve made this life-altering decision, the next step is to choose a fitness college to do your training. Here are some things which you need to look out for when making your decision:

  • The college must be accredited by a recognised fitness body.
  • The course material must be extremely thorough.
  • The course facilitators must be personal trainers themselves. (This is important as it will give a practical spin on the theory that they are teaching so that students can know how to apply it.)
  • The fitness college must offer a number of methods of teaching. For example, they must provide an online learning platform which students, who are currently working, can use to further their education at night or over weekends.

So, to come back to the question that we posed in the title of the article: should you become a personal trainer? Well, if it’s something that you fee that you want to do, deep down in your gut, then you need to make that leap and become a part of the fitness industry!

 

Healthy Food Tips

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As consuming a healthy, balanced, nutritionally packed diet is extremely important, continue reading to discover a few healthy food tips which will help you clean up your diet.

Healthy Food Tips:

Prepare healthy home made pop corn as a treat:

Instead of opening a bag of chips or crisps in order to satisfy your craving for a salty snack, it’s a great idea to get into the habit of preparing healthy home made popcorn. Just be sure to refrain from using butter to pop your kernels and to limit the amount of salt which you use on your home made popcorn. If your homemade popcorn needs a little extra seasoning try experimenting with using pepper corn on your homemade popcorn.

Swap out your plates and bowls for smaller versions:

If you find it hard to serve yourself healthy portions, the bowls and plates which you’re using may be partially to blame. As many modern day plates and bowls are far too large. You may notice that once you swap out your oversized plates and bowls for smaller versions, that you’ll be able to fill up your plates and bowls, without over eating. However as your plates and bowls will look full, psychologically you’ll feel a whole lot more satisfied than you would be if you were to eat the same sized portion, served in a larger plate or bowl.

Use small plastic containers to store healthy snacks:

To ensure that you always have healthy food options on hand if you get peckish, it’s a great idea to use small plastic containers in order to store healthy snacks. Which you’ll be able to keep in your bag and in your car’s glove box. As examples, you can never go wrong filling a small container with dried fruit such as dried nectarines and prunes or with filling a small container with home made pop corn or nuts.

Grow your own herbs in order to season healthy dishes:

One way to enjoy eating healthier, low fat meals is to start growing your own herbs. As you don’t need a large garden to grow your own herbs and you’ll be able to grow tasty herbs such as basil and coriander in your kitchen. Simply place a few herb pots on your windowsill. So that they’ll enjoy plenty of natural light. One example of a healthy meal which is made better by herbs is smoked salmon served with asparagus.

If you grow vegetables ask to swap your surplus vegetables with family members, friends and neighbors:

Instead of trying to grow a wide variety of vegetables in your garden aim to grow a few different types of vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and corn. As you’ll easily be able to swap your surplus vegetables for other vegetables such as peas, beans and potatoes, with your friends, family members and neighbors. Which will allow you to enjoy a wide variety of vegetables each year, with minimal effort.

So if you’ve been seriously considering making a few changes to your diet in order to clean up your diet and to experience a much needed boost in energy, it’s well worth testing out all of the healthy food tips listed above.