3 Popular Personal Trainer Career Options

Posted by in Personal Career on September 22, 2011

By Joseph B Powe

When most people think of careers in fitness they think of personal trainers with one on one sessions in the gym, a personal training studio, and in home sessions. However, with society putting more emphasis on physical fitness and health and wellness the opportunities and possibilities to find some variety of the careers within the fitness industry are greater than ever.

A lot of personal trainers are now branching off into other areas such as corporate training, working with the elderly as well as special needs clients. Personal training for children is also on the rise along with online training and public speaking surrounding health, fitness, and wellness topics. The personal trainer career possibilities are vast.

Here are three popular choices for specializing in the personal training field:

  1. Athletic Coach – While both trainers and athletic coaches work to keep people in shape, athletic coaches focus more on preparing athletes for competition as opposed to just losing few pounds to fit into a dress or a tuxedo. Most personal trainers do not need a college degree to practice their craft, just a certification from one of the major certifying boards. However, most athletic coaching positions require a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with majors in exercise physiology or kinesiology. The current average salary for an Athletic Coach is around $33,000.
  2. Physical Therapist – Physical therapists assist patients returning from injury. While physical therapists do promote overall health, the main focus of a physical therapist is not to help clients lose weight, but to improve range of motion, balance, and flexibility and strengthening of the injured area. Physical therapists must pass state and national licensing exams and require higher educational studies. Average salaries for PT’s are in the $72,000 range.
  3. Nutrition Counseling – The focus as a nutrition counselor is geared more towards eating habits rather than on physical training. Nutrition counselors assist clients with achieving weight goals, developing better eating habits and creating client specific meal plans. You will need to be a high school graduate and depending on the state you live in, you may be required to have a Bachelor’s degree in nutrition. You will need to be properly licensed with the state in which you live. The average salary for a Nutrition Counselor is around $35,000.

These are just a few career ideas in the Health and Wellness industry. Whichever career you choose, make sure you have the passion to go at it full steam ahead and you’ll have the success you aspire to.

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Positive Attitude, Personal Development & Success

Posted by in Personal Attitude on September 22, 2011

By Judith Sept

Maintaining a positive attitude is a fundamental aspect of personal development and success.

I recently looked up the word “attitude” in several dictionaries, and discovered the following definitions:

o Position assumed or studied to serve a purpose;
o Position or bearing as indicating action, feeling or mood;
o Mental position;
o Feeling one has for oneself;
o Settled opinion or way of thinking.

We see that attitude is a very personal aspect of ourselves and of our free will. Each of us, with the right measure of will, is in full control of our own attitude. No one has dominion over our attitude unless we allow it. Attitude is a choice–our own personal choice.

Successful people have the right attitude. They are not overcome by “what if” or by other self-defeating thoughts.

Successful people are those who maintain a positive attitude, and remain determined and focused.

It is our attitude that empowers our determination, and empowers our ability to focus and to act decisively when faced with new challenges.

We must not surrender ourselves to poor influences, to negative thoughts, or to bad habits. We must be ever vigilant against thoughts and feeling that might lead us down the wrong path.

A positive attitude affects how we think, what we choose to believe, and how we act towards ourselves, towards others, and towards our work. A positive attitude gives us the ability to embrace our potential, to turn our thoughts into actions that nurture success and happiness. With a positive attitude, we live a well-deserved life to its fullest. It is all achievable, and it all begins with a positive attitude.

Each of us must accept full responsibility for our own attitudes, thoughts, feelings and actions.

Learning new life skills stimulates our minds and strengthens our thought process.

We must keep focused on our goals. We must take daily right action towards our desired results. Challenges will arise; when we waver, we must not lose courage–we must reset our attitude, refocus and take action.

We all want to achieve the best possible results from our efforts. We all want to make the right choices. Maintaining a positive attitude about ourselves and about our efforts is a fundamental key to personal development and success.

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Personal Development and Mental Attitude

Posted by in Personal Attitude on September 22, 2011

By Liam McCauley

While it may seem that a person’s attitude and their personal development goals and achievements are very different things, for most people they are actually strongly influenced by one another. Without the right mental attitude, achieving anything is an uphill battle that is more difficult than it has to be.

Changing a mental attitude for the better is something that can affect all aspects of a person’s life. It can allow one to feel in control of life and give a person the self esteem to make the changes desired.

Improving Your Attitude

If personal development begins with changing a mental attitude, attitude changing begins by believing that it can be changed. Many people accept a negative attitude as being a normal part of their lives instead of a choice that has been made. It is vital to successfully meeting personal development goals to make the choice to have a positive attitude.

With a positive mental attitude, just about anything is possible. Each day the decision can be made to see everything positively, even if the day doesn’t go quite as planned. Looking at everything through this outlook makes experiences better and the future seem brighter.

Once the decision is made to see things positively and to carry a mental attitude that reflects that, throughout the day, goals that may have seemed far-fetched before will seem reachable. This means better success in achieving goals and a happier outlook on life.

Self Improvement

Part of achieving any goal is to believe that you can achieve it. Using self affirmations that help to reinforce positive ideas can help you to have a more positive attitude. This, then, makes goal setting easier. Keep telling yourself that you are able to meet these goals with your own skills and talents.

With goals in mind, it is possible to take positive action toward self improvement. Setting short-term and long-term goals can help along the way, providing plenty of milestones to meet in order to build self confidence.

Self confidence is essential in the business world, but that confidence doesn’t always come from the business world. Sometimes, self confidence is dependent on very personal criteria. It may be a weight loss goal, a personal skill-set goal or another personal achievement that can give you the confidence to make achievements in business.

Staying Motivated

With confidence and a good attitude comes motivation. Seeing the end goal and believing that it can be met is a great motivator to get things done. To continue to stay on track, continue setting goals after the first goals are met. They may be small things to accomplish, but they are milestones that can be met and conquered for your own self esteem and personal development.

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