Explore A Myriad Of PT Training Career Opportunities

Sometimes, becoming a personal trainer is overlooked in favour of more traditional, more secure careers. However, there’s no reason why this thinking can’t be challenged if your heart is set on this pathway. Anyone can work to become a personal trainer if that is what they wish to do. No one should stand in your way of fulfilling your dream if you’re passionate about fitness, health and helping other people. We often don’t look at what we’re most passionate about when researching viable career options.

Michelle Bridges, personal trainer on Channel 10’s The Biggest Loser is a testament to the fact that self belief and determination can help you reach your personal training goals, if that’s where your passion lies. Becoming a personal trainer will demand a little bit of self-knowledge, but is well worth it if it means you’ll get ‘in the zone’ where work becomes something meaningful, less like work and more like fun! That’s not to say it won’t be hard, but anything worthwhile takes some time, effort and research.Ask yourself a few key questions. Are you interested in helping other people stay motivated to reach their own personal fitness goals? Do you have an interest in fitness yourself? Do you like to impart knowledge to other people? If you answered yes to these questions then becoming a personal trainer could be the career choice for you.

A Career That Can Take You Anywhere

The thing that many people often do not realise is that there is an enormous amount of flexibility involved with choosing a career in this field. Personal training is more than just telling a person what to do in the gym and how to do it. You can combine a personal training qualification with other qualifications and experience to take your career to different levels, or use different skills to mold your own niche market. If you’re thinking about becoming a qualified personal trainer, your skills can take you to a number of different career paths such as:

Combining Personal Training With Massage Therapy

When you’re training clients, the last thing you want your clients to have to deal with is injury. Part of recovery from injury is the utilisation of massage therapy. Massage therapy is a key component in clients overcoming pain and injury, and becoming qualified in it could really boost your personal training career, making you stand out from the crowd.

Working On A Cruise Ship As A Fitness Consultant

People want to get fit in all places, not just at home. When people are on holiday, this can be a key time for many to assess their overall lifestyle, including their health and fitness. On cruise ships, there are plenty of facilities for people to enjoy, including gyms and health centres. Working as a fitness consultant on a cruise ship, you’ll be able to help people during their holiday to get on track to a healthier lifestyle that they can continue when they go home. Plus, there’s the added of bonus of being able to travel whilst you work.

Co-owning A Business Alongside Another Health Professional

The health industry is wide and varied. There are a number of different professions that can work alongside each other to help stabilise a new and growing business. By co-owning a business with another health professional, you can easily provide access to further health services for your clients, giving them a one-stop shop for all of their health needs.

Combining Your Health Knowledge With A Passion For Writing

People are always eager to learn more. If you have the skills and knowledge to provide to others, many publications and websites love to receive articles from professionals to share with their audience. You can write articles for voluntary experience or you may be offered paid work to provide your knowledge. If you are writing articles in conjunction with running a personal training business, you may find that published articles will help to boost your reputation as a personal trainer.

Group Fitness Coach

As a personal trainer, you don’t have to limit yourself to one-on-one clients. One of the benefits of having a successful business as a personal trainer is being able to fit in more clients through group fitness sessions. You will have more clients under your belt and they will all be trained within a certain time-frame. This is the perfect solution for trainers who want to free up time for other responsibilities, without reducing the amount of clients you see. Being a group fitness instructor is also a sociable way to get fit, and you can undertake this career through a gym or fitness club, leading to even more networking possibilities.

The Many Pathways Of A Personal Training Career

Training to become a personal trainer doesn’t mean you’re going to be stuck training clients one-on-one day in and day out, unless that’s what you want to do. There are plenty of different avenues getting qualified as a personal trainer can take you. No matter where you see yourself as a personal trainer, it is very likely to be possible when teaching others about health and fitness.

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AIF

The Australian Institute of Fitness

The Australian Institute of Fitness (AIF) is the largest and longest established fitness training organisation in Australia, with dynamic training methods and expert course coaches nationwide - spanning fitness, massage and nutrition. The AIF qualifies more fitness professionals than any other provider in Australia, as well as offering a broad range of continuing education courses (CEC), upskilling resources and partnership programs for existing industry.