I got f---ed at Bally's, advice?

[pwr_machine]

Low wages? It's good money!

 

[casualbb]

lol I mean relative to most PT's. $25/hour is pretty much as low as it gets as a PT (unless you work for 24-hour fitness), but that's still over twice as much as any other job I could get.

 

[slinky]

Re: Re: I got f---ed at Bally's, advice?

I'm not familiar with this certification. Can you tell me more about it? Was it an online course? Had a workshop? Included a practical exam? It appears to me that most quality gyms are looking for ACSM or NSCA certifications. I'd consider an additional certification if you're looking at a career as a personal trainer.

Have to agree with pwr_ machine. NSCA is considered to be a more reputable cert. As a matter of fact, a good friend of mine is now certified via NSCA and is talking to Adidas.

Not bad, say I.

There are other places besides a commercial gym for you to obtain/train clients. Ya just need to get creative. Another friend of mine began "Fitness on Wheels" where he'd bring all the training to his clients' homes. He had a big van that contained everything that he used. Plus, alot of his clients had nice beeeeg homes with beeeeg yards (and lots of $$$), so he was not limited to what training options to provide. Pretty cool.

 

[magman1]

even if you got hired at bally's, ud have to get certified through their company(which is probably a fuckin joke) which would take time anywayz...and at school...most of the gym jobs go to kineiselogy(sorry bout sp.) majors, through like internships and what not...if you're really into PT, try and get with a corporation(like bally's) when you got a lil more time, so you can build up some clients, and branch out and meet people

 

[reggc]

Bally's is bullshit, I use to work for them bitches until i got smart and started training on my own, at bally's you make your fitness managers rich, while they sit on thier ass, and most of the fitness managers were im from aren't even nationally certified.

 

[casualbb]

NASM offers live workshops and online. I took the online because I couldn't afford to wait for the next scheduled live one.

The test is two part. First, a 100-question multiple choice exam on general biology, physiology, nutrition and then also the specifics of NASM-style training. Second, a case study. I had to design workouts including all of the following: warmup/cooldown, balance, core, reactive, and strength work. This was done for a randomly chosen case study. I had to do three workouts: one to be performed immediately (client is beginner w/postural issues), one projected 2 months in the future (different phase of training, assume postural problems are fixed), and one 2 months after that (a new phase).

It's probably not as popular as NCSA or ACSM but with those who do know it it's just as highly reputed if not moreso.