Whats the best online personal training certification you can get?

[calveless wonder]

I was thinking of getting a certification, just for personal gratification really, not to really work or make any money as a personal trainer... has anyone here ever done this? Is it something I will have to keep paying to renew year after year?

most certification's it's every 2 years for renewal.....it's usually only about 100 bucks or so compared to the 600 or so you gotta pay to get the original one(for a good one).

 

[bran987]

you can get a personal training certification ONLINE? without going to the gym and learning equipment or anything? I don't think I'm understanding correctly.. cause that's really scary

 

[Lestat]

What is/are the most respected certifications?

 

[REBEL]

I just got the at home study stuff for NCSF. I looked into alot of them, I wanted one that was accepted in all the gyms in my area (I'm sick of working shitty jobs to get me through school). From what I understand NCSF is a well respected one, without first having a bachelors.

 

[Lestat]

I just got the at home study stuff for NCSF. I looked into alot of them, I wanted one that was accepted in all the gyms in my area (I'm sick of working shitty jobs to get me through school). From what I understand NCSF is a well respected one, without first having a bachelors.

so there are different certs you can get if you have a bachelors?

 

[casualbb]

It's gotta be a bachelors in a "health-related field." EG sports medicine, nutrition, biology, blah blah blah.

 

[calveless wonder]

It's gotta be a bachelors in a "health-related field." EG sports medicine, nutrition, biology, blah blah blah.

yeah, there are 2 certifications that cater to this....

ACSM and i forget the other one.


NASM
NCSF
ISAA
ACE.

are all recognized and can probably land you a job(of course that's contingent on other factors). there's a bunch of other certifications out there from lesser known companies(NESTA,IFPA) but that's probably just wasting your money.


not sure about places like NFPT, AFPA...

 

[Lestat]

I checked out the NASM site.. looks cool... if I were to go for that one It'd be good right? its $500 or so for the study at home CDs and shit....

My undergrad is in Bio Psychology... that could be sports/medicine related right?

 

[wtlftr]

why am I a dickhead for my response. Seems kinda stupid. Just responding and gave good results. Top three ACSM, NSCA (CSCS), NASCM

 

[Arniceous]

Nsca
Ncsf
Issa