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baxgilter
baxgilter Posts: 246 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How long did it take you to get your certification? Who do you have it through? Was it a class or study at home program? Thanks!

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  • MrsJBro
    MrsJBro Posts: 59 Member
    I'm a CSEP certified personal trainer. It requires at least two years of fitness education (NAIT personal fitness training program), and a very thorough exam/practical.
    You can become a personal training specialist through CanFitPro. It's a lower certification, but only requires a weekend of your time.
    You can do the NAIT program online or in school. I would recommend NAIT 100%, great program.
  • baxgilter
    baxgilter Posts: 246 Member
    Anyone else?
  • baxgilter
    baxgilter Posts: 246 Member
    I'm a CSEP certified personal trainer. It requires at least two years of fitness education (NAIT personal fitness training program), and a very thorough exam/practical.
    You can become a personal training specialist through CanFitPro. It's a lower certification, but only requires a weekend of your time.
    You can do the NAIT program online or in school. I would recommend NAIT 100%, great program.

    Is this a canadian program? I wonder if it is useable in the US?
  • baxgilter
    baxgilter Posts: 246 Member
    still nothing
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    No help, but tagging to see if anyone on my FL can answer.
  • JosieRawr
    JosieRawr Posts: 788 Member
    bump for you. hope ya get the answers you're seeking :)
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    I'm not in your country either.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    It depends on your training and background. A certification is not step one of the process. A certification is meant to validate and verify that you have the minimum base of knowledge and experience to competently perform the job.

    If someone is qualified and has the education and experience to become a personal, then getting a "certification" is a relatively simple process and should not take long at all. Getting the education and experience is what should take some time, and without knowing more about your background, it's hard to say.
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    I know for NASM it's whenever you can pass their exam but to do so you'd probably have to study for a bit (unless you already know about stuff like Sliding Filament Theory, OPT model, correcting imbalances and finding them through various assessments and so forth) the length of time which you want to spend studying for it is entirely up to you.
  • shorty35565
    shorty35565 Posts: 1,425 Member
    I think I might have a couple PT's on my list. So bump

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