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Yo, Im not in at the moment.
Posted by: | CommentsHey. Long time no see. Im not actively updating this blog anymore, as you may have guessed.
I can be found hanging around my new site, writing plenty of fitness articles. Check it out http://www.trainerchrisspring.com/
Its Begun
Posted by: | CommentsAs always Ive left a large gap in between my posts, sorry. But I’m receiving some emails and txt’s from readers, who are doing the same as what I’m doing, which is always good, thanks for reading and good luck with your journey.
So in my last post I had passed my PT course, since then Ive set up my new website (small changes still need doing). This site obviously advertises me as a Personal Trainer in Essex and my services. Hopefully this can bring in some interest, however i believe the best way to generate clients will be getting out there, setting up classes (which i still haven’t done, despite my previous post saying that I am) and distributing lots and lots of flyer’s.
As well as targeting my local area, I have since gained a position in Fitness First Covent Garden as a self employed Personal Trainer. This works by me paying them a weekly rent, and in return i get access to there members and the use of there facilities. I’ll be doing this whilst doing my current 9-5, so its going to be a little busy for a while, but totatlly worth it, im sure.
Having spoke to members of various Fitness First gyms, there does seem to be a need of Personal Trainers and they are becoming very popular to use amongst Fitness First members, which of course, is good for me.
I start in a couple of weeks, so will really need to work my ass of to generate enough interest in my services and start to obtain some Personal Training clients. I think that’s going to be the toughest part of the job, which after a while I hope will become easier as word of mouth will spread.
As always, thanks for reading. I will keep you posted on how i get on with Fitness First and training people locally.
Ciao
I PASSED
Posted by: | CommentsYay.. I got the news yesterday that I have passed my Level 3 case study and am now a qualified Personal Trainer.
Like my nutrition case study, I needed 80% or more to pass. I got 86%, which means I passed with a “credit”, which is better than passing with a “pass” but not as good as a “distinction”, but who cares…? I Passed??
So what now? well I’m going on holiday today for a week, so I’ll have a think about what I want to do, i.e. work in a gym? set up my own business or a bit of both.
I have my Brother working hard on my new website: www.trainerchrisspring.comwhich advertises my services, so that’s a start.
Am well chuffed. Now its time I take a well earned rest for a week and get a nice tan to show some definition 
Thanks for reading.
Personal Trainer Case Study
Posted by: | CommentsSo I’m still in the process of writing up my case study for my Personal Trainer and advanced Instructor course. Have got a lot of it done now, i actually did most of it the first day after my 5 day course. If your doing something similar i highly recommend getting it all done whilst your in the zone and have the info in your brain.
I can back to it 14 weeks later and was so relieved to see that i had done most of the work already.
The friendly people at Future Fit gave me a 1 month extension on submitting my course work (them guys are seriously cool) and i need to get it down to them by the 17th June. Im aiming for next week though as ive only got to feel out the prescription forms at the end.
I got an email asking me what info i used whilst doing my study, which is a good question and to be honest i didnt use that much i dont think. In the manual you get on the 5 day course from Future Fit they give you a ton of reference of books that are worth reading, which is a good way to go, but to be honest, i found that the manual had plenty of info in it to help me on my way. I did stumble across these sites though, that have helped back up what i have done with my client and have reference the ASCM in my case study numerous times:
http://www.exrx.net/Aerobic/AerobicGoals.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightTraining/Guidelines.html
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page&TEMPLATE=CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=7764
I hope these helps anyone else doing a similar course.
Have a good weekend.
Wow, Its Been a While
Posted by: | CommentsBlimey, I haven’t updated this site for ages, sorry.
Due to the Volcanic Ash in Europe I was stranded in New York for 3 days… but that doesn’t really account for my absence over the last 4 months. I guess Ive been lazy busy.
So any news on my Personal Training? Well for the last 3 months i’ve been doing my Nutritional adviser course and case study and my Personal Trainer Course.
First, the Nutritional Advisor. For this I had 8 weeks to learn the material via Future Fits online learning system, which is great and also annoying. Then after the 8 weeks I had to get a real life client and begin a 8 week Nutrition course with them. This involved collecting Diet diaries, educating them on Nutrition and physical activity, making changes to there diet etc.
The course as a whole, I found, was pretty interesting and of great benefit to anyone wanting to become a Personal Trainer or Fitness advisor, as we all no that making changes to your body is 30% training and 70% diet. As they say, muscles are built in the Kitchen, not the gym. Whilst this course doesn’t teach you specific sport Nutrition (Future Fit has a separate course for that, which I will start in August) it does teach you the importance of Proteins, Carbs and Fats and what they all do to your body. You also learn about the Macronutrients (Vitamins and Minerals) and also how food is broken down by the body.
You then have to take this information and apply to it a client (family member of friend) and record your results and submit a case study at the end. The actual case study was pretty easy, even if you are unable to complete the course with your client (mine got lazy and hard to work with). The questions on the case study practically require text book answers, and that’s what I mostly gave.
The pass mark for this course was 80%. I received my score last week and passed with 83%. The great thing about the marking is that they provide you with comments on how things could be improved, so it serves for future purposes. Also, if you receive under 80% you can re-submit the case study and just amend certain questions you scored low on, so with the help of the markers comments, you should pass on the second attempt.
The second course im doing is my Personal Trainer course, this involved a 5 day work shop which I attended in January, followed by a 12 week case study with a client. Now if you’re an idiot like me and do both courses at the same time, id suggest using 2 different people for each case study, otherwise it gets confusing.
Im going to start writing my case study next week for this course, so will write about it here in my next post… which wont be as long as 4 months, I promise.
Thanks for reading.
