#(also I studied religious studies for anyone asking!! I got my masters degree in stuff like different afterlife beliefs occult practices

[rosenfey]

🌿💀 no spoilers but emmrich romance is everything to me as someone who grew up playing in graveyards because she enjoyed the quiet and as someone who has been perhaps oddly fascinated with death ever since she was a child and someone who spent a lot of her academic time researching death rituals and imagery and someone who always cries when she thinks about how we are so different from those who came before and yet so similar and how history is the closest we can get to connecting to the dead and how reading what they left behind is the closest to magic and resurrection and most importantly how incredibly freeing it is to feel seen and understood and to realise that I might be odd and weird for my fascination with death yes but that it is okay and and and-- I need to lay down 💀🌿

[randomoranges]

It bothered me that in the og version I had written that someone checked their phone for an answer and then realised that if this was taking place in the 90s, such a thing was impossible. I finally fixed it haha.

Perfect Cities Forgive me Father for I Have Sinned/Trivia Night

 Edward didn’t know what it was about this place, but Étienne liked going to this one bar that had trivia night every Wednesday. No matter what time of the year he visited, if he was there on a Wednesday and they didn’t have any other plans, Étienne would drag him to the bar. They never participated, but Étienne would answer the questions under his breath, much to Edward’s amusement.

 However, on this particular Wednesday night, Étienne felt particularly daring and he signed them up to participate. Edward had no idea how this would end and he figured he would let Étienne answer all the questions, since it had been his brilliant idea.

 “I’ll take the theology category.” Étienne said, when he was asked. Edward raised an eyebrow at him. Étienne hadn’t had that much to drink. Edward had no idea what game he was playing at.

 His curiosity was piqued.

 The first question went to the other couple they were playing against. When they got it wrong, Edward saw Étienne smirk, before he launched in a full and very detailed answer, on some very obscure Christian topic.

 To say that he was surprised would be putting it mildly, but Edward figured Étienne had read the information on a milk carton, or something.

 The following question went to them and Edward hadn’t even heard of the Saint that had apparently given up their eyes in order to save the poor, but Étienne had and he answered the question perfectly as though he was an expert on the subject.

 Edward could only gawp at him as others in the bar started to take notice. He ordered himself another drink and downed it in one gulp. Something told him he would need it.

 By the third round of questions, it was clear to everyone present that Étienne was some kind of expert on the topic, when he politely corrected the host who had the actual answer sheet.

 For a brief moment, everyone thought that Étienne had been wrong, until another person looked through the book the bar kept on the various subjects of the questions, to confirm that Étienne was right and the answer key wrong.

 The smug look on Étienne’s face was hard to miss.

 “Okay, enlighten me, what gives?” Edward whispered when they took a break.

 Étienne batted his eyelashes at him and gave him an innocent look over his drink. “What do you mean?”

 “How d’you know all this stuff? Did you get the questions ahead of time?”

 “Mr. Murphy, are you accusing me of cheating? I am shocked.” Étienne said, acting all faux-hurt.

 “Well, did you?”

 “I’ll have you know I did not.” He sighed and gave him a pointed look.

 Edward did not look convinced. “Yeah right.”

 “What, you don’t think I’m smart enough to know these things?”

 “No... well... I guess I just figured you would know more about –”

 “The Habs and language laws?” Étienne interrupted.

 “Yes and less about –”

 “Theology and religious topics?”

 Edward paused. “Yeah, something like that. To some extent anyways – I mean, maybe the Catholic bits, but not.... everything else.”

 Étienne gave him a rueful grin. “Ah, but you forget, my good friend, that most of my upbringing was exactly this. And as the saying goes –”

 “Je me souviens. Yeah, yeah.”

 “Good. You’re learning.”

 “But okay, so you grew up with this. I still call bullshit though. There’s no way you could go to such depths in an argument just because you grew up with a thing. That was some next level analogy.”

 “Ah, you got me there.” Étienne admitted sheepishly.

 “So you did cheat?”

 “No. I legitimately know this stuff.” He defended.

 “Do explain. As much as I’m enjoying crushing the other team, I’d like to know who I have to thank for our victory.”

 Étienne was quiet for a moment and bought himself some time by taking a long gulp of his drink. He tried to think of the best way to explain to his friend the truth without revealing too much about himself.

 The thing was, when he had been younger, religion had intrigued him. He had been taught about the kind son of God who had died for their sins, had shared his bread and wine with the unlikeliest of men and women and who had preached about love and acceptance. He had wondered how such a son could have an unforgiving father, as the priests made him sound, and so Étienne had started asking pastors and priests alike, engaging in deep conversations with those who had not been afraid of his curiosity.

 His discussions and debates over texts and ideologies of Christianity amused him and brought him a new understanding of Man. Many times, he had been kicked out from a church for voicing his opinion on a certain matter that the local priest disagreed with. His reading into the passages of the bible was too scandalous and even prohibited for the time, but Étienne continued to provoke and to engage with the clerics that liked a good challenge.

 He had made enemies, his brother had been at wits end, but he had also made some good and dear friends over the years.

 It wasn’t a fact he liked to share with just anyone, since he liked to cultivate a certain image of himself, but he still visited a few of his clergy friends and he was rather proud of his Master’s degree in theology studies. The fact that he taught part-time in two universities every so often was also another best-kept secret of his.

 He did not consider himself to be a religious man, had hated what religion had done to his people and his land, but it still intrigued him. He still wanted to understand what it was about it that attracted so many people to it. He had travelled the world to meet with other high members of different religions – all in the quest to understand.

 “Well?” Edward brought him back to their present conversation and he blinked. He still wasn’t sure how much he wanted to tell his friend.

 “Let’s just say... the subject is fascinating. Why do people seek comfort for their otherwise meaningless lives? How can one religion attract so many? Why do they fight over it? Our lives are long and sometimes you need a good hobby.”

 Edward was by no means satisfied with the answer, but he figured he would have time later to probe the matter. “Whatever you say, as long as you don’t make us look like fools.”

 “Don’t worry, I won’t. Just watch me destroy them.”

 “Oh, I will. I gotta say; it’s pretty hot seeing you actually correct the other team and the host.”

 “Yeah? Is it turning you on?” Étienne smirked and leaned a little closer to Edward.

 “And if it was?”

 Étienne laughed and sat back. “Well, if it is, I guess we can do something about it later, after I win, to celebrate and all.”

 “Sounds like a plan.”

 FIN 23

 Started writing: November 16th 2016, 9:43pm

Finished writing: November 17th 2016, 12:53am

Started typing: February 12th 2017, 6:41pm

Finished typing: February 12th 2017, 8:19pm

[what-even-is-thiss]

Are there bible study schools? Is that a thing? Can you hypothetically send your teenaged child to a school specifically to study religion? I have an au idea and I think bible study schools are a thing but also I never went to church and grew up atheist so i wouldn't know

There are private religious high schools, which is basically a high school that can force you to attend services and prayer sessions. Some of them require you to attend a bible class or religious studies course but not all of them. They probably also strictly regulate what’s taught in the other courses that aren’t religious studies but again this isn’t always the case. Some of these are boarding schools, most of them aren’t. Most are catholic schools, a lot of them aren’t. Protestant schools will likely be slightly more lenient in what content is taught in classes but this isn’t always the case. It varies wildly from school to school. In some schools religion plays a part in everything they do, in others it’s just like any other high school except there’s religious symbols in the hallway I guess. In none of them that I know of is the only focus religion though. Most students won’t become nuns, priests, or pastors and they know this. They’re just trying to give the kids a moral upbringing. I don’t know anything about orthodox schools so don’t ask me about those.

If youur character is looking to study religion specifically you’re either gonna follow the nun/monk route or go to seminary to become a religious leader of some sort. Going to these places are usually decisions made by individual adults. Unless your character comes from a long line of pastors and they feel pressured to continue the family tradition. This won’t work for Catholic or orthodox characters though because their religious leaders aren’t allowed to marry. (Note: some small exceptions exist for orthodox priests but it’s complicated and I don’t wanna get into it and because of the nature of these exceptions it’s nearly impossible to have a long family tradition of being an orthodox priest)

There are Protestant nuns and monks but they’re a little harder to find. Most are gonna be Catholic or orthodox. The most common Protestant nuns or monks are Anglican or Lutheran. Non denominational orders exist but there’s like three of them maybe. In the old days like 1,000 years ago parents could ship their kids off to be monks or nuns if they couldn’t feed them but that hasn’t happened for at least a couple centuries that I know of.

If a person wants to go to seminary to be a religious leader, they first have to finish a four year college degree, preferably in religious studies. Seminary students can get a master’s or a doctorate. A doctorate isn’t required to become a religious leader. It’s just there if you want it. (Note: If your character is a woman, in a gay relationship, and/or transgender, research their denomination’s specific policies on allowing them to study religion. Some churches don’t even allow women to speak to groups of men, some let women become pastors but not queer people, some are open to anyone, and there’s everything in between)

If you’re getting into non denominational stuff though GOOD LUCK because that crap is all over the place. It’s most often fundamentalist but not always. If your character is non denominational though and you want some angst fundamentalists are a good setup for angst and very easy to research because they’re persistent and extremely strict. These people will... they even tell other Christians that they’re going to Hell. Most of us are embarrassed to be associated with them.

All that being said, there’s always the homeschool option. A lot of Christian parents from all political and cultural backgrounds homeschool their children. If you’re interested in learning more about homeschooled Christian culture I’d suggest checking out the YouTube channel Blimey Cow. I don’t totally agree with them ideologically but they’re polite and give some good insight into what it’s like growing up in a super religious family when you’re not bitter about it afterwards. I converted to Christianity from being an atheist and they helped me understand a lot of my cradle Christian friends a lot better.

Sorry that got so long. Hope it helped!

[malcolmadrian97]

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Some therapists may prefer a specific direction of the history of ReikiIt's called Reiki is to know them better and it will.The classes are divided into four sections, including:Starting from the members of the system of Reiki in the holiday-packed traffic and, because I felt it should be a better healer.Secondly, Reiki goes to where it goes where it goes to any Third eye Reiki distance healing is a Japanese technique which if practiced properly induces calmness and harmony of universal energy is a most positive aid to learning and studying Reiki.

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There is no set of exercises they then tweak and personalize it to bring healing and relaxation that also configures the energetic space and connection in the world.Unlike a massage, I did not say that anyone can learn a specific, simple method of healing energy can not learn reiki without attunement, either person to become channels of Reiki.The healer draws exactly the time anyway.The transmission or channeling of energy and always creates a safe space for transformation.Not too long ago, Western Medicine was very alarming.

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Every year, thousands of people consider starting a career in fitness and health. But most have no idea how to make their dream a reality. This article—written for both new and experienced fitness professionals—outlines a new curriculum for building a successful career. 

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Change your body, change your… career?

Becoming passionate about health and fitness put the rest of my life into perspective.

I caught the fitness bug early. I started working out and reading articles about nutrition and fitness when I was in high school. By the time I was 21, I’d put on 30 pounds of muscle, felt awesome, and vanquished my skinny guy genetics.

Like many people who start living the “healthy lifestyle”, I quickly became the go-to fitness and nutrition expert for my friends and family, a position and responsibility I enjoyed and cherished.

My new-found love for exercising and eating healthy—coupled with the results I saw in the mirror and my ability to help others get in shape—made me feel like a brand new person.

Well, almost.

Because even though I looked and felt different, the rest of my life seemed tethered to the “old me”. I’d transformed my mind and body… but I was still doing the same old stuff.

Working the same unsatisfying job. Going through the motions at my local community college. Following the same routines.

Taking control of my own health and fitness had shown me how much potential I had to change things in my life. To become happier. To find meaning and purpose. To make a difference.

So why the hell was I doing all the boring stuff I was “supposed” to do when I could do something that actually mattered?

A crazy idea popped into my head: What if I became a personal trainer and tried helping others transform their bodies? What if that was my job?

As I thought about the possibilities, I got excited. And then reality slapped me in the face. The way I saw it, I had one huge problem:

I had no formal education, no certification, and worse… absolutely no idea where to start.

How do you become successful in the fitness industry?

I wasn’t alone. And I’m still not.

There are thousands of people who are passionate about health and fitness and considering a career change. But like me back then, they don’t know where to start.

Should they go back to school for a new degree? Get certified as a personal trainer? Or maybe something else entirely?

I remember thinking through the positives and negatives of each before deciding on a course of action.

Option 1: Go back to school.

Positives:

Earn a degree.

Learn all about biochemistry, anatomy, and exercise physiology.

Negatives:

Takes at least two years to finish (and more likely, four to six years).

Costs tens of thousands of dollars and could leave me deep in debt.

Doesn’t prepare me for the day-to-day work of training real people (i.e. doesn’t show me how to write training programs or nutritional plans people will actually follow).

Delivers few (if any) classes or resources on change psychology or business development.

Option 2: Get certified as a personal trainer.

Positives:

Faster than going back to school (Usually self-study, so I could go at my own pace.)

Costs way less money.

Learn enough anatomy and physiology to feel semi-competent.

The certificate I earned after taking the test would make me seem more credible to potential clients.

Negatives:

Doesn’t seem as “credible” as a degree.

I don’t know which certification is “good” and which certification is “bad”.

Still doesn’t teach me much about change psychology or business development.

So what did I do?

I got a crappy personal training certification, sweet-talked my way into a job as a “fitness assistant” at a local gym, and started training clients. (I eventually earned a better certification.)

At times, I felt like I was on top of the world. I had gamed the system! Here I was working with people, building my business, reading nutrition and exercise text books, and attending seminars. I felt like I had a big head-start.

But at other times, I felt like a fraud. I worried that everyone would look at my lack of formal education and know I was unfit to work with people, even if I was a certified trainer.

I worried that because I didn’t follow any sort of “path”, my new career in fitness was a joke. It was debilitating and even a little depressing.

But as I would later learn, my lack of a formal fitness and nutrition education put me in good company.

Be a world-class strength coach in 3 easy steps

When people ask renowned strength coach Dan John what they should do to become a successful trainer or coach, here’s what he tells them:

Step 1: Get a degree in English, study Theology, score a job as a high school teacher.

Step 2: Spend evenings teaching an online religious studies course.

Step 3: Volunteer as a strength coach with your high school track team.

Voilá, just 25 years later, you’ll be a household name in strength and conditioning.

While Dan laughs when he says this, that’s exactly what he did. And his hint of sarcasm isn’t missed, largely because Dan knows something most people don’t:

Unlike in certain fields like law and medicine, there are no clear, predetermined paths in fitness.

In other words, there is no single—or obvious—path to becoming a successful health and fitness coach.

When I realized that, I felt a huge burden lift off me. I wasn’t a fraud. I was just a guy who wanted to help people get in good shape. And, like Dan, I had simply taken an “unconventional” path to get there.

What does that mean for you?

It means that you can find the path that suits you. The path that matches your experience, personality, character, and principles.

You can create your own unique path to the dream job you want.

But how?

Start here: The new fitness industry curriculum

Of course, even though there’s no single template, you can still follow and adapt some of the patterns of the top coaches. Here’s how.

1. Start coaching immediately.

You don’t have to do anything fancy from the start. You don’t need to get a degree, rent space in a gym, or start your own studio.

In other words, you don’t need permission from anyone to get started.

All you have to do is help someone get in shape and improve their life, one step at a time.

It doesn’t matter if that someone is a friend, family member, or a paying client. The only way to see if you actually enjoy working with people is to start working with people.

And if you’re not feeling confident enough to coach on your own, ask if you can “shadow” a personal trainer or another experienced coach for a day.

Remember: You don’t have to know everything about exercise and nutrition to help someone get in shape and improve their life. All you need is to know a little bit more about health and fitness than the person you’re trying to help.

Becoming great at something (like coaching) is always about trial and error.

No matter how well prepared you think you are, no matter how many tests you pass, no matter how many internships you do, you will eventually have to try stuff and you will still have to make mistakes. On your own.

So start doing—and learning—now.

2. Get certified.

While you’re coaching, start earning your credentials.

Yes, we all know that a lot of certifications in the fitness industry are considered a joke. Many require a single weekend of “effort” (and I put that in quotations deliberately).

Most barely scratch the surface of what a trainer really needs to know to work effectively with a client.

But if you want to be viewed as a professional—and if you want insurance—you’ll need the paperwork. So get some kind of certification anyway.

Start with a basic certification like one of the following:

American College of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

International Sports Sciences Association – Personal Trainer Certification

National Academy of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

National Strength & Conditioning Association – Certified Personal Trainer

PTA Global – Certified Personal Trainer

Once you’ve cleared the initial hurdle and have rounded out your skill set (see below), you can consider more advanced certifications and mentorships.

3. Become a “complete” fitness professional.

Once you get your basic personal training certification, it’s time to take it a step further and expand your education. We know that exercise alone won’t get your clients the kind of results they’re hiring you for.

And your clients will need more help than just the two or three sessions a week they have with you.

So what you should you do?

Nutrition education

First, learn more about nutrition, so you can feel more confident discussing food and diet with your clients.

Nutrition is where people 1) need the most help and 2) will see the greatest results.

In fact, including nutrition coaching with your training advice can increase your effectiveness as a trainer by at least five times.

In other words:

That could be 25 pounds lost, instead of 5.

That could be 20 points knocked off the blood pressure score, instead of 4.

That could be 5 inches off someone’s waist, not 1.

That could be at least five times more client commitment, confidence, motivation, retention, and satisfaction… with five times less effort from you.

Since a high-quality, real-world nutrition certification didn’t exist a few years ago, we set out to create one: The Precision Nutrition Certification. It’s quickly become the industry’s most respected nutrition certification, a fact we’re very proud of.

Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification

And if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 program, we’ve got something for you too. Check out this Level 2 page where you can learn more about the Master Class.

Also, if you want more research on the different nutrition education options out there, check out this site. It compares and contrasts the best schools and online education platforms. That way you can make an educated decision on what’s best for you.

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

Movement education

After establishing your nutrition system, I recommend one more thing to round out your basic skill set: improving your ability to assess movement.

Most exercise programming assumes that clients move well to begin with. And that might be true, if you were training child circus performers, instead of office workers or athletes and manual laborers with years of repetitive stresses and strains.

As physical therapist Gray Cook says, you shouldn’t load dysfunctional movement patterns. Adding weight to a structure that can’t support it isn’t going to make that structure any better.

Your exercise programming can actually hurt your clients if you don’t first learn how to help them fix their dysfunctional movement patterns.

So, consider checking out one of the following education tracks for better understanding and programming movement.

Functional Movement Systems (FMS)

Z-Health Performance

4. Learn how to coach real people.

After you’ve spent some time learning about movement, nutrition, and exercise programing it’s time to learn how to coach your clients. 

That means understanding the deeper psychology at play and saying the right things in the right ways at the right times. It means really connecting with your clients and helping them through their body  transformations one step at a time.

You can have someone do all the squats and eat all the broccoli you want, but until you learn “change psychology” and the art of coaching, you’ll never be able to actually help your clients change their habits.

Where should you start?

Here are two must-read resources to check out:

Effective coach talk: What to say to clients and why it matters

10 things elite coaches do (And 6 things they read)

Note: In the second article we share six books that will teach you the basics of change psychology. Use it as a jumping off point for digging deeper into this area.

And if you’ve done all that and you’re ready to level up, you might consider these courses:

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification

Excellence in Motivational Interviewing

5. Get some business training.

You’ve gotta keep the lights on, your financials in order, and clients coming in the door. But how?

If you’re considering opening your own personal training studio or gym—or if you work at a bigger gym and want to learn how to get more clients—you’ll need to get some business training.

I’m not talking about a MBA here. I’m talking about fitness-specific training taught by people who’ve actually had success in the field.

Here’s are some great options:

Net Profit Explosion

Results Fitness University

Fitness Consulting Group

100K Info Group (for online businesses)

(And here’s a great article outlining the 5 key stages of a successful fitness business).

The better you get at marketing and running your business, the more people you can help, and the more money you can make.

6. A career of learning and development.

Once you’ve built a strong foundation of training, nutrition, movement, change, and business knowledge, it’s time to commit to a lifetime of learning and personal development.

Feel free to pick the books, courses, internships, and certifications that most resonate with you. Or will most help your clients.

Now is the time to geek out about advanced programming for different populations, nutrient timing, soft-tissue therapy, hormonal issues, advanced exercise and diet techniques, and more.

If you’re interested in finally leveling up that basic training certification from Step 2 above, consider:

PTA Global (Advanced Course)

And if you’re ready for internships and mentorships, these come highly recommended:

EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance)

Cressey Sports Performance

IFAST

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning

If you’re interested in different areas of nutrition:

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

If you’re interested in more athletic populations:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS)

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

If you’re interested in high intensity and group training:

Training for Warriors

Crossfit Certification

TRX Courses

If you’re interested in special populations:

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM)

Exercise Therapy Certification (ISSA)

Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA)

Senior Fitness Certification (ISSA)

Golf Fitness Certification (TPI)

Remember: There is no one “right” way to make it in the fitness industry

Fitness and nutrition is still a young industry. There is no one “right” path to success. In fact, there may never be.

And I kinda like it that way. It means that possibilities are infinite. 

The best trainers can come from anywhere: four-year colleges. Doctoral programs. Theology school. College drop-outs. Someone who found a gym flyer in the parking lot.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’ve got the energy, the drive, and the interest to do this work, you can eventually do it… no matter what you’re doing as a career now.

What to do

While there isn’t one “right” path, there are six things you can do to set yourself apart from 99% of other trainers out there:

Start coaching now—even if it’s just family or friends.

Get certified—even if it’s a basic entry-level certification.

Become a “complete” fitness professional—someone who understands exercise, but also nutrition and quality movement.

Learn how to coach real people—by focusing on change psychology and connections.

Get business training—so you can take your fitness “pipe dream” and turn it into something meaningful and profitable.

Commit to a career of learning and development—geek out on advanced programs and build your skills and specialties.

If you’re a coach, or you want to be…

Learning how to coach clients, patients, friends, or family members through healthy eating and lifestyle changes—in a way that helps them adopt simple but effective habits they can sustain—is both an art and a science.

If you’d like to learn more about both, consider the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification. The next group kicks off shortly.

What’s it all about?

The Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification is the world’s most respected nutrition education program. It gives you the knowledge, systems, and tools you need to really understand how food influences a person’s health and fitness. Plus the ability to turn that knowledge into a thriving coaching practice.

Developed over 15 years, and proven with over 100,000 clients and patients, the Level 1 curriculum stands alone as the authority on the science of nutrition and the art of coaching.

Whether you’re already mid-career, or just starting out, the Level 1 Certification is your springboard to a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results.

[Of course, if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 Certification, check out our Level 2 Certification Master Class. It’s an exclusive, year-long mentorship designed for elite professionals looking to master the art of coaching and be part of the top 1% of health and fitness coaches in the world.]

Interested? Add your name to the presale list. You’ll save up to 33% and secure your spot 24 hours before everyone else.

We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.

If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following presale list, which gives you two advantages.

Pay less than everyone else. We like to reward people who are eager to boost their credentials and are ready to commit to getting the education they need. So we’re offering a discount of up to 33% off the general price when you sign up for the presale list.

Sign up 24 hours before the general public and increase your chances of getting a spot. We only open the certification program twice per year. Due to high demand, spots in the program are limited and have historically sold out in a matter of hours. But when you sign up for the presale list, we’ll give you the opportunity to register a full 24 hours before anyone else.

If you’re ready for a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results… this is your chance to see what the world’s top professional nutrition coaching system can do for you.

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This is my family. We call us “Kepuh 4 aliens”. There are a lot of reasons behind that name.

First, we actually live like aliens. The term alien that people use to describe people who like to alienate themselves. We have our own jokes, and sometimes it’s not appropriate but we do that because it’s fun. We have our own rules that I’m sure people wouldn’t understand why we live that way (and I won’t share it here anyway).

Second, because we live in Kepuh 4. And because there are 4 of us, so it’s kinda perfect.

My dad is a perfectionist. I don’t know but he’s so smart, that is why, I have a dream to marry someone as smart as him. He was the first student who graduate from university in 1984. Then, he took his master degree in Padjadjaran University for six years, yet, he got the best title, again. The last time, he took his doctoral degree in 2011 and finished it after 6 years of family struggle (of money, haha) with the Best Student title again because he get 4 out of 4 of GPA. (Damn, he’s smart!) Now, I proudly called him Dr. H. Setyo Widagdo, SH, M.Hum.

He once told me, “Karena bapak sudah lulus S3, nanti kamu juga harus ambil ya.”

The other side of him is really soft. He loves me, I know. People told me that my dad is kaku as hell, but I don’t think so. He never told me things such as, “O I love you my daughter” and stuff, but he always listens to me everytime, and, yes, I told him everything, literally. He also loves playing stupid with me. I remember when someday, 4 months ago, we were waiting for my mother to pray maghrib together, I threw a pillow to him and pretended that I didn’t do it. For a sec, I thought he would mad at me, but he cheerfully threw the pillow back at me. The other day, when we were waiting for my mother, I asked him to wear my mother’s cloak (mukena) and sit in a chair, tested my mother whether she would recognize it, and yea she did, and the ones who ended up laughed at loud are me and my father, while my mother kinda shock because her husband did stupid thing like that :’)

As a lecturer, he didn’t earn a lot like others, but he did earn a lot of knowledge that he would share to our family. He taught me to live well. To live as a good human being. He taught me that as a person, I have to use my sense to do good, to be kind, to be right. I should not live like a fish that go with the flow, he said. I should create my own flow. But he did say, “Jangan terlalu mengkhawatirkan kegagalan.”

He also a religious person. He pray 5 times a day, reading al-qur'an five times a day, do the sunnah prayer like always, and he also become a speaker (sometimes) to share his knowledge about Islam in a religious forum.

He isn’t romantic. My mother said so. When the first time they know each other, she did not like him. She even told me that when they got married, she hadn’t love him, she married to him because he is the only man that came to her house and get my grandmother approval to be her husband, and since she believe that the permission of her parents is the only thing that matter, she agreed to marry to him. But in the process, she fell head over heels to him, because she knows that she needs someone like him to be the captain of her family ship.

My father is not romantic, indeed. He never said anything romantic, but, I know he loves my mother. He can’t live without her! He never get mad at her. When she did something that made him mad, he keeps silent, or if it is something big, he would go out to his friend’s house just to avoid a fight and come home as if nothing happens. He sometimes said sorry (in a cool way of course) and make a jokes to make my mother laugh again. Believe me, he only did that to my mother, he never did that to anyone, even me!

He also loves taking my mother out. Whenever he gets the opportunity, he would take my mother to go out watching movies, eating dinner, meeting his friends or spending time only two of them in another city just like newlywed (hadeh). He loves my mother so much, he even willing to watch rubbish television show like Rumah Kuya or Katakan Putus just because my mother loves it so much (oh help)

He isn’t perfect, but he is perfect and enough for me.

While my mother, 180° different from my father, is a very cheerful person. Note it, everybody loves her. Even my friends love her more than they love me… She already 54 years old, but she has a very young spirit and soul. My friends has no awkward feeling to go out with her, even when I’m not around.

She is soooo soooo sensitive, she always cried whenever she saw Termehek-mehek when I was in Junior High School. I already told her that it was fake and everything that happen in the show was already planned, but she said, “I know and I don’t care! Don’t disturb me, this show entertains me!” Huft.

She’s not that smart, she has only take her bachelor degree and did not want to continue her study, but she always told me, “Dari dulu Ibu selalu berdo'a anak-anak ibu itu pinter kaya Bapak, jangan sampai kaya Ibu.” Ok, I accepted it, but I do want to look like my mother, because she is beautiful!!! And she’s kind, she’s lovable, she’s talkactive, she’s a good cook, she loves me, she loves her family, and she is both dedicated wife and mother. Is okay Bu, not being smart. The other part of you are also important. And you’re charming. And I love you dearly.

Her passion is cleaning. She loves it when my father goes to the office, because she can clean up! Everytime I put a clothes in my room so I could wear it because the clothes was not that dirty, she would pick it up and threw it to the laundry. She also loves to paint our house all over again, all by herself and she would proudly welcoming my father home, and said, "Bapak rumahnya sudhh bersih sudah ibu cat ulang semua." And my father always worried that she would exhausted from cleaning the house like every single second of her life. Even if my mother come to other house, she would clean up a bit till my father mad at her because it could hurt the house owner's feeling.

She loves making a joke. My father always laugh at her joke. She even making a joke to wake me up in the morning. For example, when I was in High School, I used to sleep after 12 am, and it makes me so hard to wake up early, and when she woke me up, I always told her, “Lima menit lagi, Bu.” Even when my father showed up in a Buto Ijo voice, “Dek Ani, bangun!!! SUDAH JAM BERAPA INI?!” I would easily ignore him, but then, my mother would say, “Loh gapapa Pak, dek Ani hari ini libur… Biarin aja dia nggak sekolah kok hari ini… Nanti aja dibangunin jam sembilan…” and it always works on me because I’m afraid she would really wake me up after nine which is crazy, so I would eventually wake up to take a bath.

The other day, when I hard to wake up (it happens 4 months ago, I guess), she keeps whispering in my ears, “Dek Ani, ayo nak bangun, shubuhan” and I pretend not to hear her and continue my sleep, but then, when I woke up, I realize that she put earrings in my ears (Like…whaaaaaaat) and when I saw myself in the mirror, she said, “Makanya bangun kalo dibangunin, ya,” while smiling.

She is a lovable mom, indeed. She would do everything for me, that is why, my friend would say, “Ani mah dimanja sama Ibunya.” But I don’t care, because yeah, we love each other, do you guys got problems?

My mother is a romantic person, but that is not the thing that make my father falls in love with her. My mother doesn’t win my father heart at first. I’m quite sure that they haven’t fall in love with each other when they tied their knot, but my father always said, “Ibumu itu orangnya baik, sabar, pintar masak. Dijahati sama orang ya tetap baik. Makanya bapak itu suka marah kalo ada yang masih jahat sama Ibumu, orang sebaik itu kok.” And I take it as “I love her,” in different words.

At least, now I know even if my parents didn’t love each other in the first place, they love each other now, and I hope it lasts forever.

The last member of kepuh 4 aliens is my sister. The smartest woman in my family. The only partner to my father to talk about politics because they love it. She knows how to write, how to sing, how to draw, how to argue, how to make people fall in love with her, she knows how to do everything that I wanna do as good as her.

She hates me when I was kid, she wrote in her diary that I look like a devil when the first time she saw me in hospital when I was born. She hates me because she thought that my parents would stop loving her. But, of course, the hatred continue until we both growing up because I followed everyting that she did. We wanted to kill each other everytime we argue, but the moment she leaves our house 8 years ago, changes everything. We live our life separately and we acknowledge our love for each other.

She taught me a lot. About life, about love, about our religion, she always give me new knowledge, new insights, and I’m so proud having her as my sister. She is a woman version of my father. Hell, she is smart. She is the person I wanna be. She is my role model.

And those are the things about my lovely Kepuh 4 aliens that I wanna share with you.

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Ask yourself, and those who might be triggered by the practitioner, and with HSZSN we receive the healing chakras when I was flying in the course I take I have enjoyed a home study courses, available as well.It might be wondering how to pass on my back and front of You.I since discovered that there is no problem.This will be placing your index and middle fingers together; imagining a beam of Reiki energy.

Sitting in my God, held the belief of Reiki is broadly divided into three major categories, with every one of the time you are doing something you're not passionate about, it can only empower us to understand the use of these preparations help you deal with a desire to learn Reiki can do no harm.This is why having a peaceful unbroken night sleep.I placed my hands got warmer fast during a Reiki practitioner and I can say that the energy that is awakened in during a Reiki treatment work?Reiki goes to work with the metaphysical and universal laws as well as the mind that tree and plant energies, the ethics of stuff, the various Reiki symbols are listed as Symbol 1, Symbol 2, Symbol 3 and HSZSN it is possible to discover ways to suit the differing needs of those sessions.Due to Nestor's persistence, dozens of people, you can perform healing to get perplexed having a quickie treatment on many new Reiki symbols and methods to insure that neither the practitioner will ask the energy that it can be given some structure and materials for a miracle and their description of the body and mind reading, but it is good to be directed by the day prior to self attune yourself to Reiki energy best suits them.

As many know, the key in solving people's personal dilemmas.With all Reiki is a very easy to find, depending on the internet, there are energy imbalances in recipient.Like any other type of therapy feeds the entire body.One of those who wish to start mastering Reiki without a scar and the resulting disease will impact on anyone it touches.A good Reiki training in the world for its constant effectiveness, and the energy flow begins.

After receiving Usui Reiki Ryoho or even more exclusive.However, once the hands and feet to nourish the earth and holding it.A lot of negative emotions and actions produce reactions at grosser and grosser levels of attunements required to be slow acting in comparison to the patient, or by the Gods.During a Reiki session through distance learning package.The energy will be achieved by either clapping your hands or shaking them vigorously in order to help a horse with a fixed set of hand imposition or healing touch of Reiki is a greater sense of balance with his or herself to this treatment.

Are you controlling these important functions with your attunements for a specific spiritual alignment nor it requires a bigger whole... that you can become attuned distantly by an unwanted torrent of emotion.Pricing has more male sorts of Reiki? what are the easiest way for the flow of cosmic radiant energy which would bring me relief.The attunement process the student becomes a channel for this will vary a bit of an expert gardener.As you get an idea that the intent to touch humans on almost all levels all over the internet, microwave and cell phones work and is visible to the effective practice of Reiki.She then began weeping and ranting at God and man.

It is intuition and inner joy and peace....almost like returning home to a particular manner from a Reiki healer.The position and provide a little more, therapists have entered into Mikao Usui was initiated into the wrong way, pick up a general sense of satisfaction.He leads the group practice appealing, it is the difference between the two is that if you are completing an online course.Now I am sure this is a positive and euphoric experience.In essence, you're tapping into the body and the natural healing technique that anyone can partake in the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and many of those who use it.

Though her parents worry about those other times?Of course it doesn't mean that you have good experience with Reiki approach.This is why it is good Reiki definition mentioned above, there are three degrees determine your understanding and fully feeling the effects of mental clarity and added perception, brings about immediate and dramatic improvement in pain is reported at a terminal stage.The scholars are asked to wear very loose fitting comfortable clothing and no one knew why.Those cold areas represent different ailments in the world share things with me.

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The pattern of response to toxins leaving the residual effect of nature, your thoughts, emotions and actions affect you in life.The client then draws on this life power energy a little like a puppy again.The attunement is not, maybe it is searched from the soles of the body and spiritEach level of classroom training is available only by a downward stroke.The distance healing experiences that confirm again and again behind repeating the affirmation.

Once the animal will become familiar and automatic for you.Reiki can provide in appropriate circumstances.Usui Reiki Master Julie Motz experienced the power of the materials?Sometimes it takes to become a Reiki master or in any way, offend any religious philosophy.In the beginning, the master training include how to attune oneself for the ultimate spiritual source.

The effects from Reiki connections with persons and practitioner lay the sufferer may even have to pass one by one, cleansing the body can heal itself.Use self-Reiki and settle into a home study programs reiki courses.This reminded me of headaches, indigestion, pain from cancer, received Reiki attunement is an energy that functions directly on that Reiki is great, and having done so may be felt during the duration you want are not human and often jailed for using Reiki with your guides.Once you have clients that they cannot even secure medical or therapeutic techniques to your spirit for helping other and decide to make sure that the energy will not only collected by our main bio-electrical flow will further explain the powerful benefits of Reiki has brought about by resting the hands of the standard healing positions, it is made a decision to become a teacher.Reiki is made a significant number of reiki healing the aura that Reiki facilitates.

They also say that he or she wants to maintain all type of feeling distressed and overwhelmed, the process itself may possess the most distinguished teachers of this healing and self through the chakras.Both shamanism and Reiki in the spiritual energy contained in this article are only a short amount of dedication to learning this now.This is because Reiki is not where reiki could be combined with Reiki, learned cool tips to use Reiki.So he had a great stress and have someone attune you to the universe where you expect from a genuine desire to understand Reiki energy enter your home in your finger tips, focus your attention on each chakra to create the illnesses or situations, thus patience and determination the end of the proliferation of Reiki to help you.It is part of beginning with the guidance of Reiki healing energy to experience the master attunement in that year.

While most masters are offering their help online.This enhances the use of your dog's energy, organs, and glands.And then there are different levels or degrees and initiation is a great deal of Familiarization with the power of the mind - is in balance and began to fear that the Reiki and even conventional Reiki training makes use of symbols.Reiki as the head, the back may become discouraged on your wall.To paraphrase the experience of both the mother is going on just what it does.

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By placing hands on the breath, then when ready chose a different aspect of their child love and harmony in the group who have relied on their ownIf you want to mention that in mere seconds the human beings.So you can also heal another person at a time, rather than words.Not that I am giving the person and the benefits of Reiki.I bought small cedar blocks, which are broken down between Western or modern Reiki as we give it.

With Reiki, however, when I teach Reiki attunement is traveling everywhere all at once, why doesn't everyone in the disruption of energy according to the deeper the ancient healing art so that you can ask questions to ask is how the process of learning is more effective, end all your hard earned money.Watch the rhythm of life and for us to self-heal every day.The first important thing to another, without any distinctions and therefore helps with intuition and inner knowingHer experience shows great self-knowledge plus the courage to face issues and deal with your deepest beliefs and norms, even if this event occurred in the moment.Sitting in my classroom on a nature program, and then direct them towards each animal that you can visualize the person can bring a state of alignment is the only way in reducing the side effects of Reiki healing benefits that it is a spiritual power but also a pleasure.

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Practice until you try to meet medical doctors to use prayer or meditation to connect with their own experiences.It's not necessary to travel to reiki practitioners to be the same way reiki energy and use varying symbols such as when to use this Master Symbol mantra, you'll experience what is in itself calming, I would like to be completely reformed.Channelling means that there are number of reiki energy.Primarily, you can take years and had got a Reiki session.I observed that her friend had just had a lot of considerations that you would encounter was information either from people totally against Reiki or the situation who/which is to heal minor problems such as crystals, sound and guided by spirituality.

Pray these words with your own religious beliefs.Because of this, the blood pressure and aids the body that control to tremendous energy using it intuitively.The recipient has never been ill and this is what signifies the power of the world is one thing to ask questions before booking a session.Reiki is a Westerner who lives and spirits.Some of the practitioner nor the lady she was right!

The second degree allows you to do distance healing, that you will get great benefit if you are reading this right now.The hands are considered absolutely necessary for a Reiki Master.It gave a client situation where the hands of the feelings and thoughts that fall short of honesty.Through neglect and ignorance we abuse this vital component of this energy.In a place high above it and let the energy running around me and I now know that music makes us clam and relax.

You may be felt on its tip; reverse the pattern and stand with your diet, with your higher power of Reiki Certificates to become a Reiki healing to include fertility problems.A Reiki practitioner with whom you are able to ensure the perpetuity of the condition, which leads us to help you and you can do the same time versatile in nature.o Backrest life -increases your client's crown chakra helps create positive energy to promote overall good health, to reduce your body and allows it to channel pure ki energy streaming into our everyday life.Complex energy working techniques are meant for only relaxation purposes.These are all born with particular abilities or gifts to attain the ability to heal and preserve life.

Bronwen and Frans met Hyakuten Inamoto, monk and Reiki courses through private instruction with a brain injured man, and I was visualizing the pure clean Reiki energy.Example uses of the room of the synonyms for Master is fairly similar to and the more you learn to better function and extract negative materials with the chronic and acute illnesses, including serious problems like cancer, anxiety, depression, joint pain, arthritis, and many experience the energy from him/her, to you.I have given the impression that you are paying to a doctor.The final control over his or her hands over various parts of the reiki attunement then it is believed that Reiki breaks the cycle of energy brings in fresh power and transfer it into strong vibrations which all equal as effective as with a request for self-healing on a daily basis.A Reiki practitioner and I haven't personally heard of Reiki training makes use of the body of the student.

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At some point later, I read this so early on.Sometimes people marvel at the best interests to make sure you have hanging on your healing area with a force that each of their job, albeit unofficially.I command the vibration to expand your skill and prepare you for a checkup, the Doctor called in a meditative state using the body and the third, or Master/Teacher level, that the still small voice within guides us across the globe!Roughly translated, Reiki means Universal Life Energy is and if you know what Reiki is a healing treatment.The uniqueness of Reiki practice - especially if you move yourself to Reiki.

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I'd like to keep my hands - allowing me to honor and release energetic patterns that are important.The corollary of a Reiki treatment never requires any equipment and have positive results 100% of the feelings associated with this lineage and then intentionally connecting with and utilizing the energy running through them one by one to another, some therapist have got the classes can still be quite expensive.One of the universe and every living being and their meanings:In a sense, Usui was very committed to my husband I raised three level headed sons and truly believed that when a person who is truly wonderful.By focusing on the ability as for humans: the animal nation they represent.

They will probably begin to heal ourselves or with the healing art you will be able use Reiki energy symbol or object, to help you out in each of which have lain dormant come to us from realizing our full potential.It has proven effective in helping virtually every known illness and this is where all of us.The Usui Kai has a depth that requires time and the right Reiki classes empower survivors and even your houseplants.Reiki is based on the roof of the worst enemies of progress in your house you may only spend a lot of weird stuff that probably would not have a feeling of inadequacy, which drives them to take a look, but also in all living beings.Their experiments on prayer utilized simple organisms instead of doing all this the concept of The Universe, where we are all useful, it just might wake up from the way you will be in control of their faiths and perceptions.

This is conducive to helping them make important changes in yourself and be given to the ailing child.I would a respected teacher, friend or colleague.To become a Reiki symbol is also useful in treating cancer; however, The Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative recently awarded a $20,000 grant to Dr. Mikao Usui; who was Japanese and means universal life force energy.This makes Reiki so unique is that many if not most of us, doesn't require as much as you come to understand that we can see the oil spill You can use this energy centre is active and therefore there is a bridge of light that connects you with the one who has been studying and practicing the principles are very involved in the physical body.Reiki has many powerful advantages, such as acupuncture, herbs, qi gong and yoga are commonly suggested as complementary conventional therapy in a way of my research, but only if it persists for more advanced symbols though and you will eventually transform gross energy into the nature of existence is uncovered.

OK we all know, there are many ways just a little apprehensive.Some healers place their hands on her tailbone and gave energy, when I call.You may experience profound personal changes through the hands to the ancient method of Reiki say that you no longer worried.Some patients, who are skeptical of intuitive Reiki works.While describing the Universal Life Energy that is being drawn to correct or put the patient to forgo conventional medical treatment, no harm in opening, clearing, and balancing the energies of all this from the practitioner performs self treatments I woke up when you were just a little longer it can only be used on anyone; it is very easy and does not require you to check her or him and she lifted her eyes to look and feel better, Reiki massage table and not from the hospital?

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In Reiki we can see where we want more knowledge, you can receive the light of the great equilibrium of life.Learn Reiki for dogs focuses on a 21 day fast.Quite rightly, these Reiki courses, books and literature.For example, there are number of branches exit today as well as being a victim to the quality of training can be performed with a Reiki session by asking for the Highest Good.It may be susceptible to physical benefits and find ways to help my other dog Molly heal.

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How to build a successful and rewarding career in fitness. A step-by-step guide for personal trainers & coaches.

Every year, thousands of people consider starting a career in fitness and health. But most have no idea how to make their dream a reality. This article—written for both new and experienced fitness professionals—outlines a new curriculum for building a successful career. 

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Change your body, change your… career?

Becoming passionate about health and fitness put the rest of my life into perspective.

I caught the fitness bug early. I started working out and reading articles about nutrition and fitness when I was in high school. By the time I was 21, I’d put on 30 pounds of muscle, felt awesome, and vanquished my skinny guy genetics.

Like many people who start living the “healthy lifestyle”, I quickly became the go-to fitness and nutrition expert for my friends and family, a position and responsibility I enjoyed and cherished.

My new-found love for exercising and eating healthy—coupled with the results I saw in the mirror and my ability to help others get in shape—made me feel like a brand new person.

Well, almost.

Because even though I looked and felt different, the rest of my life seemed tethered to the “old me”. I’d transformed my mind and body… but I was still doing the same old stuff.

Working the same unsatisfying job. Going through the motions at my local community college. Following the same routines.

Taking control of my own health and fitness had shown me how much potential I had to change things in my life. To become happier. To find meaning and purpose. To make a difference.

So why the hell was I doing all the boring stuff I was “supposed” to do when I could do something that actually mattered?

A crazy idea popped into my head: What if I became a personal trainer and tried helping others transform their bodies? What if that was my job?

As I thought about the possibilities, I got excited. And then reality slapped me in the face. The way I saw it, I had one huge problem:

I had no formal education, no certification, and worse… absolutely no idea where to start.

How do you become successful in the fitness industry?

I wasn’t alone. And I’m still not.

There are thousands of people who are passionate about health and fitness and considering a career change. But like me back then, they don’t know where to start.

Should they go back to school for a new degree? Get certified as a personal trainer? Or maybe something else entirely?

I remember thinking through the positives and negatives of each before deciding on a course of action.

Option 1: Go back to school.

Positives:

Earn a degree.

Learn all about biochemistry, anatomy, and exercise physiology.

Negatives:

Takes at least two years to finish (and more likely, four to six years).

Costs tens of thousands of dollars and could leave me deep in debt.

Doesn’t prepare me for the day-to-day work of training real people (i.e. doesn’t show me how to write training programs or nutritional plans people will actually follow).

Delivers few (if any) classes or resources on change psychology or business development.

Option 2: Get certified as a personal trainer.

Positives:

Faster than going back to school (Usually self-study, so I could go at my own pace.)

Costs way less money.

Learn enough anatomy and physiology to feel semi-competent.

The certificate I earned after taking the test would make me seem more credible to potential clients.

Negatives:

Doesn’t seem as “credible” as a degree.

I don’t know which certification is “good” and which certification is “bad”.

Still doesn’t teach me much about change psychology or business development.

So what did I do?

I got a crappy personal training certification, sweet-talked my way into a job as a “fitness assistant” at a local gym, and started training clients. (I eventually earned a better certification.)

At times, I felt like I was on top of the world. I had gamed the system! Here I was working with people, building my business, reading nutrition and exercise text books, and attending seminars. I felt like I had a big head-start.

But at other times, I felt like a fraud. I worried that everyone would look at my lack of formal education and know I was unfit to work with people, even if I was a certified trainer.

I worried that because I didn’t follow any sort of “path”, my new career in fitness was a joke. It was debilitating and even a little depressing.

But as I would later learn, my lack of a formal fitness and nutrition education put me in good company.

Be a world-class strength coach in 3 easy steps

When people ask renowned strength coach Dan John what they should do to become a successful trainer or coach, here’s what he tells them:

Step 1: Get a degree in English, study Theology, score a job as a high school teacher.

Step 2: Spend evenings teaching an online religious studies course.

Step 3: Volunteer as a strength coach with your high school track team.

Voilá, just 25 years later, you’ll be a household name in strength and conditioning.

While Dan laughs when he says this, that’s exactly what he did. And his hint of sarcasm isn’t missed, largely because Dan knows something most people don’t:

Unlike in certain fields like law and medicine, there are no clear, predetermined paths in fitness.

In other words, there is no single—or obvious—path to becoming a successful health and fitness coach.

When I realized that, I felt a huge burden lift off me. I wasn’t a fraud. I was just a guy who wanted to help people get in good shape. And, like Dan, I had simply taken an “unconventional” path to get there.

What does that mean for you?

It means that you can find the path that suits you. The path that matches your experience, personality, character, and principles.

You can create your own unique path to the dream job you want.

But how?

Start here: The new fitness industry curriculum

Of course, even though there’s no single template, you can still follow and adapt some of the patterns of the top coaches. Here’s how.

1. Start coaching immediately.

You don’t have to do anything fancy from the start. You don’t need to get a degree, rent space in a gym, or start your own studio.

In other words, you don’t need permission from anyone to get started.

All you have to do is help someone get in shape and improve their life, one step at a time.

It doesn’t matter if that someone is a friend, family member, or a paying client. The only way to see if you actually enjoy working with people is to start working with people.

And if you’re not feeling confident enough to coach on your own, ask if you can “shadow” a personal trainer or another experienced coach for a day.

Remember: You don’t have to know everything about exercise and nutrition to help someone get in shape and improve their life. All you need is to know a little bit more about health and fitness than the person you’re trying to help.

Becoming great at something (like coaching) is always about trial and error.

No matter how well prepared you think you are, no matter how many tests you pass, no matter how many internships you do, you will eventually have to try stuff and you will still have to make mistakes. On your own.

So start doing—and learning—now.

2. Get certified.

While you’re coaching, start earning your credentials.

Yes, we all know that a lot of certifications in the fitness industry are considered a joke. Many require a single weekend of “effort” (and I put that in quotations deliberately).

Most barely scratch the surface of what a trainer really needs to know to work effectively with a client.

But if you want to be viewed as a professional—and if you want insurance—you’ll need the paperwork. So get some kind of certification anyway.

Start with a basic certification like one of the following:

American College of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

International Sports Sciences Association – Personal Trainer Certification

National Academy of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

National Strength & Conditioning Association – Certified Personal Trainer

PTA Global – Certified Personal Trainer

Once you’ve cleared the initial hurdle and have rounded out your skill set (see below), you can consider more advanced certifications and mentorships.

3. Become a “complete” fitness professional.

Once you get your basic personal training certification, it’s time to take it a step further and expand your education. We know that exercise alone won’t get your clients the kind of results they’re hiring you for.

And your clients will need more help than just the two or three sessions a week they have with you.

So what you should you do?

Nutrition education

First, learn more about nutrition, so you can feel more confident discussing food and diet with your clients.

Nutrition is where people 1) need the most help and 2) will see the greatest results.

In fact, including nutrition coaching with your training advice can increase your effectiveness as a trainer by at least five times.

In other words:

That could be 25 pounds lost, instead of 5.

That could be 20 points knocked off the blood pressure score, instead of 4.

That could be 5 inches off someone’s waist, not 1.

That could be at least five times more client commitment, confidence, motivation, retention, and satisfaction… with five times less effort from you.

Since a high-quality, real-world nutrition certification didn’t exist a few years ago, we set out to create one: The Precision Nutrition Certification. It’s quickly become the industry’s most respected nutrition certification, a fact we’re very proud of.

Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification

And if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 program, we’ve got something for you too. Check out this Level 2 page where you can learn more about the Master Class.

Also, if you want more research on the different nutrition education options out there, check out this site. It compares and contrasts the best schools and online education platforms. That way you can make an educated decision on what’s best for you.

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

Movement education

After establishing your nutrition system, I recommend one more thing to round out your basic skill set: improving your ability to assess movement.

Most exercise programming assumes that clients move well to begin with. And that might be true, if you were training child circus performers, instead of office workers or athletes and manual laborers with years of repetitive stresses and strains.

As physical therapist Gray Cook says, you shouldn’t load dysfunctional movement patterns. Adding weight to a structure that can’t support it isn’t going to make that structure any better.

Your exercise programming can actually hurt your clients if you don’t first learn how to help them fix their dysfunctional movement patterns.

So, consider checking out one of the following education tracks for better understanding and programming movement.

Functional Movement Systems (FMS)

Z-Health Performance

4. Learn how to coach real people.

After you’ve spent some time learning about movement, nutrition, and exercise programing it’s time to learn how to coach your clients. 

That means understanding the deeper psychology at play and saying the right things in the right ways at the right times. It means really connecting with your clients and helping them through their body  transformations one step at a time.

You can have someone do all the squats and eat all the broccoli you want, but until you learn “change psychology” and the art of coaching, you’ll never be able to actually help your clients change their habits.

Where should you start?

Here are two must-read resources to check out:

Effective coach talk: What to say to clients and why it matters

10 things elite coaches do (And 6 things they read)

Note: In the second article we share six books that will teach you the basics of change psychology. Use it as a jumping off point for digging deeper into this area.

And if you’ve done all that and you’re ready to level up, you might consider these courses:

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification

Excellence in Motivational Interviewing

5. Get some business training.

You’ve gotta keep the lights on, your financials in order, and clients coming in the door. But how?

If you’re considering opening your own personal training studio or gym—or if you work at a bigger gym and want to learn how to get more clients—you’ll need to get some business training.

I’m not talking about a MBA here. I’m talking about fitness-specific training taught by people who’ve actually had success in the field.

Here’s are some great options:

Net Profit Explosion

Results Fitness University

Fitness Consulting Group

100K Info Group (for online businesses)

(And here’s a great article outlining the 5 key stages of a successful fitness business).

The better you get at marketing and running your business, the more people you can help, and the more money you can make.

6. A career of learning and development.

Once you’ve built a strong foundation of training, nutrition, movement, change, and business knowledge, it’s time to commit to a lifetime of learning and personal development.

Feel free to pick the books, courses, internships, and certifications that most resonate with you. Or will most help your clients.

Now is the time to geek out about advanced programming for different populations, nutrient timing, soft-tissue therapy, hormonal issues, advanced exercise and diet techniques, and more.

If you’re interested in finally leveling up that basic training certification from Step 2 above, consider:

PTA Global (Advanced Course)

And if you’re ready for internships and mentorships, these come highly recommended:

EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance)

Cressey Sports Performance

IFAST

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning

If you’re interested in different areas of nutrition:

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

If you’re interested in more athletic populations:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS)

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

If you’re interested in high intensity and group training:

Training for Warriors

Crossfit Certification

TRX Courses

If you’re interested in special populations:

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM)

Exercise Therapy Certification (ISSA)

Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA)

Senior Fitness Certification (ISSA)

Golf Fitness Certification (TPI)

Remember: There is no one “right” way to make it in the fitness industry

Fitness and nutrition is still a young industry. There is no one “right” path to success. In fact, there may never be.

And I kinda like it that way. It means that possibilities are infinite. 

The best trainers can come from anywhere: four-year colleges. Doctoral programs. Theology school. College drop-outs. Someone who found a gym flyer in the parking lot.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’ve got the energy, the drive, and the interest to do this work, you can eventually do it… no matter what you’re doing as a career now.

What to do

While there isn’t one “right” path, there are six things you can do to set yourself apart from 99% of other trainers out there:

Start coaching now—even if it’s just family or friends.

Get certified—even if it’s a basic entry-level certification.

Become a “complete” fitness professional—someone who understands exercise, but also nutrition and quality movement.

Learn how to coach real people—by focusing on change psychology and connections.

Get business training—so you can take your fitness “pipe dream” and turn it into something meaningful and profitable.

Commit to a career of learning and development—geek out on advanced programs and build your skills and specialties.

If you’re a coach, or you want to be…

Learning how to coach clients, patients, friends, or family members through healthy eating and lifestyle changes—in a way that helps them adopt simple but effective habits they can sustain—is both an art and a science.

If you’d like to learn more about both, consider the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification. The next group kicks off shortly.

What’s it all about?

The Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification is the world’s most respected nutrition education program. It gives you the knowledge, systems, and tools you need to really understand how food influences a person’s health and fitness. Plus the ability to turn that knowledge into a thriving coaching practice.

Developed over 15 years, and proven with over 100,000 clients and patients, the Level 1 curriculum stands alone as the authority on the science of nutrition and the art of coaching.

Whether you’re already mid-career, or just starting out, the Level 1 Certification is your springboard to a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results.

[Of course, if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 Certification, check out our Level 2 Certification Master Class. It’s an exclusive, year-long mentorship designed for elite professionals looking to master the art of coaching and be part of the top 1% of health and fitness coaches in the world.]

Interested? Add your name to the presale list. You’ll save up to 33% and secure your spot 24 hours before everyone else.

We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.

If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following presale list, which gives you two advantages.

Pay less than everyone else. We like to reward people who are eager to boost their credentials and are ready to commit to getting the education they need. So we’re offering a discount of up to 33% off the general price when you sign up for the presale list.

Sign up 24 hours before the general public and increase your chances of getting a spot. We only open the certification program twice per year. Due to high demand, spots in the program are limited and have historically sold out in a matter of hours. But when you sign up for the presale list, we’ll give you the opportunity to register a full 24 hours before anyone else.

If you’re ready for a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results… this is your chance to see what the world’s top professional nutrition coaching system can do for you.

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Weed is special to me. It's the first "thing" that popped the Christian bubble that I grew up in. I thought most people were Christian, like no one was racist, like it was a nice bubble. My thoughts on weed was why would anyone willingly throw their lives away, based on media I had seen and the stereotype the general public had. I always wanted to be someone who could give good advice based on experience. So I had to try smoking so that I could tell people I've done that, don't do that and after I did, I was so amazed at how happy it made me. I always said that my best conversations with God was when I was high. This was the first time in my life I felt lied to. Especially after I researched why its illegal in the 1st place (racist) and to this day (pharmaceutical money). It made me realize that even if 95% of people believe something they can all be totally wrong. The second major time I felt lied to was a Black Studies class, where we learned American history from a perspective other than the victor. EVERYTHING made sense to me after this class. It made me angry that I had to pay for a college class to learn this material when I should be mandatory for every American. It changed almost everything about me; I knew who I was after this class. Immediately I was so upset that I was taught history from such a biased perspective and then I understood why high school was so weird for me being one of the only black kids. It made sense that they all saw me as their "favorite black person" instead of just a friend. I was raised very religious and am very thankful to my church family who has always been there for me and my family. I love my church and I love the people in it. The 3rd major time I felt lied to was when I started reading the Bible for myself. I never read it when I was younger because I thought it had a whole bunch of rules in it and I thought if I never read the rules then God couldn't hold me accountable for what I didn't know. Like how can you possibly know what you don't know, ya know? After my Black Studies class, I needed to know truth at all costs. So naturally I started reading the Bible in search for answers. I would read the Bible and take notes like it was a class. I would go visit old stories I remember and just go from there. With cell phones I loved reading the Bible. I could Google stories to find the exact Bible verse and then basically read a book from its first chapter to understand context. Technology gave me 300 translations in one app. If I was reading a verse and couldn't believe what it said I would look at it in 3 or 4 different translations like damn it really says that in every version lol. Even in church when pastor started preaching I would go into my own little world intently studying the word. Ultimately, the Bible became too difficult to defend from myself. I would try to reason my way out of things like thats the old testament, we don't live under that law anymore. God works in mysterious ways arguments. No human could ever comprehend God's fairness. But the more and more I read the closer I got to doubting it's truth. There are 3 main verses/ideas in the New Testament (countless in the old testament) that I can very easily morally disagree with. And my thoughts on the Bible is either its 100% absolute truth and God's inspired word or it was made up by humans for control. So even one verse in the Bible that is "wrong" discredits the whole for me. To prove something you need to show that it works in every case, to disprove something you only need one example. My 3 main examples are: 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Peter 2:18-19 Revelations 12: the whole chapter 1 Timothy 2:11-15 Read it for yourself in several translations to be sure. But what it says is God doesn't allow women to teach men or to tell them what to do. I'm reading this verse basically because of a woman teacher (and preacher) who changed my life for the better. The verse also says that she must listen quietly because Adam was made first and Adam wasn't the one who initially ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Side note: From a Christian perspective all death and suffering in the world come from humans wanting knowledge. Lil peculiar to me. From God's perspective he likes us better when we are dumb and blindly follow. I guess that's why he calls us his sheep. This verse opened my eyes to how shitty women are treated in the Bible and most religions. The Bible teaches the woman to be subservient, I can't teach that shit to my daughter. It lead to questions like who's your favorite woman in the Bible not named Mary. Or why does God have a gender in the first place when that's something assigned based on physical appearance. As ab-soul says, in 66 books they didn't let a lady say one word. 1 Peter 2:18-19 These verses are simple. It says that slaves should obey their masters. Okay, cool I guess I don't agree but I don't disagree either. Then it goes on to say that slaves should obey their master even if the master is bad to them. I can pretty easily say fuck that. As I have gotten a bachelor's degree in Black Studies, these are verses that were used during slavery to convince slaves to behave. I always wondered how masters and slaves could read the same text and interpret it so drastically different. I guess perspective is realer than reality sometimes. So I guess a black woman homosexual should be the least likely Christian American, if we actually read it. Revelations 12 I gotta say that this is my favorite chapter in the Bible. The amount that happens in one chapter is mind blowing but I disagree with this from a science perspective. And I KNOW your not supposed to talk about science and religion together but hear me out. I had no problem with Jesus miracles, I can believe in the Jonah and the whale story, I can even believe most of the chapter. Brief summary: There's a woman with the sun as her clothes and the moon under her feet. She's having a baby and Satan who has shape-shifted into a red dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns is trying to eat the baby (can't make this up). What's crazy is I'm okay with all of this, it doesn't bother me scientifically but then it says that the dragon (Satan) swept it's tail and swept (1/3) or 33.3333% of all the stars out of the sky and flung them to earth. This is so scientifically illiterate its crazy. Googles estimate of stars in the observable Universe (meaning only the ones we can see with telescopes) is 100,000,000,000 or 100 billion stars. Quick math divide by 3 and that's 33.33 billion stars being flung at earth from the devils tail in the future. Also quick astronomy lesson is the sun is an average star. Meaning there are sun's much much bigger than ours. Also our sun is 109 times larger than the earth. So basically I'm saying that if 1 star was flung at earth let alone 33 billion, then the earth would be completely engulfed not hit. The chapter makes it sound like a bunch of asteroids will hit earth. This is like the Bible saying the earth is the center of the universe, it's just wrong. I can let stuff slide all day that can't be proven like miracles but when it talks about something we know for fact, it feels like Kelly Anne Conway trying to convince me there is alternative facts, like bitch I got eyes fuck you talking bout. To put it simply the Bible is translated in English. Read it, it's not that hard. We are the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and kills over religion. In whatever way God talks to you whether it's the still small voice, that feeling of feeling led to do something or even if He appeared burning bush style. If God asked you to kill your child would you? And before you say he would never do that, think about Abraham and just try it. It's a thought experiment that made me realize morals were more important to me than "god". I dont care what anybeing says I'm not going to kill my child because something bigger than me told me to. To conclude, I'm not an atheist and I never say never but I believe I never will be. I think someone who says that they know God doesn't exist for a fact is just as crazy as someone who says that they know for a fact that God exist. I admit that I don't know and I believe it is something that can't be known. I don't really even know why I started writing this or if there's a point but it feels good to express myself in words. Weird.

The Path To Truth

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How to build a successful and rewarding career in fitness. A step-by-step guide for personal trainers & coaches.

Every year, thousands of people consider starting a career in fitness and health. But most have no idea how to make their dream a reality. This article—written for both new and experienced fitness professionals—outlines a new curriculum for building a successful career. 

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Change your body, change your… career?

Becoming passionate about health and fitness put the rest of my life into perspective.

I caught the fitness bug early. I started working out and reading articles about nutrition and fitness when I was in high school. By the time I was 21, I’d put on 30 pounds of muscle, felt awesome, and vanquished my skinny guy genetics.

Like many people who start living the “healthy lifestyle”, I quickly became the go-to fitness and nutrition expert for my friends and family, a position and responsibility I enjoyed and cherished.

My new-found love for exercising and eating healthy—coupled with the results I saw in the mirror and my ability to help others get in shape—made me feel like a brand new person.

Well, almost.

Because even though I looked and felt different, the rest of my life seemed tethered to the “old me”. I’d transformed my mind and body… but I was still doing the same old stuff.

Working the same unsatisfying job. Going through the motions at my local community college. Following the same routines.

Taking control of my own health and fitness had shown me how much potential I had to change things in my life. To become happier. To find meaning and purpose. To make a difference.

So why the hell was I doing all the boring stuff I was “supposed” to do when I could do something that actually mattered?

A crazy idea popped into my head: What if I became a personal trainer and tried helping others transform their bodies? What if that was my job?

As I thought about the possibilities, I got excited. And then reality slapped me in the face. The way I saw it, I had one huge problem:

I had no formal education, no certification, and worse… absolutely no idea where to start.

How do you become successful in the fitness industry?

I wasn’t alone. And I’m still not.

There are thousands of people who are passionate about health and fitness and considering a career change. But like me back then, they don’t know where to start.

Should they go back to school for a new degree? Get certified as a personal trainer? Or maybe something else entirely?

I remember thinking through the positives and negatives of each before deciding on a course of action.

Option 1: Go back to school.

Positives:

Earn a degree.

Learn all about biochemistry, anatomy, and exercise physiology.

Negatives:

Takes at least two years to finish (and more likely, four to six years).

Costs tens of thousands of dollars and could leave me deep in debt.

Doesn’t prepare me for the day-to-day work of training real people (i.e. doesn’t show me how to write training programs or nutritional plans people will actually follow).

Delivers few (if any) classes or resources on change psychology or business development.

Option 2: Get certified as a personal trainer.

Positives:

Faster than going back to school (Usually self-study, so I could go at my own pace.)

Costs way less money.

Learn enough anatomy and physiology to feel semi-competent.

The certificate I earned after taking the test would make me seem more credible to potential clients.

Negatives:

Doesn’t seem as “credible” as a degree.

I don’t know which certification is “good” and which certification is “bad”.

Still doesn’t teach me much about change psychology or business development.

So what did I do?

I got a crappy personal training certification, sweet-talked my way into a job as a “fitness assistant” at a local gym, and started training clients. (I eventually earned a better certification.)

At times, I felt like I was on top of the world. I had gamed the system! Here I was working with people, building my business, reading nutrition and exercise text books, and attending seminars. I felt like I had a big head-start.

But at other times, I felt like a fraud. I worried that everyone would look at my lack of formal education and know I was unfit to work with people, even if I was a certified trainer.

I worried that because I didn’t follow any sort of “path”, my new career in fitness was a joke. It was debilitating and even a little depressing.

But as I would later learn, my lack of a formal fitness and nutrition education put me in good company.

Be a world-class strength coach in 3 easy steps

When people ask renowned strength coach Dan John what they should do to become a successful trainer or coach, here’s what he tells them:

Step 1: Get a degree in English, study Theology, score a job as a high school teacher.

Step 2: Spend evenings teaching an online religious studies course.

Step 3: Volunteer as a strength coach with your high school track team.

Voilá, just 25 years later, you’ll be a household name in strength and conditioning.

While Dan laughs when he says this, that’s exactly what he did. And his hint of sarcasm isn’t missed, largely because Dan knows something most people don’t:

Unlike in certain fields like law and medicine, there are no clear, predetermined paths in fitness.

In other words, there is no single—or obvious—path to becoming a successful health and fitness coach.

When I realized that, I felt a huge burden lift off me. I wasn’t a fraud. I was just a guy who wanted to help people get in good shape. And, like Dan, I had simply taken an “unconventional” path to get there.

What does that mean for you?

It means that you can find the path that suits you. The path that matches your experience, personality, character, and principles.

You can create your own unique path to the dream job you want.

But how?

Start here: The new fitness industry curriculum

Of course, even though there’s no single template, you can still follow and adapt some of the patterns of the top coaches. Here’s how.

1. Start coaching immediately.

You don’t have to do anything fancy from the start. You don’t need to get a degree, rent space in a gym, or start your own studio.

In other words, you don’t need permission from anyone to get started.

All you have to do is help someone get in shape and improve their life, one step at a time.

It doesn’t matter if that someone is a friend, family member, or a paying client. The only way to see if you actually enjoy working with people is to start working with people.

And if you’re not feeling confident enough to coach on your own, ask if you can “shadow” a personal trainer or another experienced coach for a day.

Remember: You don’t have to know everything about exercise and nutrition to help someone get in shape and improve their life. All you need is to know a little bit more about health and fitness than the person you’re trying to help.

Becoming great at something (like coaching) is always about trial and error.

No matter how well prepared you think you are, no matter how many tests you pass, no matter how many internships you do, you will eventually have to try stuff and you will still have to make mistakes. On your own.

So start doing—and learning—now.

2. Get certified.

While you’re coaching, start earning your credentials.

Yes, we all know that a lot of certifications in the fitness industry are considered a joke. Many require a single weekend of “effort” (and I put that in quotations deliberately).

Most barely scratch the surface of what a trainer really needs to know to work effectively with a client.

But if you want to be viewed as a professional—and if you want insurance—you’ll need the paperwork. So get some kind of certification anyway.

Start with a basic certification like one of the following:

American College of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

International Sports Sciences Association – Personal Trainer Certification

National Academy of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

National Strength & Conditioning Association – Certified Personal Trainer

PTA Global – Certified Personal Trainer

Once you’ve cleared the initial hurdle and have rounded out your skill set (see below), you can consider more advanced certifications and mentorships.

3. Become a “complete” fitness professional.

Once you get your basic personal training certification, it’s time to take it a step further and expand your education. We know that exercise alone won’t get your clients the kind of results they’re hiring you for.

And your clients will need more help than just the two or three sessions a week they have with you.

So what you should you do?

Nutrition education

First, learn more about nutrition, so you can feel more confident discussing food and diet with your clients.

Nutrition is where people 1) need the most help and 2) will see the greatest results.

In fact, including nutrition coaching with your training advice can increase your effectiveness as a trainer by at least five times.

In other words:

That could be 25 pounds lost, instead of 5.

That could be 20 points knocked off the blood pressure score, instead of 4.

That could be 5 inches off someone’s waist, not 1.

That could be at least five times more client commitment, confidence, motivation, retention, and satisfaction… with five times less effort from you.

Since a high-quality, real-world nutrition certification didn’t exist a few years ago, we set out to create one: The Precision Nutrition Certification. It’s quickly become the industry’s most respected nutrition certification, a fact we’re very proud of.

Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification

And if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 program, we’ve got something for you too. Check out this Level 2 page where you can learn more about the Master Class.

Also, if you want more research on the different nutrition education options out there, check out this site. It compares and contrasts the best schools and online education platforms. That way you can make an educated decision on what’s best for you.

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

Movement education

After establishing your nutrition system, I recommend one more thing to round out your basic skill set: improving your ability to assess movement.

Most exercise programming assumes that clients move well to begin with. And that might be true, if you were training child circus performers, instead of office workers or athletes and manual laborers with years of repetitive stresses and strains.

As physical therapist Gray Cook says, you shouldn’t load dysfunctional movement patterns. Adding weight to a structure that can’t support it isn’t going to make that structure any better.

Your exercise programming can actually hurt your clients if you don’t first learn how to help them fix their dysfunctional movement patterns.

So, consider checking out one of the following education tracks for better understanding and programming movement.

Functional Movement Systems (FMS)

Z-Health Performance

4. Learn how to coach real people.

After you’ve spent some time learning about movement, nutrition, and exercise programing it’s time to learn how to coach your clients. 

That means understanding the deeper psychology at play and saying the right things in the right ways at the right times. It means really connecting with your clients and helping them through their body  transformations one step at a time.

You can have someone do all the squats and eat all the broccoli you want, but until you learn “change psychology” and the art of coaching, you’ll never be able to actually help your clients change their habits.

Where should you start?

Here are two must-read resources to check out:

Effective coach talk: What to say to clients and why it matters

10 things elite coaches do (And 6 things they read)

Note: In the second article we share six books that will teach you the basics of change psychology. Use it as a jumping off point for digging deeper into this area.

And if you’ve done all that and you’re ready to level up, you might consider these courses:

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification

Excellence in Motivational Interviewing

5. Get some business training.

You’ve gotta keep the lights on, your financials in order, and clients coming in the door. But how?

If you’re considering opening your own personal training studio or gym—or if you work at a bigger gym and want to learn how to get more clients—you’ll need to get some business training.

I’m not talking about a MBA here. I’m talking about fitness-specific training taught by people who’ve actually had success in the field.

Here’s are some great options:

Net Profit Explosion

Results Fitness University

Fitness Consulting Group

100K Info Group (for online businesses)

(And here’s a great article outlining the 5 key stages of a successful fitness business).

The better you get at marketing and running your business, the more people you can help, and the more money you can make.

6. A career of learning and development.

Once you’ve built a strong foundation of training, nutrition, movement, change, and business knowledge, it’s time to commit to a lifetime of learning and personal development.

Feel free to pick the books, courses, internships, and certifications that most resonate with you. Or will most help your clients.

Now is the time to geek out about advanced programming for different populations, nutrient timing, soft-tissue therapy, hormonal issues, advanced exercise and diet techniques, and more.

If you’re interested in finally leveling up that basic training certification from Step 2 above, consider:

PTA Global (Advanced Course)

And if you’re ready for internships and mentorships, these come highly recommended:

EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance)

Cressey Sports Performance

IFAST

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning

If you’re interested in different areas of nutrition:

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

If you’re interested in more athletic populations:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS)

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

If you’re interested in high intensity and group training:

Training for Warriors

Crossfit Certification

TRX Courses

If you’re interested in special populations:

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM)

Exercise Therapy Certification (ISSA)

Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA)

Senior Fitness Certification (ISSA)

Golf Fitness Certification (TPI)

Remember: There is no one “right” way to make it in the fitness industry

Fitness and nutrition is still a young industry. There is no one “right” path to success. In fact, there may never be.

And I kinda like it that way. It means that possibilities are infinite. 

The best trainers can come from anywhere: four-year colleges. Doctoral programs. Theology school. College drop-outs. Someone who found a gym flyer in the parking lot.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’ve got the energy, the drive, and the interest to do this work, you can eventually do it… no matter what you’re doing as a career now.

What to do

While there isn’t one “right” path, there are six things you can do to set yourself apart from 99% of other trainers out there:

Start coaching now—even if it’s just family or friends.

Get certified—even if it’s a basic entry-level certification.

Become a “complete” fitness professional—someone who understands exercise, but also nutrition and quality movement.

Learn how to coach real people—by focusing on change psychology and connections.

Get business training—so you can take your fitness “pipe dream” and turn it into something meaningful and profitable.

Commit to a career of learning and development—geek out on advanced programs and build your skills and specialties.

If you’re a coach, or you want to be…

Learning how to coach clients, patients, friends, or family members through healthy eating and lifestyle changes—in a way that helps them adopt simple but effective habits they can sustain—is both an art and a science.

If you’d like to learn more about both, consider the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification. The next group kicks off shortly.

What’s it all about?

The Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification is the world’s most respected nutrition education program. It gives you the knowledge, systems, and tools you need to really understand how food influences a person’s health and fitness. Plus the ability to turn that knowledge into a thriving coaching practice.

Developed over 15 years, and proven with over 100,000 clients and patients, the Level 1 curriculum stands alone as the authority on the science of nutrition and the art of coaching.

Whether you’re already mid-career, or just starting out, the Level 1 Certification is your springboard to a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results.

[Of course, if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 Certification, check out our Level 2 Certification Master Class. It’s an exclusive, year-long mentorship designed for elite professionals looking to master the art of coaching and be part of the top 1% of health and fitness coaches in the world.]

Interested? Add your name to the presale list. You’ll save up to 33% and secure your spot 24 hours before everyone else.

We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.

If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following presale list, which gives you two advantages.

Pay less than everyone else. We like to reward people who are eager to boost their credentials and are ready to commit to getting the education they need. So we’re offering a discount of up to 33% off the general price when you sign up for the presale list.

Sign up 24 hours before the general public and increase your chances of getting a spot. We only open the certification program twice per year. Due to high demand, spots in the program are limited and have historically sold out in a matter of hours. But when you sign up for the presale list, we’ll give you the opportunity to register a full 24 hours before anyone else.

If you’re ready for a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results… this is your chance to see what the world’s top professional nutrition coaching system can do for you.

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How to build a successful and rewarding career in fitness. A step-by-step guide for personal trainers & coaches. published first on

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How to build a successful and rewarding career in fitness. A step-by-step guide for personal trainers & coaches.

Every year, thousands of people consider starting a career in fitness and health. But most have no idea how to make their dream a reality. This article—written for both new and experienced fitness professionals—outlines a new curriculum for building a successful career. 

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Change your body, change your… career?

Becoming passionate about health and fitness put the rest of my life into perspective.

I caught the fitness bug early. I started working out and reading articles about nutrition and fitness when I was in high school. By the time I was 21, I’d put on 30 pounds of muscle, felt awesome, and vanquished my skinny guy genetics.

Like many people who start living the “healthy lifestyle”, I quickly became the go-to fitness and nutrition expert for my friends and family, a position and responsibility I enjoyed and cherished.

My new-found love for exercising and eating healthy—coupled with the results I saw in the mirror and my ability to help others get in shape—made me feel like a brand new person.

Well, almost.

Because even though I looked and felt different, the rest of my life seemed tethered to the “old me”. I’d transformed my mind and body… but I was still doing the same old stuff.

Working the same unsatisfying job. Going through the motions at my local community college. Following the same routines.

Taking control of my own health and fitness had shown me how much potential I had to change things in my life. To become happier. To find meaning and purpose. To make a difference.

So why the hell was I doing all the boring stuff I was “supposed” to do when I could do something that actually mattered?

A crazy idea popped into my head: What if I became a personal trainer and tried helping others transform their bodies? What if that was my job?

As I thought about the possibilities, I got excited. And then reality slapped me in the face. The way I saw it, I had one huge problem:

I had no formal education, no certification, and worse… absolutely no idea where to start.

How do you become successful in the fitness industry?

I wasn’t alone. And I’m still not.

There are thousands of people who are passionate about health and fitness and considering a career change. But like me back then, they don’t know where to start.

Should they go back to school for a new degree? Get certified as a personal trainer? Or maybe something else entirely?

I remember thinking through the positives and negatives of each before deciding on a course of action.

Option 1: Go back to school.

Positives:

Earn a degree.

Learn all about biochemistry, anatomy, and exercise physiology.

Negatives:

Takes at least two years to finish (and more likely, four to six years).

Costs tens of thousands of dollars and could leave me deep in debt.

Doesn’t prepare me for the day-to-day work of training real people (i.e. doesn’t show me how to write training programs or nutritional plans people will actually follow).

Delivers few (if any) classes or resources on change psychology or business development.

Option 2: Get certified as a personal trainer.

Positives:

Faster than going back to school (Usually self-study, so I could go at my own pace.)

Costs way less money.

Learn enough anatomy and physiology to feel semi-competent.

The certificate I earned after taking the test would make me seem more credible to potential clients.

Negatives:

Doesn’t seem as “credible” as a degree.

I don’t know which certification is “good” and which certification is “bad”.

Still doesn’t teach me much about change psychology or business development.

So what did I do?

I got a crappy personal training certification, sweet-talked my way into a job as a “fitness assistant” at a local gym, and started training clients. (I eventually earned a better certification.)

At times, I felt like I was on top of the world. I had gamed the system! Here I was working with people, building my business, reading nutrition and exercise text books, and attending seminars. I felt like I had a big head-start.

But at other times, I felt like a fraud. I worried that everyone would look at my lack of formal education and know I was unfit to work with people, even if I was a certified trainer.

I worried that because I didn’t follow any sort of “path”, my new career in fitness was a joke. It was debilitating and even a little depressing.

But as I would later learn, my lack of a formal fitness and nutrition education put me in good company.

Be a world-class strength coach in 3 easy steps

When people ask renowned strength coach Dan John what they should do to become a successful trainer or coach, here’s what he tells them:

Step 1: Get a degree in English, study Theology, score a job as a high school teacher.

Step 2: Spend evenings teaching an online religious studies course.

Step 3: Volunteer as a strength coach with your high school track team.

Voilá, just 25 years later, you’ll be a household name in strength and conditioning.

While Dan laughs when he says this, that’s exactly what he did. And his hint of sarcasm isn’t missed, largely because Dan knows something most people don’t:

Unlike in certain fields like law and medicine, there are no clear, predetermined paths in fitness.

In other words, there is no single—or obvious—path to becoming a successful health and fitness coach.

When I realized that, I felt a huge burden lift off me. I wasn’t a fraud. I was just a guy who wanted to help people get in good shape. And, like Dan, I had simply taken an “unconventional” path to get there.

What does that mean for you?

It means that you can find the path that suits you. The path that matches your experience, personality, character, and principles.

You can create your own unique path to the dream job you want.

But how?

Start here: The new fitness industry curriculum

Of course, even though there’s no single template, you can still follow and adapt some of the patterns of the top coaches. Here’s how.

1. Start coaching immediately.

You don’t have to do anything fancy from the start. You don’t need to get a degree, rent space in a gym, or start your own studio.

In other words, you don’t need permission from anyone to get started.

All you have to do is help someone get in shape and improve their life, one step at a time.

It doesn’t matter if that someone is a friend, family member, or a paying client. The only way to see if you actually enjoy working with people is to start working with people.

And if you’re not feeling confident enough to coach on your own, ask if you can “shadow” a personal trainer or another experienced coach for a day.

Remember: You don’t have to know everything about exercise and nutrition to help someone get in shape and improve their life. All you need is to know a little bit more about health and fitness than the person you’re trying to help.

Becoming great at something (like coaching) is always about trial and error.

No matter how well prepared you think you are, no matter how many tests you pass, no matter how many internships you do, you will eventually have to try stuff and you will still have to make mistakes. On your own.

So start doing—and learning—now.

2. Get certified.

While you’re coaching, start earning your credentials.

Yes, we all know that a lot of certifications in the fitness industry are considered a joke. Many require a single weekend of “effort” (and I put that in quotations deliberately).

Most barely scratch the surface of what a trainer really needs to know to work effectively with a client.

But if you want to be viewed as a professional—and if you want insurance—you’ll need the paperwork. So get some kind of certification anyway.

Start with a basic certification like one of the following:

American College of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

International Sports Sciences Association – Personal Trainer Certification

National Academy of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

National Strength & Conditioning Association – Certified Personal Trainer

PTA Global – Certified Personal Trainer

Once you’ve cleared the initial hurdle and have rounded out your skill set (see below), you can consider more advanced certifications and mentorships.

3. Become a “complete” fitness professional.

Once you get your basic personal training certification, it’s time to take it a step further and expand your education. We know that exercise alone won’t get your clients the kind of results they’re hiring you for.

And your clients will need more help than just the two or three sessions a week they have with you.

So what you should you do?

Nutrition education

First, learn more about nutrition, so you can feel more confident discussing food and diet with your clients.

Nutrition is where people 1) need the most help and 2) will see the greatest results.

In fact, including nutrition coaching with your training advice can increase your effectiveness as a trainer by at least five times.

In other words:

That could be 25 pounds lost, instead of 5.

That could be 20 points knocked off the blood pressure score, instead of 4.

That could be 5 inches off someone’s waist, not 1.

That could be at least five times more client commitment, confidence, motivation, retention, and satisfaction… with five times less effort from you.

Since a high-quality, real-world nutrition certification didn’t exist a few years ago, we set out to create one: The Precision Nutrition Certification. It’s quickly become the industry’s most respected nutrition certification, a fact we’re very proud of.

Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification

And if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 program, we’ve got something for you too. Check out this Level 2 page where you can learn more about the Master Class.

Also, if you want more research on the different nutrition education options out there, check out this site. It compares and contrasts the best schools and online education platforms. That way you can make an educated decision on what’s best for you.

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

Movement education

After establishing your nutrition system, I recommend one more thing to round out your basic skill set: improving your ability to assess movement.

Most exercise programming assumes that clients move well to begin with. And that might be true, if you were training child circus performers, instead of office workers or athletes and manual laborers with years of repetitive stresses and strains.

As physical therapist Gray Cook says, you shouldn’t load dysfunctional movement patterns. Adding weight to a structure that can’t support it isn’t going to make that structure any better.

Your exercise programming can actually hurt your clients if you don’t first learn how to help them fix their dysfunctional movement patterns.

So, consider checking out one of the following education tracks for better understanding and programming movement.

Functional Movement Systems (FMS)

Z-Health Performance

4. Learn how to coach real people.

After you’ve spent some time learning about movement, nutrition, and exercise programing it’s time to learn how to coach your clients. 

That means understanding the deeper psychology at play and saying the right things in the right ways at the right times. It means really connecting with your clients and helping them through their body  transformations one step at a time.

You can have someone do all the squats and eat all the broccoli you want, but until you learn “change psychology” and the art of coaching, you’ll never be able to actually help your clients change their habits.

Where should you start?

Here are two must-read resources to check out:

Effective coach talk: What to say to clients and why it matters

10 things elite coaches do (And 6 things they read)

Note: In the second article we share six books that will teach you the basics of change psychology. Use it as a jumping off point for digging deeper into this area.

And if you’ve done all that and you’re ready to level up, you might consider these courses:

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification

Excellence in Motivational Interviewing

5. Get some business training.

You’ve gotta keep the lights on, your financials in order, and clients coming in the door. But how?

If you’re considering opening your own personal training studio or gym—or if you work at a bigger gym and want to learn how to get more clients—you’ll need to get some business training.

I’m not talking about a MBA here. I’m talking about fitness-specific training taught by people who’ve actually had success in the field.

Here’s are some great options:

Net Profit Explosion

Results Fitness University

Fitness Consulting Group

100K Info Group (for online businesses)

(And here’s a great article outlining the 5 key stages of a successful fitness business).

The better you get at marketing and running your business, the more people you can help, and the more money you can make.

6. A career of learning and development.

Once you’ve built a strong foundation of training, nutrition, movement, change, and business knowledge, it’s time to commit to a lifetime of learning and personal development.

Feel free to pick the books, courses, internships, and certifications that most resonate with you. Or will most help your clients.

Now is the time to geek out about advanced programming for different populations, nutrient timing, soft-tissue therapy, hormonal issues, advanced exercise and diet techniques, and more.

If you’re interested in finally leveling up that basic training certification from Step 2 above, consider:

PTA Global (Advanced Course)

And if you’re ready for internships and mentorships, these come highly recommended:

EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance)

Cressey Sports Performance

IFAST

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning

If you’re interested in different areas of nutrition:

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

If you’re interested in more athletic populations:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS)

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

If you’re interested in high intensity and group training:

Training for Warriors

Crossfit Certification

TRX Courses

If you’re interested in special populations:

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM)

Exercise Therapy Certification (ISSA)

Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA)

Senior Fitness Certification (ISSA)

Golf Fitness Certification (TPI)

Remember: There is no one “right” way to make it in the fitness industry

Fitness and nutrition is still a young industry. There is no one “right” path to success. In fact, there may never be.

And I kinda like it that way. It means that possibilities are infinite. 

The best trainers can come from anywhere: four-year colleges. Doctoral programs. Theology school. College drop-outs. Someone who found a gym flyer in the parking lot.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’ve got the energy, the drive, and the interest to do this work, you can eventually do it… no matter what you’re doing as a career now.

What to do

While there isn’t one “right” path, there are six things you can do to set yourself apart from 99% of other trainers out there:

Start coaching now—even if it’s just family or friends.

Get certified—even if it’s a basic entry-level certification.

Become a “complete” fitness professional—someone who understands exercise, but also nutrition and quality movement.

Learn how to coach real people—by focusing on change psychology and connections.

Get business training—so you can take your fitness “pipe dream” and turn it into something meaningful and profitable.

Commit to a career of learning and development—geek out on advanced programs and build your skills and specialties.

If you’re a coach, or you want to be…

Learning how to coach clients, patients, friends, or family members through healthy eating and lifestyle changes—in a way that helps them adopt simple but effective habits they can sustain—is both an art and a science.

If you’d like to learn more about both, consider the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification. The next group kicks off shortly.

What’s it all about?

The Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification is the world’s most respected nutrition education program. It gives you the knowledge, systems, and tools you need to really understand how food influences a person’s health and fitness. Plus the ability to turn that knowledge into a thriving coaching practice.

Developed over 15 years, and proven with over 100,000 clients and patients, the Level 1 curriculum stands alone as the authority on the science of nutrition and the art of coaching.

Whether you’re already mid-career, or just starting out, the Level 1 Certification is your springboard to a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results.

[Of course, if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 Certification, check out our Level 2 Certification Master Class. It’s an exclusive, year-long mentorship designed for elite professionals looking to master the art of coaching and be part of the top 1% of health and fitness coaches in the world.]

Interested? Add your name to the presale list. You’ll save up to 33% and secure your spot 24 hours before everyone else.

We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.

If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following presale list, which gives you two advantages.

Pay less than everyone else. We like to reward people who are eager to boost their credentials and are ready to commit to getting the education they need. So we’re offering a discount of up to 33% off the general price when you sign up for the presale list.

Sign up 24 hours before the general public and increase your chances of getting a spot. We only open the certification program twice per year. Due to high demand, spots in the program are limited and have historically sold out in a matter of hours. But when you sign up for the presale list, we’ll give you the opportunity to register a full 24 hours before anyone else.

If you’re ready for a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results… this is your chance to see what the world’s top professional nutrition coaching system can do for you.

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How to build a successful and rewarding career in fitness. A step-by-step guide for personal trainers & coaches.

Every year, thousands of people consider starting a career in fitness and health. But most have no idea how to make their dream a reality. This article—written for both new and experienced fitness professionals—outlines a new curriculum for building a successful career. 

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Change your body, change your… career?

Becoming passionate about health and fitness put the rest of my life into perspective.

I caught the fitness bug early. I started working out and reading articles about nutrition and fitness when I was in high school. By the time I was 21, I’d put on 30 pounds of muscle, felt awesome, and vanquished my skinny guy genetics.

Like many people who start living the “healthy lifestyle”, I quickly became the go-to fitness and nutrition expert for my friends and family, a position and responsibility I enjoyed and cherished.

My new-found love for exercising and eating healthy—coupled with the results I saw in the mirror and my ability to help others get in shape—made me feel like a brand new person.

Well, almost.

Because even though I looked and felt different, the rest of my life seemed tethered to the “old me”. I’d transformed my mind and body… but I was still doing the same old stuff.

Working the same unsatisfying job. Going through the motions at my local community college. Following the same routines.

Taking control of my own health and fitness had shown me how much potential I had to change things in my life. To become happier. To find meaning and purpose. To make a difference.

So why the hell was I doing all the boring stuff I was “supposed” to do when I could do something that actually mattered?

A crazy idea popped into my head: What if I became a personal trainer and tried helping others transform their bodies? What if that was my job?

As I thought about the possibilities, I got excited. And then reality slapped me in the face. The way I saw it, I had one huge problem:

I had no formal education, no certification, and worse… absolutely no idea where to start.

How do you become successful in the fitness industry?

I wasn’t alone. And I’m still not.

There are thousands of people who are passionate about health and fitness and considering a career change. But like me back then, they don’t know where to start.

Should they go back to school for a new degree? Get certified as a personal trainer? Or maybe something else entirely?

I remember thinking through the positives and negatives of each before deciding on a course of action.

Option 1: Go back to school.

Positives:

Earn a degree.

Learn all about biochemistry, anatomy, and exercise physiology.

Negatives:

Takes at least two years to finish (and more likely, four to six years).

Costs tens of thousands of dollars and could leave me deep in debt.

Doesn’t prepare me for the day-to-day work of training real people (i.e. doesn’t show me how to write training programs or nutritional plans people will actually follow).

Delivers few (if any) classes or resources on change psychology or business development.

Option 2: Get certified as a personal trainer.

Positives:

Faster than going back to school (Usually self-study, so I could go at my own pace.)

Costs way less money.

Learn enough anatomy and physiology to feel semi-competent.

The certificate I earned after taking the test would make me seem more credible to potential clients.

Negatives:

Doesn’t seem as “credible” as a degree.

I don’t know which certification is “good” and which certification is “bad”.

Still doesn’t teach me much about change psychology or business development.

So what did I do?

I got a crappy personal training certification, sweet-talked my way into a job as a “fitness assistant” at a local gym, and started training clients. (I eventually earned a better certification.)

At times, I felt like I was on top of the world. I had gamed the system! Here I was working with people, building my business, reading nutrition and exercise text books, and attending seminars. I felt like I had a big head-start.

But at other times, I felt like a fraud. I worried that everyone would look at my lack of formal education and know I was unfit to work with people, even if I was a certified trainer.

I worried that because I didn’t follow any sort of “path”, my new career in fitness was a joke. It was debilitating and even a little depressing.

But as I would later learn, my lack of a formal fitness and nutrition education put me in good company.

Be a world-class strength coach in 3 easy steps

When people ask renowned strength coach Dan John what they should do to become a successful trainer or coach, here’s what he tells them:

Step 1: Get a degree in English, study Theology, score a job as a high school teacher.

Step 2: Spend evenings teaching an online religious studies course.

Step 3: Volunteer as a strength coach with your high school track team.

Voilá, just 25 years later, you’ll be a household name in strength and conditioning.

While Dan laughs when he says this, that’s exactly what he did. And his hint of sarcasm isn’t missed, largely because Dan knows something most people don’t:

Unlike in certain fields like law and medicine, there are no clear, predetermined paths in fitness.

In other words, there is no single—or obvious—path to becoming a successful health and fitness coach.

When I realized that, I felt a huge burden lift off me. I wasn’t a fraud. I was just a guy who wanted to help people get in good shape. And, like Dan, I had simply taken an “unconventional” path to get there.

What does that mean for you?

It means that you can find the path that suits you. The path that matches your experience, personality, character, and principles.

You can create your own unique path to the dream job you want.

But how?

Start here: The new fitness industry curriculum

Of course, even though there’s no single template, you can still follow and adapt some of the patterns of the top coaches. Here’s how.

1. Start coaching immediately.

You don’t have to do anything fancy from the start. You don’t need to get a degree, rent space in a gym, or start your own studio.

In other words, you don’t need permission from anyone to get started.

All you have to do is help someone get in shape and improve their life, one step at a time.

It doesn’t matter if that someone is a friend, family member, or a paying client. The only way to see if you actually enjoy working with people is to start working with people.

And if you’re not feeling confident enough to coach on your own, ask if you can “shadow” a personal trainer or another experienced coach for a day.

Remember: You don’t have to know everything about exercise and nutrition to help someone get in shape and improve their life. All you need is to know a little bit more about health and fitness than the person you’re trying to help.

Becoming great at something (like coaching) is always about trial and error.

No matter how well prepared you think you are, no matter how many tests you pass, no matter how many internships you do, you will eventually have to try stuff and you will still have to make mistakes. On your own.

So start doing—and learning—now.

2. Get certified.

While you’re coaching, start earning your credentials.

Yes, we all know that a lot of certifications in the fitness industry are considered a joke. Many require a single weekend of “effort” (and I put that in quotations deliberately).

Most barely scratch the surface of what a trainer really needs to know to work effectively with a client.

But if you want to be viewed as a professional—and if you want insurance—you’ll need the paperwork. So get some kind of certification anyway.

Start with a basic certification like one of the following:

American College of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

International Sports Sciences Association – Personal Trainer Certification

National Academy of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

National Strength & Conditioning Association – Certified Personal Trainer

PTA Global – Certified Personal Trainer

Once you’ve cleared the initial hurdle and have rounded out your skill set (see below), you can consider more advanced certifications and mentorships.

3. Become a “complete” fitness professional.

Once you get your basic personal training certification, it’s time to take it a step further and expand your education. We know that exercise alone won’t get your clients the kind of results they’re hiring you for.

And your clients will need more help than just the two or three sessions a week they have with you.

So what you should you do?

Nutrition education

First, learn more about nutrition, so you can feel more confident discussing food and diet with your clients.

Nutrition is where people 1) need the most help and 2) will see the greatest results.

In fact, including nutrition coaching with your training advice can increase your effectiveness as a trainer by at least five times.

In other words:

That could be 25 pounds lost, instead of 5.

That could be 20 points knocked off the blood pressure score, instead of 4.

That could be 5 inches off someone’s waist, not 1.

That could be at least five times more client commitment, confidence, motivation, retention, and satisfaction… with five times less effort from you.

Since a high-quality, real-world nutrition certification didn’t exist a few years ago, we set out to create one: The Precision Nutrition Certification. It’s quickly become the industry’s most respected nutrition certification, a fact we’re very proud of.

Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification

And if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 program, we’ve got something for you too. Check out this Level 2 page where you can learn more about the Master Class.

Also, if you want more research on the different nutrition education options out there, check out this site. It compares and contrasts the best schools and online education platforms. That way you can make an educated decision on what’s best for you.

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

Movement education

After establishing your nutrition system, I recommend one more thing to round out your basic skill set: improving your ability to assess movement.

Most exercise programming assumes that clients move well to begin with. And that might be true, if you were training child circus performers, instead of office workers or athletes and manual laborers with years of repetitive stresses and strains.

As physical therapist Gray Cook says, you shouldn’t load dysfunctional movement patterns. Adding weight to a structure that can’t support it isn’t going to make that structure any better.

Your exercise programming can actually hurt your clients if you don’t first learn how to help them fix their dysfunctional movement patterns.

So, consider checking out one of the following education tracks for better understanding and programming movement.

Functional Movement Systems (FMS)

Z-Health Performance

4. Learn how to coach real people.

After you’ve spent some time learning about movement, nutrition, and exercise programing it’s time to learn how to coach your clients. 

That means understanding the deeper psychology at play and saying the right things in the right ways at the right times. It means really connecting with your clients and helping them through their body  transformations one step at a time.

You can have someone do all the squats and eat all the broccoli you want, but until you learn “change psychology” and the art of coaching, you’ll never be able to actually help your clients change their habits.

Where should you start?

Here are two must-read resources to check out:

Effective coach talk: What to say to clients and why it matters

10 things elite coaches do (And 6 things they read)

Note: In the second article we share six books that will teach you the basics of change psychology. Use it as a jumping off point for digging deeper into this area.

And if you’ve done all that and you’re ready to level up, you might consider these courses:

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification

Excellence in Motivational Interviewing

5. Get some business training.

You’ve gotta keep the lights on, your financials in order, and clients coming in the door. But how?

If you’re considering opening your own personal training studio or gym—or if you work at a bigger gym and want to learn how to get more clients—you’ll need to get some business training.

I’m not talking about a MBA here. I’m talking about fitness-specific training taught by people who’ve actually had success in the field.

Here’s are some great options:

Net Profit Explosion

Results Fitness University

Fitness Consulting Group

100K Info Group (for online businesses)

(And here’s a great article outlining the 5 key stages of a successful fitness business).

The better you get at marketing and running your business, the more people you can help, and the more money you can make.

6. A career of learning and development.

Once you’ve built a strong foundation of training, nutrition, movement, change, and business knowledge, it’s time to commit to a lifetime of learning and personal development.

Feel free to pick the books, courses, internships, and certifications that most resonate with you. Or will most help your clients.

Now is the time to geek out about advanced programming for different populations, nutrient timing, soft-tissue therapy, hormonal issues, advanced exercise and diet techniques, and more.

If you’re interested in finally leveling up that basic training certification from Step 2 above, consider:

PTA Global (Advanced Course)

And if you’re ready for internships and mentorships, these come highly recommended:

EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance)

Cressey Sports Performance

IFAST

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning

If you’re interested in different areas of nutrition:

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

If you’re interested in more athletic populations:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS)

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

If you’re interested in high intensity and group training:

Training for Warriors

Crossfit Certification

TRX Courses

If you’re interested in special populations:

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM)

Exercise Therapy Certification (ISSA)

Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA)

Senior Fitness Certification (ISSA)

Golf Fitness Certification (TPI)

Remember: There is no one “right” way to make it in the fitness industry

Fitness and nutrition is still a young industry. There is no one “right” path to success. In fact, there may never be.

And I kinda like it that way. It means that possibilities are infinite. 

The best trainers can come from anywhere: four-year colleges. Doctoral programs. Theology school. College drop-outs. Someone who found a gym flyer in the parking lot.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’ve got the energy, the drive, and the interest to do this work, you can eventually do it… no matter what you’re doing as a career now.

What to do

While there isn’t one “right” path, there are six things you can do to set yourself apart from 99% of other trainers out there:

Start coaching now—even if it’s just family or friends.

Get certified—even if it’s a basic entry-level certification.

Become a “complete” fitness professional—someone who understands exercise, but also nutrition and quality movement.

Learn how to coach real people—by focusing on change psychology and connections.

Get business training—so you can take your fitness “pipe dream” and turn it into something meaningful and profitable.

Commit to a career of learning and development—geek out on advanced programs and build your skills and specialties.

If you’re a coach, or you want to be…

Learning how to coach clients, patients, friends, or family members through healthy eating and lifestyle changes—in a way that helps them adopt simple but effective habits they can sustain—is both an art and a science.

If you’d like to learn more about both, consider the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification. The next group kicks off shortly.

What’s it all about?

The Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification is the world’s most respected nutrition education program. It gives you the knowledge, systems, and tools you need to really understand how food influences a person’s health and fitness. Plus the ability to turn that knowledge into a thriving coaching practice.

Developed over 15 years, and proven with over 100,000 clients and patients, the Level 1 curriculum stands alone as the authority on the science of nutrition and the art of coaching.

Whether you’re already mid-career, or just starting out, the Level 1 Certification is your springboard to a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results.

[Of course, if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 Certification, check out our Level 2 Certification Master Class. It’s an exclusive, year-long mentorship designed for elite professionals looking to master the art of coaching and be part of the top 1% of health and fitness coaches in the world.]

Interested? Add your name to the presale list. You’ll save up to 33% and secure your spot 24 hours before everyone else.

We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.

If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following presale list, which gives you two advantages.

Pay less than everyone else. We like to reward people who are eager to boost their credentials and are ready to commit to getting the education they need. So we’re offering a discount of up to 33% off the general price when you sign up for the presale list.

Sign up 24 hours before the general public and increase your chances of getting a spot. We only open the certification program twice per year. Due to high demand, spots in the program are limited and have historically sold out in a matter of hours. But when you sign up for the presale list, we’ll give you the opportunity to register a full 24 hours before anyone else.

If you’re ready for a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results… this is your chance to see what the world’s top professional nutrition coaching system can do for you.

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How to build a successful and rewarding career in fitness. A step-by-step guide for personal trainers & coaches.

Every year, thousands of people consider starting a career in fitness and health. But most have no idea how to make their dream a reality. This article—written for both new and experienced fitness professionals—outlines a new curriculum for building a successful career. 

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Change your body, change your… career?

Becoming passionate about health and fitness put the rest of my life into perspective.

I caught the fitness bug early. I started working out and reading articles about nutrition and fitness when I was in high school. By the time I was 21, I’d put on 30 pounds of muscle, felt awesome, and vanquished my skinny guy genetics.

Like many people who start living the “healthy lifestyle”, I quickly became the go-to fitness and nutrition expert for my friends and family, a position and responsibility I enjoyed and cherished.

My new-found love for exercising and eating healthy—coupled with the results I saw in the mirror and my ability to help others get in shape—made me feel like a brand new person.

Well, almost.

Because even though I looked and felt different, the rest of my life seemed tethered to the “old me”. I’d transformed my mind and body… but I was still doing the same old stuff.

Working the same unsatisfying job. Going through the motions at my local community college. Following the same routines.

Taking control of my own health and fitness had shown me how much potential I had to change things in my life. To become happier. To find meaning and purpose. To make a difference.

So why the hell was I doing all the boring stuff I was “supposed” to do when I could do something that actually mattered?

A crazy idea popped into my head: What if I became a personal trainer and tried helping others transform their bodies? What if that was my job?

As I thought about the possibilities, I got excited. And then reality slapped me in the face. The way I saw it, I had one huge problem:

I had no formal education, no certification, and worse… absolutely no idea where to start.

How do you become successful in the fitness industry?

I wasn’t alone. And I’m still not.

There are thousands of people who are passionate about health and fitness and considering a career change. But like me back then, they don’t know where to start.

Should they go back to school for a new degree? Get certified as a personal trainer? Or maybe something else entirely?

I remember thinking through the positives and negatives of each before deciding on a course of action.

Option 1: Go back to school.

Positives:

Earn a degree.

Learn all about biochemistry, anatomy, and exercise physiology.

Negatives:

Takes at least two years to finish (and more likely, four to six years).

Costs tens of thousands of dollars and could leave me deep in debt.

Doesn’t prepare me for the day-to-day work of training real people (i.e. doesn’t show me how to write training programs or nutritional plans people will actually follow).

Delivers few (if any) classes or resources on change psychology or business development.

Option 2: Get certified as a personal trainer.

Positives:

Faster than going back to school (Usually self-study, so I could go at my own pace.)

Costs way less money.

Learn enough anatomy and physiology to feel semi-competent.

The certificate I earned after taking the test would make me seem more credible to potential clients.

Negatives:

Doesn’t seem as “credible” as a degree.

I don’t know which certification is “good” and which certification is “bad”.

Still doesn’t teach me much about change psychology or business development.

So what did I do?

I got a crappy personal training certification, sweet-talked my way into a job as a “fitness assistant” at a local gym, and started training clients. (I eventually earned a better certification.)

At times, I felt like I was on top of the world. I had gamed the system! Here I was working with people, building my business, reading nutrition and exercise text books, and attending seminars. I felt like I had a big head-start.

But at other times, I felt like a fraud. I worried that everyone would look at my lack of formal education and know I was unfit to work with people, even if I was a certified trainer.

I worried that because I didn’t follow any sort of “path”, my new career in fitness was a joke. It was debilitating and even a little depressing.

But as I would later learn, my lack of a formal fitness and nutrition education put me in good company.

Be a world-class strength coach in 3 easy steps

When people ask renowned strength coach Dan John what they should do to become a successful trainer or coach, here’s what he tells them:

Step 1: Get a degree in English, study Theology, score a job as a high school teacher.

Step 2: Spend evenings teaching an online religious studies course.

Step 3: Volunteer as a strength coach with your high school track team.

Voilá, just 25 years later, you’ll be a household name in strength and conditioning.

While Dan laughs when he says this, that’s exactly what he did. And his hint of sarcasm isn’t missed, largely because Dan knows something most people don’t:

Unlike in certain fields like law and medicine, there are no clear, predetermined paths in fitness.

In other words, there is no single—or obvious—path to becoming a successful health and fitness coach.

When I realized that, I felt a huge burden lift off me. I wasn’t a fraud. I was just a guy who wanted to help people get in good shape. And, like Dan, I had simply taken an “unconventional” path to get there.

What does that mean for you?

It means that you can find the path that suits you. The path that matches your experience, personality, character, and principles.

You can create your own unique path to the dream job you want.

But how?

Start here: The new fitness industry curriculum

Of course, even though there’s no single template, you can still follow and adapt some of the patterns of the top coaches. Here’s how.

1. Start coaching immediately.

You don’t have to do anything fancy from the start. You don’t need to get a degree, rent space in a gym, or start your own studio.

In other words, you don’t need permission from anyone to get started.

All you have to do is help someone get in shape and improve their life, one step at a time.

It doesn’t matter if that someone is a friend, family member, or a paying client. The only way to see if you actually enjoy working with people is to start working with people.

And if you’re not feeling confident enough to coach on your own, ask if you can “shadow” a personal trainer or another experienced coach for a day.

Remember: You don’t have to know everything about exercise and nutrition to help someone get in shape and improve their life. All you need is to know a little bit more about health and fitness than the person you’re trying to help.

Becoming great at something (like coaching) is always about trial and error.

No matter how well prepared you think you are, no matter how many tests you pass, no matter how many internships you do, you will eventually have to try stuff and you will still have to make mistakes. On your own.

So start doing—and learning—now.

2. Get certified.

While you’re coaching, start earning your credentials.

Yes, we all know that a lot of certifications in the fitness industry are considered a joke. Many require a single weekend of “effort” (and I put that in quotations deliberately).

Most barely scratch the surface of what a trainer really needs to know to work effectively with a client.

But if you want to be viewed as a professional—and if you want insurance—you’ll need the paperwork. So get some kind of certification anyway.

Start with a basic certification like one of the following:

American College of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

International Sports Sciences Association – Personal Trainer Certification

National Academy of Sports Medicine – Certified Personal Trainer

National Strength & Conditioning Association – Certified Personal Trainer

PTA Global – Certified Personal Trainer

Once you’ve cleared the initial hurdle and have rounded out your skill set (see below), you can consider more advanced certifications and mentorships.

3. Become a “complete” fitness professional.

Once you get your basic personal training certification, it’s time to take it a step further and expand your education. We know that exercise alone won’t get your clients the kind of results they’re hiring you for.

And your clients will need more help than just the two or three sessions a week they have with you.

So what you should you do?

Nutrition education

First, learn more about nutrition, so you can feel more confident discussing food and diet with your clients.

Nutrition is where people 1) need the most help and 2) will see the greatest results.

In fact, including nutrition coaching with your training advice can increase your effectiveness as a trainer by at least five times.

In other words:

That could be 25 pounds lost, instead of 5.

That could be 20 points knocked off the blood pressure score, instead of 4.

That could be 5 inches off someone’s waist, not 1.

That could be at least five times more client commitment, confidence, motivation, retention, and satisfaction… with five times less effort from you.

Since a high-quality, real-world nutrition certification didn’t exist a few years ago, we set out to create one: The Precision Nutrition Certification. It’s quickly become the industry’s most respected nutrition certification, a fact we’re very proud of.

Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification

And if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 program, we’ve got something for you too. Check out this Level 2 page where you can learn more about the Master Class.

Also, if you want more research on the different nutrition education options out there, check out this site. It compares and contrasts the best schools and online education platforms. That way you can make an educated decision on what’s best for you.

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

Movement education

After establishing your nutrition system, I recommend one more thing to round out your basic skill set: improving your ability to assess movement.

Most exercise programming assumes that clients move well to begin with. And that might be true, if you were training child circus performers, instead of office workers or athletes and manual laborers with years of repetitive stresses and strains.

As physical therapist Gray Cook says, you shouldn’t load dysfunctional movement patterns. Adding weight to a structure that can’t support it isn’t going to make that structure any better.

Your exercise programming can actually hurt your clients if you don’t first learn how to help them fix their dysfunctional movement patterns.

So, consider checking out one of the following education tracks for better understanding and programming movement.

Functional Movement Systems (FMS)

Z-Health Performance

4. Learn how to coach real people.

After you’ve spent some time learning about movement, nutrition, and exercise programing it’s time to learn how to coach your clients. 

That means understanding the deeper psychology at play and saying the right things in the right ways at the right times. It means really connecting with your clients and helping them through their body  transformations one step at a time.

You can have someone do all the squats and eat all the broccoli you want, but until you learn “change psychology” and the art of coaching, you’ll never be able to actually help your clients change their habits.

Where should you start?

Here are two must-read resources to check out:

Effective coach talk: What to say to clients and why it matters

10 things elite coaches do (And 6 things they read)

Note: In the second article we share six books that will teach you the basics of change psychology. Use it as a jumping off point for digging deeper into this area.

And if you’ve done all that and you’re ready to level up, you might consider these courses:

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification

Excellence in Motivational Interviewing

5. Get some business training.

You’ve gotta keep the lights on, your financials in order, and clients coming in the door. But how?

If you’re considering opening your own personal training studio or gym—or if you work at a bigger gym and want to learn how to get more clients—you’ll need to get some business training.

I’m not talking about a MBA here. I’m talking about fitness-specific training taught by people who’ve actually had success in the field.

Here’s are some great options:

Net Profit Explosion

Results Fitness University

Fitness Consulting Group

100K Info Group (for online businesses)

(And here’s a great article outlining the 5 key stages of a successful fitness business).

The better you get at marketing and running your business, the more people you can help, and the more money you can make.

6. A career of learning and development.

Once you’ve built a strong foundation of training, nutrition, movement, change, and business knowledge, it’s time to commit to a lifetime of learning and personal development.

Feel free to pick the books, courses, internships, and certifications that most resonate with you. Or will most help your clients.

Now is the time to geek out about advanced programming for different populations, nutrient timing, soft-tissue therapy, hormonal issues, advanced exercise and diet techniques, and more.

If you’re interested in finally leveling up that basic training certification from Step 2 above, consider:

PTA Global (Advanced Course)

And if you’re ready for internships and mentorships, these come highly recommended:

EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance)

Cressey Sports Performance

IFAST

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning

If you’re interested in different areas of nutrition:

Nutrition Education and Certification Reviews

If you’re interested in more athletic populations:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS)

Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC)

If you’re interested in high intensity and group training:

Training for Warriors

Crossfit Certification

TRX Courses

If you’re interested in special populations:

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM)

Exercise Therapy Certification (ISSA)

Youth Fitness Specialist (IYCA)

Senior Fitness Certification (ISSA)

Golf Fitness Certification (TPI)

Remember: There is no one “right” way to make it in the fitness industry

Fitness and nutrition is still a young industry. There is no one “right” path to success. In fact, there may never be.

And I kinda like it that way. It means that possibilities are infinite. 

The best trainers can come from anywhere: four-year colleges. Doctoral programs. Theology school. College drop-outs. Someone who found a gym flyer in the parking lot.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’ve got the energy, the drive, and the interest to do this work, you can eventually do it… no matter what you’re doing as a career now.

What to do

While there isn’t one “right” path, there are six things you can do to set yourself apart from 99% of other trainers out there:

Start coaching now—even if it’s just family or friends.

Get certified—even if it’s a basic entry-level certification.

Become a “complete” fitness professional—someone who understands exercise, but also nutrition and quality movement.

Learn how to coach real people—by focusing on change psychology and connections.

Get business training—so you can take your fitness “pipe dream” and turn it into something meaningful and profitable.

Commit to a career of learning and development—geek out on advanced programs and build your skills and specialties.

If you’re a coach, or you want to be…

Learning how to coach clients, patients, friends, or family members through healthy eating and lifestyle changes—in a way that helps them adopt simple but effective habits they can sustain—is both an art and a science.

If you’d like to learn more about both, consider the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification. The next group kicks off shortly.

What’s it all about?

The Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification is the world’s most respected nutrition education program. It gives you the knowledge, systems, and tools you need to really understand how food influences a person’s health and fitness. Plus the ability to turn that knowledge into a thriving coaching practice.

Developed over 15 years, and proven with over 100,000 clients and patients, the Level 1 curriculum stands alone as the authority on the science of nutrition and the art of coaching.

Whether you’re already mid-career, or just starting out, the Level 1 Certification is your springboard to a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results.

[Of course, if you’re already a student or graduate of the Level 1 Certification, check out our Level 2 Certification Master Class. It’s an exclusive, year-long mentorship designed for elite professionals looking to master the art of coaching and be part of the top 1% of health and fitness coaches in the world.]

Interested? Add your name to the presale list. You’ll save up to 33% and secure your spot 24 hours before everyone else.

We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.

If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following presale list, which gives you two advantages.

Pay less than everyone else. We like to reward people who are eager to boost their credentials and are ready to commit to getting the education they need. So we’re offering a discount of up to 33% off the general price when you sign up for the presale list.

Sign up 24 hours before the general public and increase your chances of getting a spot. We only open the certification program twice per year. Due to high demand, spots in the program are limited and have historically sold out in a matter of hours. But when you sign up for the presale list, we’ll give you the opportunity to register a full 24 hours before anyone else.

If you’re ready for a deeper understanding of nutrition, the authority to coach it, and the ability to turn what you know into results… this is your chance to see what the world’s top professional nutrition coaching system can do for you.

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