Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies

by Linda Formichelli and Melyssa St. Michael

Love helping other people improve their physical fitness? Become a certified trainer, start your own business, and grow your client base with this user-friendly and practical guide

Want to turn your passion for fitness into a lucrative career? Each year, more than 5 million Americans use personal trainers to take their workouts to the next level--and this plain-English guide shows you how to get in on the action. Whether you want a part-time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764556843
• ISBN13: 9780764556845
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Well written, informative, and fun!

I really enjoyed reading this "Dummies" book. The author put lots of practical stories that really made the points. While I won't be training others for profit, I've already started working with other missionaries that want to get healthy. The book already has given me several ideas about how to work better.

Good book!

Not really what I was looking for, but I started reading and its a great book, I really recomended to all beginners and experience, it has all the information you'll ever need, trully a well written and great referance book to have.

Awesome book!!!

This book is really good! It's funny and extremly informative. The only pitfall I think this book has is that it seems more geared towards people who are already certified. On the flip side though, it does have extremly good advice on becoming certified, taking exams, finding you niche etc...I would recommend this book to amatuers who are still in school (like me) and certified veteran personnal trainers alike :)

Crash Course in Basic Business

The basic steps for starting a business as a personal trainer presented in a concise and easy to follow format. Good business advice to avoid costly mistakes.

A must read for all prospective and current personal trainers

I have been a personal trainer for nearly two years and I thought I had a handle on everything. I was given this book as a gift and I was blown away with the comprehensive information that it provides. I learned the most from the True Stories sections as they provided extra tips and really expanded upon the knowledge contained in this book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about becoming a personal trainer and encourage current personal trainers to read it as well. I only wish I would have read this book a lot sooner.