How to become a personal trainer
Becoming a Personal Trainer can be an incredibly rewarding career, transforming both your life and the lives of your clients as you help them achieve their health and fitness goals.
Becoming a Personal Trainer can be an incredibly rewarding career, transforming both your life and the lives of your clients as you help them achieve their health and fitness goals.
When you opt to train and qualify as a Personal Trainer through Future Fit, you are teaming up with the most trusted provider of fitness qualifications in the industry. We’ll support you not only in obtaining your qualifications, but in helping you build your career through ongoing support, training and additional qualifications.
Your guide will give you full information about salary, qualifications and career progressions. You’ll also have the opportunity to speak with one of our expert Career Advisers, who can provide friendly, no-obligation advice about your options and help you get started if you’re ready.
To get started in the fitness industry and become a Personal Trainer, you will need to start with a Level 2 Gym or Fitness Instructor qualification. This may also be known as:
• Level 2 Gym Instructor Certification
• Level 2 Gym Instructor Qualification
• Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing
Gaining a Level 2 qualification will get you started in the fitness industry, but you will not be able to practice as a Personal Trainer. To do this you will need to gain a Level 3 Personal Training qualification, recognised by CIMSPA.
Most Level 3 Personal Trainer courses will include your level 2 qualification, so you don’t have to study these separately.
Here are the steps to become a Personal Trainer. It’s a combination of qualifications and personal preferences and passions. Upon qualifying with one of our courses, all Future Fit Training graduates receive a guaranteed interview with one of our partners; who recognise the high calibre of our students and robust training programmes.
Some people come into Personal Training with qualifications in Sports Science, others have worked as fitness instructors, and some come into Personal Training with no previous experience at all.
Either way, a Personal Training course will give you all the information you need to become a Personal Trainer, but an understanding of the subject and profession beforehand can help you in your training.
During your research for the right course it is important to choose the best training provider. With so many to choose from and such a range of prices and quality levels it can be a daunting task.
For this reason, we have developed a complete comparison checklist to help you find the right personal training course and provider for you. Easily compare the UK’s top training providers.
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If you’re training to become a gym instructor, or looking for a starting point for towards a PT qualification this is the course for you.
Our Level 2 Gym Instructor Course is the first step on your journey. However, to become a Personal Trainer, you need to achieve the industry standard Level 3 Personal Training qualification. All of our personal training courses have been designed for those who want to become personal trainers and be able to provide high-quality personal training above industry standards.
Without insurance, you won’t be able to train people in most gyms and if your client is injured, you will be liable for any costs. Find yourself a reputable insurance company and make sure that you update this annually.
By getting insured you protect yourself against claims arising from third parties or damages. Insurances also cover public liabilities, professional indemnity, sports equipment, personal accidents and loss of earnings.
Once you have gained your Level 2 qualification, you will be in a position to get a job in a gym and gain experience as a Gym Instructor. In this job, you can build up your experience by shadowing Personal Trainers as they train clients or run group sessions.
This will give you some experience in the industry so once you are a fully qualified PT you already have a good level of experience and can gain employment or clients quicker.
Once you are qualified there are multiple options for the type of employment you go for. Most PT’s start off working as an employed Personal Trainer inside health and fitness clubs and use this space to build up a client base.
Self-employed Personal Trainers can either pay rent to a gym to work in their space, or they may have their own personal training studio. Some also choose to train in public spaces or could go to their client’s homes to train.
There are benefits and drawbacks to both types of work – a self-employed person gets to keep all the money they earn and has much more freedom over who, when and where they train, while an employed person has job security and a steady income, for example.
Building up a client base is really important as a Personal Trainer and there are a variety of methods you can use to do this.
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