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[[File:Personal trainer showing a client how to exercise the right way and educating them along the way.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A personal trainer demonstrating proper use of a Bosu ball.]] |
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[[File:Personal Training Overlooking Melbourne.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Personal training outdoors.]] |
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A '''personal trainer''' is a person who helps people exercise. |
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The 5 classic components of fitness are muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility. Although there are other subsets like power and speed. The general population is defined as an age range of 18 to about 50 (45 and younger for males, 55 and younger for females). The definition of healthy in this context means an absence of a disease that would affect one's ability to exercise. Anyone outside that scope of practice should be placed in a trainer's scope after a visit to the doctor to see what kind, if any, exercise they are capable of. |
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== Job overview == |
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[[Image:Personal trainer assessing a client's goals and needs as they write a fitness programme.jpg|thumb|left|Personal trainer assessing a client's goals and needs as they write a fitness programme]] |
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Many personal trainers work through local fitness centers aka personal training studios and health clubs, assisting clients within the facility. Others may be available for sessions in a clients home, or serve as instructors for fitness classes. Trainers are generally needed to demonstrate various exercises and help clients improve their exercise techniques. Due to the more interpersonal contact between a trainer and a client versus a general gym setting, a trainer is more readily able to provide motivation and support to an individual in an exercise program, in addition to proper technical instruction. A trainer can keep records of their clients’ exercise sessions to help monitor progress, and may also advise their clients on how to modify their lifestyle outside of the gym to improve their fitness. |
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In the United States, stats show that by 2006 fitness workers in general were employed in about 235,000 jobs, with a portion of those being trainers. Almost all personal trainers and group exercise instructors worked in physical fitness facilities, health clubs, and fitness centers, mainly in the amusement and recreation industry or in civic and social organizations.<ref name="bls.gov">http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos296.htm</ref> One of the fastest-growing fields of fitness training is corporate fitness. Many large companies are beginning to offer corporate fitness packages for employees wishing to create or maintain a healthy exercise program. Personal trainers are now often going into offices to train office staff at their desks in their lunch breaks using tables and chairs as gym equipment.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} |
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== Regulations and training == |
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[[Image:Personal trainer monitoring a client's movement during a fitball exercise.JPG|thumb|Personal trainer monitoring a client's movement during a [[Exercise ball|fitball]] exercise]] |
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Trainers usually must have [[certification]] before beginning work in a club or facility in the United States. Most certifying organizations require candidates to have a high school diploma, be certified in [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]] (CPR) and [[Automated External Defibrillator]] (AED), and pass an exam.<ref name="bls.gov"/> The type of fitness discipline will determine the level and amount of education and training that is needed. |
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== Notable personal trainers == |
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Notable personal trainers include: |
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*[[Jeff Halevy]] |
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*[[Bob Harper (personal trainer)|Bob Harper]] |
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*[[Jillian Michaels (personal trainer)|Jillian Michaels]] |
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*[[Lyen Wong]] |
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*[[Nick Mitchell (personal trainer)]] |
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*[[Daniel Westling]] |
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== References == |
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