Top personal training certifications

One of the problems evolved countries are dealing with nowadays is obesity.  More and more children become obese. In US more than one third of the adult population is obese.  The main reason, among other reasons, for this is the invention of computer and the invention of internet.  Adults stay in front of the computer to work, kids stay in front of the computer to play. Everybody stays in front of a computer.  Well, not quite everybody, we still have some sportsmen among us. Fitness is a fast growing market. It has become very popular to go to the gym. We believe fitness saved a lot of people from becoming obese.  

We would like to encourage people of all ages to do sports. Running does so much good for the health that you won’t even imagine. Doing a sport also disciplines a person and makes him stronger physically and psychically. With fitness’s’ expanding popularity, a new kind of certification also expanded: personal training certifications.

Top personal training certifications
If you want to become a certified personal trainer do not fall for the 49$ accreditations out there. All you have to do is complete a questionnaire and you became a certified personal trainer.  These kinds of certificates do not make you a personal trainer. If you really want to be recognized as a real and a good personal trainer you need to put in some effort and money. 

The following personal trainer certificates will give you the best accreditation and recognition out there:

NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine)
This is, in our opinion, the best certificate a trainer could have. All employers accept this as certificate. The cost is around 600$ but every two years you need to give another exam for renewal of the accreditation. The cost of the renewal is 700$.  

ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine)
This is another top personal trainer certificate that will be accepted by all employers, some would say actually the best. This certification costs only 200$ but the study materials cost up to 500$, also, the every two years renewal costs 400$. 

NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association)
This top personal trainer certificate is the most difficult one but also the most special one because it validates the capability of working with special-needs people. Exam costs up to 400$ and the renewal is every three years with the cost of 500$. 

ISSA (International Sports Science Association) 
This certificate is especially for non-professional sportsmen.   It is preferred by most of the fitness gyms because it’s focused on body building and fitness. 

CI (Cooper Institute) 
We might say that this is the ISSA’s opposite certification because it is focused on the health part of the fitness not on bodybuilding or on fitness exercises.

If you want to work in a gym as a personal trainer we recommend ISSA certificate. If you are thinking of becoming one but you’re not sure, we ask you to be one. We need you to convince as many people as you can to do sports.

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