Certification Personal Trainer

Do you want to make money and get in shape at the same time?

How much do top-of-the-line personal trainers make? Well, when I compare what I make as a personal trainer to the millions so many people on the Internet claim to be earning in the fitness industry, it feels like chump change. For example, I got a hard-sell automated e-mail message from a fitness marketer a while back, in which he claimed he’s a millionaire and that one of his friends is earning more than 150k–a month. I don’t make much more than that a year as a personal trainer so I know that such “success stories” can make you feel as though you’re heading down the wrong career path. So why pursue top-level training? Why should someone want to be a personal trainer and earn just 100K? Well the answer has nothing to do with money.

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Don’t get me wrong; income’s important, but there are other things to consider, such as:

- What’s your take-home pay?
- How many hours do you work?
- Do you enjoy your job?
- Where are you headed, professionally?
- Are you the kind of person you want to be?
- Does your work fulfill or bore you?

These are the factors to weigh when deciding how much importance to place on how much you earn because they’re what being a top-level trainer is about. It has nothing to do with the income, because when you take all the factors into account, what this profession offers you is way more than just what the 100K represents.

Not that anything’s wrong with earning six-figures…After all, a $100,000 income has a certain cache and significance in America.

It signifies membership into the consumer society. You can now participate in and enjoy what people call the American dream and way of life. When you stop to think about it, our entire consumer society and marketing is devoted to these six figure earners. For example:

- You can afford payments on a nice car.
- You can save enough to buy a home.
- You can afford to build a high-fashion wardrobe.
- You can take vacations to places to domestic resorts and abroad.
- You can afford to put away about 10% of your income each year.

Keep in mind that less than 10% of people in our society earn 100K. When you consider the type of work personal training involves, and the fact that training rates are so high, I think it’s got to be the best and simplest career to earn a six-figure salary. By simple, I mean you can earn it just from training clients. You don’t have to sell e-books, vitamins, books or balance boards, record videos or open a tiny training studio. You can do it by training lucrative clients–period.

If you’re not earning that much as a trainer yet, you’re probably not thinking about what you do correctly. I don’t know where or when being a personal trainer got a bad rap in the fitness industry, but I think the reason is because it’s typically been associated with the major health club setting, not independent trainers who want to create a stable practice. That’s why you hear a lot of people who get into fitness for some reason speak disparagingly about training. They want to skip the step of being a personal trainer. They’re the ones who want to have a sports gym or be a strength coach for a major sports team.

There’s nothing wrong with that; getting to a top position in this field is a great goal And, being a top-level trainer can give you those opportunities. It becomes very easy to shape your future when you’re earning 75-100K in about 25 hours a week. Even if you’re a college student working towards your Sports Science degree, earning a good income in this field will shoot your career curve straight up. After all, what makes more sense to you? Working a part-time job doing some unrelated task while you’re in school, or already succeeding in the field you’re studying for? And keep in mind, you can apply everything you’re learning in school to your clients.  What a great way to earn a living!

Personal trainer certification