Hi Coach Scott,
Glad to have You join Us here & Welcome To the Group!

I agree with you, 100% -- without good people skill's,
and experience --(hand-on-knowledge)its not so good.
No matter you one is certified by.

Plus I really don't think that the everyday person
really knows one Certification from/over another
And staying up to date on training issues are a must.
Here are some links (for CEU's)& a'couple of ideas to help Us all.

http://www.fitour.com
http://www.ideafit.com
http://www.exerciseetc.com
http://www.chekinstiute.com

Also one can go to like
http://www.fit-pro.com

And sign up for a free subcription to their magazine,
they have two which are really good=
Personal Fitness Professional and the other
is a Health & Wellness magazine.

Plus there is the Library, with many books on Exercising,
(Sports), Nutrition etc.

Again welcome to the group!
And wishing You & EveryOne a Really Great
Sunny Rest of The_Week'n*
just me,
Freddie

--- In Certified-Personal-Trainer@yahoogroups.com, "Scott G. Smith"
<phitcoach@...> wrote:
>
> New Guy here with two more cents. If you are having issues with
> potential clients that seem stuck on this subject, Spend a little
more
> time building rapport and working on meeting their needs. If someone
> truly believes that you can get them the results that they desire,
it
> won't matter to them. In the 25 years that I have been doing this,
> there have been times that I had let my certs slip and had nothing
to
> show my clients. However, my professionalism, confidence and product
> knowledge caused them to WANT to train with with me.
>
> Always keep learning and getting more certs CEU's etc. but don't let
> that define your business.
>
> Stay Phit!
>
> Coach Scott
>
>
> --- In Certified-Personal-Trainer@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Kaselj"
> <rkaselj@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The certification debate is always entertaining.
> >
> > Remember:
> >
> > (1) A certification is a minimal level of competences.
> >
> > (2) For those that have gone to university, we all know of people
> that are
> > book smart and train well for an exam but are poor at working with
> people
> > and applying knowledge.
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> > A question for the group, how many of you have had a client refuse
> to work
> > with you because you did not have specific personal training
> certification
> > from a specific organization? (i.e. I don’t want to train with
you
> > because you do not have an ACE CPT certification and I don’t
> believe in
> > NASM CPT Certification!)
> >
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