Recently, the airwaves here in Melbourne have been saturated with advertisements by a fitness training organisation selling personal training certification courses of only 8 weeks duration. This has been playing on my mind for a while.
Late last week, a colleague of mine - Don Stevenson (Octogen Fitness/CrossFit Sydney) - dedicated his newsletter to this same topic. So, the whole issue is now right at the front of my mind. And I'm not all that happy about it.
I hold grave concerns for the fitness industry if it is about to be inundated with trainers who have only 8 weeks of training. I hold greater concerns for the unsuspecting public who are to be trained by this new wave of trainers. Now, as Don also noted, I hold no animosity toward those who want to be trainers, but it must be said that 8 weeks of training is simply not enough.
As it becomes more and more likely that this style of conveyor belt teaching will be the new standard, I feel obligated to suggest that clients or prospective clients of the fitness industry ask for full qualification details.
Why would you trust someone who has such a small amount of training with primary control of your health & fitness?
Would you trust a nutritionist who had only 8 weeks of learning, or a nurse or a doctor?
Ask questions, demand the best of your trainers.
Yours in health & fitness, Adam Stanecki
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Monday, February 12, 2007
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