| Let's go through the staff that you will
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| | following are the two most popular
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| meet on your first visit to a health
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| | certifications.
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| club.
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| | NCCA certification - NCCA is a 3rd party
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| The first person that you are going to
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| | governing body whose function it is to
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| meet at a health club is a receptionist
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| | impose certification standards and
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| that will introduce you to a salesman.
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| | identify quality programs to candidates
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| The job of the receptionist is to give
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| | and the public that are in strict
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| any new visitors a introduction to the
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| | compliance and produce valid, competent,
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| salesperson and to set the tone of the
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| | and worthy personal fitness trainer
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| conversation that you are about to have
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| | graduates
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| with the salesperson you are about to
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| | ACE Certification - The ACE Personal
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| meet.
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| | Trainer Certification is designed for
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| Health Clubs have staff that are usually
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| | trainers providing any form of one-on-one
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| cross trained and because of the type of
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| | instruction. Once you successfully pass
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| work that there is in a health club it is
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| | the ACE Personal Trainer certification
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| probably OK to have trainers do
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| | exam you will have demonstrated your
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| membership sales as well. Remember that
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| | knowledge of basic exercise science,
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| if the salespeople are doubling up as
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| | nutrition, fitness assessment, exercise
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| trainers you want to make sure that the
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| | programming, and instructional and
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| trainers are really trainers and not just
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| | spotting techniques.
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| salespeople that took a weekend course in
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| | You should be asking about certifications
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| how to train people.
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| | and listening carefully to the answers
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| Besides sales staff every health club has
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| | that you get about these certifications.
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| some kind of training staff. Quite often
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| | When I was younger certification was the
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| with a smaller gym you will find the
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| | first question that I was asked in
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| staff that does the selling is also the
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| | applying for jobs at gyms so this should
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| same staff that does the training. Other
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| | be important to you as well.
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| staff at the Health club may include a
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| | Lastly the staff that you will not see
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| receptionist, juice bar staff, pro shop
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| | and should know about is the person that
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| staff and equipment maintenance people.
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| | is doing maintenance on the equipment in
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| When evaluating the staff at the health
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| | the gym. I will cover this again but just
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| club, make sure that you are looking for
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| | be aware that if any equipment stops
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| credentials for the trainers. There are
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| | working in a health club or fitness
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| two types of certifications. Health Club
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| | center I have found that it will be fixed
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| trainer certifications are an important
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| | either in one day or in six months, the
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| way to be able to judge whether the
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| | gym has to decide how important it is for
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| trainers have the skills to educate and
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| | equipment to be fixed.
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| show you how to eat and exercise. The
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