Recently, I’ve decided to become a Certified Personal Trainer. The American Council of Exercise (ACE) has a very thorough manual on what it is to be a trainer, anatomy, physiology, exercises, working with clients and evaluating progress. I haven’t read a data-dense book like this in years. Re-developing good study habits and learning something completely new has been very challenging. I haven’t had to make flashcards and take real notes in several years. But, it is all coming back to me and shouldn’t be that hard to learn.
I’ve considered it for several years and had support from my significant other but just never really pursued it out of fear of losing the stability I have with IT. However, after reading “One Person/Multiple Careers” by Marci Alboher, I decided it was time to branch out a little and just give it try.
Another influence was a good, and very fit, friend of mine also started studying for the exam and already has his own company established to start training people to be more fit. On Demand Fitness.
I’ve had a lot of positive support from my friends in this pursuit, most of them even said at some point “You should be a Personal Trainer”. When one hears it from many people many times, maybe it is something to try.
Excuse me, I’ve got book-curls to do.
-Tomas

