Certification

[gemstone911]

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know I enjoy reading all of these posts, and I love Cathe and her workouts.

I have a quick question. I want to get my certification to be a group fitness instructor or personal trainer in my spare time. Which certification is the best? Is one better than the others?

Thanks!
Megan

 

[nancy156]

Hi Gemstone -

Just wanted to say welcome to the board. I love reading these posts also. I don't know too much about certifications though, but I know you'll get lots of help here.

 

[nancy156]

I found this thread -

http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=241729&mesg_id=241729&page=4

 

[pixie9]

Hi Gemstone-
I recently passed my Group Instructor with ACE. I would recommend the ACE certification not only because I thought it was a pretty fair exam, but because it is accepted by many gyms and rec centers. I would however recommend that in addition to sitting for the exam(because it IS just an exam), attending a seminar on teaching group fitness. ACE does sponsor some seminars that offer "hands on" learning and I believe so does AFAA(among others). The exam is good but it doesn't teach you how to be a group instructor or a personal trainer. And, if you don't already attend group classes, you may want to attend some just to get an idea of how different people run their classes. I know before I taught my first class, I attended 4 classes of the instructor whose class I was "taking over". It gave me a lot of ideas on how I would or would not do certain things. Also, being a Cathe person, I learned a great deal from her about coaching good form and providing modifications.

carolyn