Athletic personal Trainer - My Dream Job

As I am getting older and getting ready to go into the crazy world out high school I am stuck with a difficult choice of what i want to dedicate myself to for the next couple years. I would like to have a job that just makes me actually enjoy my job and doing my job. The selection of careers is huge & its nerve wracking because you wouldn't want to choose the wrong career. I would’ve never imagined myself becoming a personal athletic trainer in the past but this career grabbed my attention recently for the reason that I really love working out, stay in shape and help other people reach their goals. That is exactly why I thought this career would be a perfect match because as a personal trainer you are required to know various effective workouts while at the same time setting goals for your clients and helping them reach their fitness goal, in my opinion, I think this would be the right fit.

An athletic personal trainer is an individual that has a broad understanding of general exercise setting goals for their clients and holding them accountable for them, working from their own gym or private clients house. A couple regular responsibilities a personal trainer would be required to do would be to demonstrate exercises and routines for clients, modify exercises according to client's fitness level, monitor clients progress, provide and educate clients about general health & exercise. A personal athletic trainer has to be aware of the client's level of fitness and be able to make specialized workouts if needed to do so. While also demonstrating these exercises in a safe way to avoid injuries. There are various skills and qualities a personal trainer needs to demonstrate they possess inside and out to be able to obtain the job, Having to train a group or sing person requires leadership skills. 

An athletic trainers working headquarters would usually be at a gym or a health club, a personal trainer can be self employed and have his own gym to hold classes or a private one a clients house. It’s just really about getting creative on how you help people workout. A personal trainers schedule might not be like a regular 9-5 but you should always expect to workout multiple times a day. A personal athletic trainers day might start before people go to work in the morning for your early bird clients that want to work out before working usually lasting from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. Mid Morning from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. might be a slow time maybe a couple stay at home moms can come in for a class. Midaay from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. might be a very slow time for trainers and this can be when they hold bigger sessions or private sessions, they could also use the time to market themselves to grow in clientele. The afternoon of 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. you can use that as a down time to go home and rest or depending book more clients. The evening are usually the busiest from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. trainers usually hold large classes to fit everyone, your day would usually end around 10p.m. These hours might appear to be long and tiring but I found it funny that it's more of a lifestyle to be a personal trainer and you have to be dedicated.

To sum up, working as a personal trainer in athletics suits me and I see prospects for development in this field. I have the basic skills to become a personal trainer, and with experience I will be able to develop them to a professional level.