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Many people in the health and fitness industry have a desire to become a personal trainer but they aren’t sure exactly how to go about it. Nothing annoys me more than all of the colleges offering personal training degrees! You do not need to go to a college to become a personal trainer.

Never pay money to a local college or any online college or university to become a personal trainer. The fact is that all you have to do to become a certified personal trainer is pass an accredited test offered at a testing center near you. There dozens of personal trainer certifications that you can get, some are legit and some are just to take your money.

A couple that are accepted at every gym I have ever been to are ACSM and NASM. Taking either of those tests will qualify you to be trainer at whatever gym you would like. Once again, you do NOT need to enroll in any type of classes to take these tests. Simply buy their book from ebay, study and then take the test wherever it is given near you. Once you pass that test you are qualified to work as a trainer.

Even graduates from accredited Universities in the health field have to pay some money to go take one of those tests, which is ludicrous because a bachelors degree from a University (not a local or online college) is much more qualifying than a simple test.

There is no such thing as a degree in Personal Training and do not be scammed by colleges or websites that say otherwise.