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TOOLS FOR CERTIFIED FITNESS TRAINERS

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 8:25am — DrSquat

Let’s face it, all personal fitness trainers need a host of rather sophisticated resources at their fingertips to fulfill their professional obligations to their clients.  Sure, you can “get by” with nothing other than knowledge of how to use the equipment in the gym you train your clients in.  Sure, your knowledge of nutritional science is adequate to provide rudimentary guidance to your clients.  You would not be certified without these tools.  And, “getting by” is NOT the hallmark of ISSA-certified personal trainers!  I know, because I taught many of you personally.  And those of you whom I did not train followed the curriculum I developed for ISSA.  No, for you, professional excellence is the ONLY way to go! So, somewhere along the line, you know that your job would be made a lot easier if you had the wherewithal to instantly determine your clients’ basal metabolic rate, total calorie needs and the values of various foods your client chooses to eat.  Let me give you a short list:

  • Discounted e-booklets for almost every sport and fitness activity, listing training and nutritional protocol
  • Basal metabolic rate
  • Energy expenditure guide
  • Food values of most of the commonly consumed foods in the USA (fat, carbohydrate, protein and Caloric content by portion size)
  • One repetition maximum calculator for determining training load
  • Workout plans for practically every lifestyle, interest and sport
  • What nutritional supplements to use, and when to use them
  • Glycemic indexes of all commonly eaten foods in the USA
  • Daily protein requirements for every lifestyle
  • Conversion calculators for metric weights and measures

 OK, where do you get all of this information without going crazy in the process, having to mathematically compute all of these important values?  Well, it’s all coming SOON to www.drsquat.com.  It’s all going to be there.  What’s more, it is available to all certified fitness trainers FREE OF CHARGE. ISSA wants you to be the best you can be at your chosen profession.  Simple as that.

 

Comments

Sat, 05/14/2011 - 11:28am — russdebrito

Hello

Hi,
I was in High School and worked at the YMCA in Middletown back in the 70's as a lifeguard while on the swim team. I rememember you and John Shoaf working out- at the time the Y odly had lockers in the weight room. Remember you dropping the weights and the shock nearly put me through the locker. A few years later John taught me some basics and i havent stopped since...although i use lighter weights. Just thought id say hi - considering going back to school for P.E and personal training (at 55).
Russ deBrito