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Limitless opportunities for fitness training professionals - 17-Jan-2014
Many have limited 'fitness training' either to just some sort of running or little weights, but it is much beyond these two elements.
Fitness training courses these days have become more specialized as the requirement to specific goal has narrowed down to work only on specific activities rather carrying out needless work, wasting too time and energy. Thus ensuring to equip aspirants with finer nuances of specialization areas.
Personal fitness training is one of the fastest growing professions across the globe today. Apart from promoting a healthy lifestyle, it can also be an enjoyable career by making others move towards better fitness or health related objective.
Work is never confined to four walls, as it could be at personal client's house, playgrounds, gymnasiums, schools and open space.
Monetary returns from this field can never be restricted to certain limits. With basic science knowledge, competent training experience and possessing skill of designing specialized fitness programme to diverse clients and domains, then sky is the limit.
In the present scenario, there are numerous courses available through regular, distance and through online mode. All thats required of you is to posses some basic science knowledge, especially on human anatomy and physiology.
Some specializations in the field of fitness training are Personal Fitness Trainers, Strength and Conditioning Expert, Group Fitness Training, Yoga Trainer, Pilate trainer, Aerobic dance trainer, Sports conditioning trainers, Youth Fitness Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, Orthopedic Exercise Specialist, Weight Management Specialist, Functional Training Specialist, Exercise Specialist for Senior citizens and many more.
First of all it is important to decide about the mode of studying; regular, distance or online. Very few institutions in India offer fitness trainer related courses through regular mode, but however, there are several private and freelance institutions that offer through direct interactive weekend courses. On the other hand there are numerous organizations that provide fitness trainer related programmes through online mode.
In India, several institutions offer programmes revolving around fitness training such as:
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Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), Gwalior
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Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala
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YMCA college of Physical Education, Chennai
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Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, Vandalur, Chennai
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Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Courses offered here are much limited to that offered by independent institutions, but Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, offers scores of courses through distance education mode.
Some leading independent institutions that offer training and certification related to fitness training in India are SPARRC, Indian Academy of Fitness Training, Gold Fitness training, Reebok, Classic Fitness Group, Institute for Sports & Fitness Development.
Lastly, beyond possessing a right certification it is imperative to posses' basic science knowledge (human anatomy and physiology) and functional training experience to be successful in this field.
