i dont mean to be off topic but does someone know a tool to get back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the password. I would love any tricks you can give me.
@Gael Angelo thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
This is super helpful! Currently going through a NASM CPT program and am almost done. Can't wait to start training clients this year. Thanks so much for this video Brian!
I can tell you know what you are talking about and wanting to show people how to actually be a trainer instead of a walking salesman. Appreciate the advice
Good videos! Im in 8th grade but I am very interested in being a personal trainer in my future. Like to see these types of videos so i can try these tips myself.
This information was great thank you so much I am a new personal trainer and I’m loving the way in which you break down the material and explain it so simple really appreciate you so much.
I am a NASM-CPT, CES, Trainer with about 5 years of training under my belt. I know you explained how you gained an understanding of the assessment and program design process from all your experience and schooling. Can you explained how you possibly assess and train a client with in only a 30-60 minute window. I truly support what you said about a good trainer will not simply just throw a client into a workout. I know from experience that I can not sleep well with out knowing the biomechanics, functional anatomy, and tendencies of a client. This is very hard for me to do with out working myself to death. I find it interesting but hard because there is so much to know about what each client pacifically requires to be the best they can be. FMS, is something I've learned and used before. Is there a certain list of assessments that are not just as obvious as a overhead squat assessment, that you have learned to be effective and quicker at helping you obtain crucial information on a client. As someone who survives off this trade I'm trying to find as many ways to become more efficient and productive all on a small time frame while still appealing to each client so that I can retain them every week, month, and year. Any thoughts?
Man, you definitely sound just how i was struggling a few years back. Knowledge IS power but more knowledge comes greater responsibility AND challenges. It is impossible to get a FULL assessment with a client with just an hour a week. No one can do it. When this happens, you as the professional must make the best and most honest assessment based on the time and resources you're given. Some clients will be easy to assess and some others will take hours and hours of testing. It really comes down to what the client needs / wants. Some clients just want to sweat and lose weight. And if you don't do that for them, they will leave. Trust me, I've had clients where I gave a 30s assessment to see what kind of training style they wanted without sacrificing what they actually needed. You can't win them all but the BEST way to keep a client coming back is to keep them happy regardless of what they actually need... it's a tough situation but use your best judgement. -Coach Brian.
I am a ACSM certified training with 7 years of training experience. What I have discovered through the years, is the need for an assessment questionnaire. This can be something the client can fill out before the first session with all the questions you need to start designing a program. It's also helpful to know cause and effect for the more common issues people may have. An example being, someone with arthritis in a joint is typically going to have some weakness, difficultly with some movements and stiffness in the affected joint. Having modifications for exercises is also important especially once the session begins. You never want to waste a client's session time trying to figure what exercise they can tolerate. A trainer is constantly assessing the client's movements and ability to better structure and design a program. Feedback from the client after movements can also help with knowing if an exercise is effective or something else needs to be done. Documentation during the client's rest period will give you something to review once the session is over with and help you prepare future sessions. Lastly, I've learned you can spend an hour designing the perfect session for a client and before the session they complain of certain issues they are dealing with, WHICH WILL HAPPEN, and the exercises for that session may then become useless, so having the ability to think on the fly and have alternate exercises already in mind will be a tremendous skill that will make you indispensable as a trainer.
@@Criticalbench what about client relationship? im an introvert and not a particular peoples person but if you have a bad attitude client can you as a professional withdraw working with them? because I believe its a two way meet in the middle to achieve what the client themselves want.
Optic500 I’m not sure if this is the case or not but If you’re a trainer at a corporate gym I do believe you must take whatever clients they give you but if you are an independent contractor then you can fully choose who you work with! Definitely if you are independent you have every right to tell a client that you and them are not a good fit in a respectful way and perhaps even recommend them to someone else. Hope this helps
Great video! Im working on my cert and program design i feel i need more perspectives on to fully grasp. I like your template more than what my text suggests. Balance and stability after compound and isolation makes way more sense imo. Subscribed and stoked to watch more. Thank you and God Bless!
Good Morning. Left a 👍. Just a couple of comments. Not a personal trainer- just retired and attempting to improve ‘quality of life’ and increase my chances of actually sitting in front of the TV and watch the first ‘humans’ land on Mars. There are only two-to-three people on RU-vid that I follow on a regular basis- and, you are one those three. Suggestions- not to be misinterpreted as a derogatory critique. (1) a smart board would have increase ‘situation awareness’ and ‘time efficiency’ (preparation and use of current technology is key when presenting); (2) your thoughts on an ‘staggered implementation strategy’ allowing a more accurate assessment and a more accurate re-assessment; (3) your thoughts on ‘static vs dynamic’ at each stage of the implementation phase (those of us in our Golden Sneakers journey have ‘not limitations’ but ‘challenges’ that can be overcome through good information and as you mentioned “the right program.” Thank You for the wealth of information you provide in all of your videos. Happy Holidays and a Healthy and Prosperous 2018, and beyond.
I’m a new personal trainer and with a new client that I am training for any strength work I start with core work, to really emphasize bracing in preparation for any load. I noticed your core work is at the end. I need to rethink my layout for doing multi joint/complex exercises before the single joint, unilateral exercises.
Same kind of thing in UK...except with YMCA you also do 15-20 mins cardio BEFORE main strength..I've always found, (despite not recommended for hypertrophy) this works better because it primes the central nervous system for complex movements
Hi there, this video was really useful, thank you very much for your excellent job. I'm studying to become a personal trainer and was researching for inspiration to write an article entitled 'Understand how to prepare personal training programmes" and this video gave me all the cues I needed to right a good essay (I believe).
I'm 18 and I'm doing my certification to be a personal trainer and designing programs is something that has been on my mind for the future like how will I know what to do and implement in the exercises. What tips do you have for someone who is barely starting and is fairly new to this?
We have a variety of personal training videos on our channel, please search for them. Here is one killer one for anyone starting out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f2oPqei-SPI.html or you can try this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DLI4Y0oQslQ.html
Hey! This video is super helpful, I was wondering if you have any videos that elaborate on the 'assessment' part of programme design? As in what to assess in more detail/how to use the results of the assessment going forwards? I had a look through your vids but couldn't find anything! x
Cristy Partridge if you would like more info on this , please feel free to contact me. I’m a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, and I would love to answer your questions!
So I love you videos! I have been suffering for 2 years from si joint disfunction. My chiropractor says this is because the left side of my pelvis is in anterior rotation and the right side of my pelvis is in posterior rotation, and this causing my sacrum to be tilted. Can you post a video of some excercises I can do or leave some in the comments so that I can work on this issue proactively. I know this video wasn't centered around this, I just wanted to comment on the newest video in hopes to get a quicker response. Thank you so so much! I have been suffering so long! My chiropractor has helped somewhat but I'm still in daily pain!
I have a question. When working with a client, how do you assess the weight that is appropriate for them in each part of the workout? For example, when doing heavy compound movements, we would have the client do 4-6 reps. But how do you decide the weight that this client should lift for these reps? How do you know the maximum that they can lift, and use that to determine how heavy the weight show be? Is there an assessment for this, and a formula to calculate it? Or is it just guesswork based on observation? I couldn’t find any videos that talk about this 😕
I have the knowledge, but I'm nervous for my interview today. Im still a little unsure on what specific lifts to structure each individual client with. I know a lot of technical information, and use them on myself, but I'm not that great of a speaker either. I guess mostly im just brand new to this, and im generly a quiet person. I hope the gym im applying to is willing to understand im brand new, and help me learn to be a professional PT for the first time
*Update* The interview was way more laid back than I expected. I was able to seem super charismatic, and knowledgeable. I knocked it out of the park. All that nervousness for nothing. I have several great opertunitys coming up for me!
Hi! Do you make the program monthly? And for a 3 times per week program, do you change the exercise for every day? Or you repeat every week? Every monday the same, every wed the same, etc :)
Hey coach, I'm currently in my last semester of school at University of North Carolina at Pembroke, I will be getting my bachelor's in exercise science with a concentration in exercise physiology in may. I also played football for three years while attending the University. This video was very helpful. This is one of the biggest things I struggle with. I have a hard time knowing exactly what's the best program for somebody or knowing exactly what exercises to use and how much of it they should do. If you could please give me some more information it would be very helpful!
Well, I hope you graduated. From May if you started working, there's some experience on your sleeve. You don't have to worry about which exercise or program for who. It's not a one size fits all. I give a cocktail of exercises just to beat the 'no change at all' at assessment. But I know what % of the different exercises I give. Some get fat loss with more cardio while others with resistance . Also don't be afraid to try and err. You will learn from it. Inform the client if they don't have progress in their goals. Power of info/ knowledge helps.
To design a workout plan, how do you figure how many exercises to do in a warm up. I know its 5-10 minutes, but how do you figure the content of that time span?
I am so impressed from your video, but I want to learn more from you, like one to one personal training with clinets. If you can help that would be great.
I enjoyed your video...can you provide further explanation of the "daily assessment"? Who provides the observation or detail of program success? I'm assuming that you are not seeing each client daily...thx!
Hi Alan! If I understand your question "daily assessment" is basically checking in to evaluate how a client is progressing so that the program can be adjusted and/ or modified to ensure continued success.
Hello! I am a personal trainer for the past 15yrs and my specialty is really understanding what clients need out of their workouts each time we get together. I've never made a specific program for anyone because my instincts have been very good. I have always done an assessment first and as you said in your video, things are constantly changing. What I would like to know is what do you use to keep the assessments and workouts? Do you have an app or templet you prefer? Im just starting an online business and have to keep a more detailed program for my old and new clients. Appreciate any advice you might have! Really enjoy your videos, super informative! Thanks! : )
Great video, thanks! Do you recommend contacting clients prior to a training session with them to let them know what to expect in the upcoming session as far as amount of exercises?
There is no "one size fits all" training program for every individual. For example, a training program for a swimmer is going to be very different than a training program designed for a power lifter.
Hi I absolutely love this I qualified a couple of years ago on a very fast course which I felt was too quick and being dyslexic found it hard to understand some parts, I teach classes and hopefully in time would like to go into more wellbeing coaching. . I would like to further my knowledge if there any course you would recommend I would really appreciate any guidance.
Hey Tara, i saw this comment and even though it was 3 years ago I'd like to give you some advice in case you are still looking to go into wellness coaching. If you want to be a wellness coach, don't wait until you have qualifications, just go for it. Pick a specific area in which you feel you can generate premium results for your clients. You will always be a student as learning never stops, but there is no right time to start other than now if this is something you want to do. Hope this helps and if you have any questions I'd love to help out.
im a healthy guy but i have a problem with my chest. my right chest has a big upper chest and it lacks the mid part. should i write my program with this or should i go for something else?
Very good video. You could make video with your advice and opinion for programming according to FMS results (certain one, or certain example of results, for instance) . That would be great content and ,I believe,good debate ...:)
Hi I want to thank you for posting this video as I found this extremely informative, I am a newly certified personal trainer with issa I got my certification in August. Currently I am trying to get a job at a gym but I have some complications that are stopping me from doing so which I would love to tell you about privately so if you could please respond back to me that would be great and thank you for your help.
Super helpful information! Do you know any personal trainer, fitness instructor, strength coach or anything in that area certification programs that are highly recognized or of good reputation aside from the bog names like Nasm, Ace,Issa, NCSF. I loved to know thank you
Very informative video! I have a question, for a % based program, how do you figure out how much weight for a certain number of reps? Let’s say if it’s 3 sets of 8 reps, how much should the weight be? Since 8 RM is 80% of 1RM, how much lower should the weight be? Is 10-15% lower a good range? Thank you!
You would first need to determine what your 1RM is of that particular exercise. Lifting at 75-80% of your 1RM is a fair range however it comes down to what your overall program looks like & what you're wanting to achieve
This is very helpful I just got certified as a trainer/nutritionist and was struggling on how to put a workout together. I had some ideas but this just gave me exactly what I needed. However, How would you know what would need to be shifted if working with children would the plan change drastically?
Very similar for children. Just add more games/fun to the program. Check out the book “The New Rules of Lifting”. Alwynn Cosgrove is a genius for program design.
Is there a reason why the program design doesn't cover any type of cardio workout if the client's goal is for weight loss? or does it vary within each workout session?
Well is it for a beginner, intermediate, or advanced lifter? For beginners and intermediates a linear periodization plan would work great (look up prilipens chart). As you get more advanced there will have to be more variation as your body can't recover from the heavier weight
Hey! Thanks for this video. I want to become a Personal trainer myself but I don’t have much experience or knowledge. What’s a great way to start that you recommend other than getting a college degree
thanks for the video very helpful, im attending my personal trainer course end of next month for 3 weeks, please can you send me more videos or links that can help me prepare for my course and also help me in the field after i finished my course on programs etc. looking forward to and many thanks.
I'm getting certified through Issa and I'm having trouble building a case study. Although I understand the math side of the study. I'm having trouble finding what type of exercise to use for my client's goal. What materials would you recommend?
Your honest opinion. I bought NASM a while ago but been procrastinating a lot in studying. I’ve been lifting for over 8 years. I’m kinda giving up on the course and might just jump into becoming a trainer off the back. What would you say in this case? Plus not planning to work for a Gym.
Well this is your call. What I will say is that having a certification from a recognized institution has it's benefits in insurance for you as well as your client and there are a lot of people that feel more comfortable hiring/ working with a trainer who has their certification.
There are tons of inexpensive apps available. But I would suggest talking to some other trainers at your local gyms and asking them what they are using that works; as well as some of the online trainers forums out there for their suggestions & recommendations
Absolutely! We have tons of videos on our channel that are great for fat loss and can be done at home with only bodyweight. Here are a couple: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mzQh2JDvnQw.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xzG8j9pAopI.html
@@Criticalbench Yea, I am interested in this as well but wasn't sure if it would help me work with individual clients. From your expertise and experience, would it work? Program design and performance is a big deal for me. NASM has PES but I know nothing about this specialization.
@@GabeCuello Hey Gabe I’m not familiar with the NASM NES... but anything through that organization is going to be solid. They have a great reputation. And certainly anything through them or NSCA will set you up very well for working with clients.
Hi , I have one question!I'm 203cm tall(90kg) and I go to gym.In gym,gym workers advised me to engage personal trainer because he will give me some exercises which will enable me to do squats , dead lifts,push ups .I dont have money for personal trainer , so what can you advise me? I repeat once again, I dont have money for personal trainer.Thanks and sorry for my bad english.
Well watching our videos where where we give great free instruction will help. Do you have a friend who also trains that will go to the gym with you who can watch you perform the exercises to tell you if you are following proper form? We have 1000's of videos on our channel here that can help you.
Hey Jan, that's not typical of most PT sessions, especially if you're looking to work with moderate to heavy loads. Activation exercises for the core and other muscles are great before Compound Training to wake your body up but typically stability exercises would come at the end of your compound movements. You don't want to overly fatigue the core/stability muscles before you must rely on them for strong and safe lifts. This of course is dependent on the individual and the level of intensity the session requires. Coach Chris
The standard rep range is usually somewhere between 10-12 however, this depends on what the clients goals are. For example, someone training for powerlifting is better suited to be working within a 5-8 rep range and probably doing somewhere around 5 sets. So it's very important to know exactly what the clients goals are and design their program with the intention of achieving those goals.
Great thank you. Would that then apply to different muscle groups aswell? So 5-8 reps 5 sets on squat for power and 6-12 reps 4 sets for muscle development hypertrophy on biceps for example?
I started to writing a workout plan for someone and I just need some advice about. I'm in the process of going to school for it. I really want to be a personal trainer
