My little brother’s dream is to be a personal trainer.
I am tempted to tell him that he is not cut out for that type of work.
For one, actual certified fitness experts do a lot of work before working in a high end gym. If he wants to work at a local gym as an employee, he could do that. That is easy. You apply for that like a cashier job and make minimum wage. At an actual personal training gym like a core progression, you need to be certified. First a college degree in exercise science or physical training is required. Then my brother needs to be CPR and AED certified. He would have to work his way up to working in a core progression too. After getting his degree and certifications, building a portfolio is necessary. He would need to work at lower end gyms and record his results with his customers. If he has documentation that his training makes a difference, bigger gyms will want him. Typically it takes a few years to build these numbers and kind of reputation. After all of that, then perhaps a core progression would start him teaching one group fitness class and take it from there. I don’t see my brother having the drive for this. Becoming a professional personal trainer would take him years of dedication. He is good mainly in the moment, not years down the road. He might want to consider not being a fitness expert, but just a worker at a gym. Not the same kind of money and prestige, but easily doable.