strength+honor

Hey, sorry if this is in the wrong section but I wasn't sure where to put it exactly. Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone knows if there is an age restriction for enrolling in a personal training certification course through the ISSA. I am looking on their website right now, but so far have not found an answer. Thanks.

AddictedLifter

Yeah I have looked through their website before also, and I didn't see an Age Limit. I plan on taking the course sometime in the next several months so hopefully there isn't a restriction

strength+honor

ya i tried e-mailing them so hopefully i get an answer...I'm 16 right now and if i can take the course at this age and have it finished in a few months then, well your the same age, you would understand how much that kind of money would help out providing that you have a sufficient number of satisfied clients

PWGriffin

Good luck man. I doubt you can get a training job before you are at least 18 though.

I am certified through the ISSA myself.

I would recommend the NSCA or NASM if you are serious about learning a lot about training though, I wish I had gone through one of these organizations.

Oh and the course is like 600 bucks too.

strength+honor

Thank PW...alright i'll look into those two...also it really sucks that the course is that much but i can pay that if i need to and i'm sure that my parents would help out with the money if I asked.

sdb

my cert. is through ISSA. the requirements of enrollment are a minimum age of 18. and i believe that you have to have a high school diploma also.

strength+honor

that would suck if actually is 18

sdb

the min. age is 18.

AddictedLifter

PW which organization would you say is most accepted in the fitness industries?

Abyss

Yep min age is 18, its also like that in the UK.

sdb

ace is a very respectable organization.


i dont know if all cert's are like the issa. but with them you are required continue education units every 2 years.

sdb

how long have you been certified and what are you doing for your ceu's?? i'm currently doing the specialist in performance nutrition course for mine, but am clueless on what i should do after this. should i do some of the smaller DSW courses??

PWGriffin

I just got certified and haven't really looked into the CEU's that much. I will probably do the minimum and pick ones that interest me though, as I am much more into getting ready for school and I want to learn more advanced training principles. I may get certified through the NSCA as well...I have a huge list of books I need to read, and I may sit for the NSCA's CSCS before I finish college as well.


As I said earlier the NSCA and NASM are two top notch certs, although the ISSA is pretty widely excepted.

ISSA's books have quite a bit of knowledge in them, but actually getting the cert is a joke. Not difficult at all. If I had it to do again I would've went through the NSCA. The information reads like a textbook and the testing is NOT open book and is RIGOROUS to say the least. When getting my cert through the ISSA I got impatient and really just read through it while I answered questions and picked the essay questions that required the least amount of research, lol.

I am a different breed though, the ISSA presented a lot of information that I already knew, just in a more complicated manner.

sLiPkNoT Fan

I am currently studying the ISSA PT certificate. You get out what you put in. I really can't see myself using alot of the course if I do go into personal training, just more of a starting point for me.