you can be both a "professional sports trainer" and a "personal trainer"

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3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an Elite Personal Trainer PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS. JOIN OVER 148,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

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Training a successful professional athlete can boost your standing in the personal trainers' social hierarchy. However, you shouldn't become too hyperfocused on being a professional trainer for athletes because the training season of most athletes is rarely longer than ten weeks and you shouldn't ignore the need for a more steady income when those few weeks is over. You can carry some of the techniques you often use while training professional athletes over to more mainstream clients during the off-season. See the complete article here - http://www.theptdc.com/2015/08/sports-trainer-for-athletes/

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Page 1: You Can Be Both A "Professional Sports Trainer" And A "Personal Trainer"

3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an

Elite Personal Trainer

PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

JOIN OVER 148,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

Page 2: You Can Be Both A "Professional Sports Trainer" And A "Personal Trainer"

PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

JOIN OVER 130,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an Elite Personal Trainer

Every personal trainer dreams of training successful professional

athletes. However, you should never feel like you should have to choose

between training professional athletes and training normal clients.

Page 3: You Can Be Both A "Professional Sports Trainer" And A "Personal Trainer"

PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

JOIN OVER 130,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an Elite Personal Trainer

In fact, considering the fact that most professional athletes have an official training season of only a few weeks, it can be a career mistake to specialize in training them. Instead,

you can easily transfer what you learn while training athletes to working with normal

clients during the off season.

Page 4: You Can Be Both A "Professional Sports Trainer" And A "Personal Trainer"

PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

JOIN OVER 130,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an Elite Personal Trainer

It might give you a social boost to say you're a professional trainer for

athletes, but trainers who have a realistic view of what a successful

career entails are not going to make this an either/or decision.

Page 5: You Can Be Both A "Professional Sports Trainer" And A "Personal Trainer"

PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

JOIN OVER 130,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an Elite Personal Trainer

Besides giving you a more steady income during the off-season, you can

easily show clients many of the tips and tricks you learn during your

experience as a sports trainer for athletes. (◄ read the full article here).

READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Page 6: You Can Be Both A "Professional Sports Trainer" And A "Personal Trainer"

PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE DEDICATED TO

IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

JOIN OVER 130,000 FANS ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT MANY TRAINERS CAN’T BE WRONG.

3 Reasons Why Being a Sports Trainer for Athletes Makes Me an Elite Personal Trainer

While not all clients are going to have the same needs as your professional athletes and you may even have to consider the challenges

of training obese clients, they can benefit from many of the same techniques that you

use for a ramped-up athletic training program for your professionals.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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P E R S O N AL T R AI N E R D E V E L O P M E N T C E N T E R

D I S C O V E R M O R E H E R E !

THE WORD’S LARGEST FREE COLLABORATIVE BLOG FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS. WE’RE

DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND YOUR SUCCESS.

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A B O U T T H E A U T H O R

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