It's More Than Just Making Them Sweat: A Career Training Guide for Personal Fitness Trainers

Ed Thornton
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2006)
ISBN 1885003781
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (1/07)

In my life, the job that I most enjoyed was being a personal trainer. I worked as a certified fitness counselor, which incorporated both personal training and nutrition, while I was in college. Because it didn’t seem very lucrative for me, I never thought about doing it beyond college. I wish that I had read “It’s More Than Just Making Them Sweat” back then. It would have given me a very different attitude. Having a different attitude would have made all the difference in the world. I could have made a career of it.

The author, Ed Thornton, researched the reasons why some trainers made it and some didn’t. He wrote “It’s More Than Making Them Sweat” to show trainers how to be successful. He offers concrete workable principles that make a lot of sense. Thornton doesn’t just want to help you increase your income; he also wants you to enjoy the gratification that comes from helping others improve their quality of life. It is so obvious that helping others, in this way, is Thornton ’s passion. He conveys this in his writing and in doing so will motivate trainers to want to excel at what they do. He states that to be able to inspire others you need to love what you do and live what you teach.

The first lesson that he teaches is to put your client’s success before your own. You will never be more successful than your clients. Their success is also yours. Our primary goal as trainers is to help our clients gain natural and healthy control over their bodies. He also recommends getting to know the client as a person. This will allow the routines to be better customized to meet their particular needs.

If you are a personal trainer or are thinking of becoming one, you really should read “It’s More Than Just Making Them Sweat.”  It will get you started on the right path to becoming a successful trainer and in doing so, you will be able to reach out to more people and improve their lives.

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