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Can You Become a Personal Trainer?

From the Show: Train Your Body
Summary: Is being a Personal Trainer in your future? You can get involved and find what the requirements are for this ever growing and exciting field are.
Air Date: 4/16/13
Duration: 10
Host: Melanie Cole, MS
Guest Bio: Dick Cotton
Richard Cotton new resizedAs the national director of certification programs, Cotton oversees ACSM's strategic development of certification programs and projects and will further ACSM's reputation as the Gold Standard in certification. Since 1975, ACSM has certified more than 25,000 health and fitness professionals. Cotton served as a regional certification director for the College since 1984.

Dick Cotton has worked in the health and fitness industry for 30 years and holds ACSM Preventive and Rehabilitative Program Director and ACSM Exercise Specialist certifications

Cotton is also a personal wellness coach, assessing individual health and fitness needs and helping his clients to develop goals and objectives for achieving optimum fitness. Prior to joining ACSM, Cotton served as chief exercise physiologist for MyExercisePlan.com, a Web site dedicated to improving fitness for individuals and corporations. For the American Council on Exercise, he was chief exercise physiologist and vice president for publications.

Cotton holds a master's degree in physical education/exercise physiology from San Diego State University. He is a frequent expert source for the media, having contributed to many publications, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post
Can You Become a Personal Trainer?
You may be new to the field of sports medicine. Or maybe you're an experienced veteran in the profession.

What matters most is that you've made the commitment to establish yourself as a reputable fitness professional. Can you really do it?

Yes! You can become part of one of the fastest growing job opportunities. Heres how!