took my CPT test this weekend

gymrat

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #1

I just took my test for becoming a certified personal trainer. I'm getting certified through the ISSA. I'm only going to be training clients part time. Nights and weekends as I have a career that I'm not about to give up. Training people has always been something I wanted to do and hope one day that I will be able to give up my career to start a new one.

 

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Choke03

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #2

Congrats Bro !!!! Best of luck.

 

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scorpio

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #3

Congrats!

 

dedprez*

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #4

how did it go?

 

BLEED GREEN

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #5

Excellent job my friend!

 

footballcat

Hardly a Newbie

• Jun 2, 2003

• #6

did u pass?

 

gymrat

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #7

yup, I passed. Just have to wait for the card in the mail. Let me tell you though, this seminar had some of the hottest girls I've seen in one place. I don't know how I paid attention to the seminar. I met a lot of cool people also. Was definitely a good experience.

 

Armageddon

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #8

I also went through ISSA a few years ago. I let it laps and have to go again. Where did you go for the seminar? There are deffinately some nice looking girls that roll through those things!

 

mailboxkillR

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #9

good job gymrat. Now I've got a in for someone to work on my back lol.

 

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92StangMan

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• Jun 2, 2003

• #10

How tough was the test and how long did it take to get certified?

Good job, bro!

 

bigshug

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #11

congrats, gymrat!!

 

winnie

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #12

nice job, are you going for any other certs?

 

Sachet

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #13

Yey for you!
Congratulations!

 

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pudgy

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #14

great brother, good luck with it

 

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WeirdAl

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #15

That's great, bro! Have you started training anyone yet? I'm thinking that'd be really cool, and may look into doing something similar myself after my contest!

 

gymrat

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #16

92StangMan said:

How tough was the test and how long did it take to get certified?

Good job, bro!

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I had to read a 685 page book and take a pre-test which wasn't that easy actually. I was pretty lucky because the ISSA covers the internal structure of the body. Due to the fact that I'm a dual science major, I already knew every muscle, nerve, and joint in the body. The book and video you had to watch was very indepth. The two day seminar was really cool. I learned a lot of things pertaining to PT other than just exercises. The test was at the end of the second day. They gave you 3 hours for the test but I was done in 2.

 

gymrat

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• Jun 3, 2003

• #17

winnie said:

nice job, are you going for any other certs?

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yes actually. I have to put in 1000 hours of PT first though. If you have 1000 hours of PT, a science related degree, and a ISSA certification, you are eligible to take another test for the Masters of Personal Training which I want to get.