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Are Credentials Needed For Fitness Trainers?

Sunday, January 20, 2008
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New year, new resolutions and you have decided to start a new fitness plan at the gym. But are you exercising with a certified trainer? There are many organizations that will certify “Professional Trainers”, but you need to make sure that your trainer meets the industry requirements.

It is important to check credentials to make sure the fitness plan is created with your goals, safety and health risks in mind. There is a difference between a personal training specialist, certified exercise physiologist and certified kinesiologist. Please read more about it.

Wendy, Bsc. DTR
Nutrition Specialist


“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

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