What are your thoughts on the new open book exam from NASM? Is it a good, bad, or neutral thing for the training industry? Do you plan on taking it yourself? Make sure to let me know in the video comments! I appreciate having your perspective as well! In case you didn't know, NASM has recently released a new option for completing their personal training program. This new option is a 100 question, open book exam that will give you, what NASM calls a "certificate," vs what you get for completing their proctored exam, which is a CPT "certification." Does that sound a little shady? yeah, probably. This "certificate" that you get from completing the open book exam, is not NCCA accredited. Personally, I could care less if a certification is NCCA accredited, but many gyms and insurance companies do not feel that way. A significant number of places will only hire you with an NCCA accredited certification, which has left some ISSA trainers in a tough spot upon completing their certification. (ISSA is also not NCCA accredited) Speaking of ISSA, I think it's pretty clear that NASM's main reason for offering this certification is a direct response to ISSA. ISSA has grown in popularity significantly over the last 5 years, and in my opinion, a significant amount of that growth comes from the fact that their test is open book. Anyways, in this video we discuss all of the previously mentioned stuff in more detail, and we break down the NASM non-proctored or open book exam vs the NASM proctored exam in more detail as well. Thanks for the support everyone! It's very appreciated! You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/freepersonaltrainingforms ---- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthy_alexis and https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthypersonaltraining Our in-person business: https://www.commencefitness.com

For those interested in Vagaro, our top scheduling and payment collecting software for personal training studio owners, go here and you'll get a month for free: https://www.vagaro.com/signup?promocode=000095192852 What's up guys, Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! Today we'll be chatting about scheduling and collecting payments from personal training clients. Initially, I wasn't sure that this was a great topic for a video. Scheduling personal training clients and collecting payments aren't exactly the most exciting parts of the job. The more I thought about it though, the more this topic made sense. Simply put, if you can't get paid or schedule clients effectively as a trainer, you wont be able to make a living. Of course, this is most true for self employed trainers, but much of what we talk about in this video will be applicable to commercial gym trainers too. We spend a lot of time in this video comparing payment and scheduling applications. Some of the software covered includes Mindbody, Google Calendar, Wellness Living, Vagaro, Square, Stripe, and Acuity Scheduling. We also cover some good rules of thumb for any trainer, when it comes to accepting payments and scheduling clients. Depending on where you are in your personal training career, certain apps and strategies may make more sense, but we've got that covered too. Thanks for the continued support everyone! You're the best! - Jeff and Alexis You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/freepersonaltrainingforms ---- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthy_alexis and https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthypersonaltraining Our in-person business: https://www.commencefitness.com

What's up guys, Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In this weeks video we'll be discussing garage personal training studios or garage gyms. What are the pros and cons of having a garage training studio? Who should consider starting a garage fitness facility, and who shouldn't? These are all questions that we aim to answer in this video today. For better or worse, many trainers tend to glorify having a garage studio, which to some extent, who can blame them? Having one of these garage spaces can be a pretty cool thing, but there are some less often discussed downsides to that lifestyle as well. As always, we try to keep it real and tell both sides of the story as best as we can. There are some real garage personal training studios featured in this video, and those studios we're originally shared on the subreddit r/personal training. If you're a trainer looking to up your game, that subreddit can be a useful place to explore. Thanks for the continued support everyone! We love ya! -Jeff and Alexis

What's up guys, Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today's video we'll be discussing personal trainer pay. More specifically, why personal trainers don't make that much money. There are many reasons as to why most trainers don't get paid too much, but there's a few in particular that have a massive impact. The biggest of these reasons, which is overhead in the form of taxes, expenses, etc., is explored quite a bit in this video. My goal with this video is to help trainers understand why they're getting paid what they are. This will also help personal trainers to know when they're getting treated unfairly, or getting underpaid. There are simple ways to figure all of this stuff out, and we go over that here. Although, we primarily focus on trainers who work in commercial gyms, we also discuss independent contractors, or self employed trainers in this video too. Low pay is a problem that all personal trainers are likely to deal with, so we'll be addressing this issue from multiple angles. Thanks for the love and support everyone! We really appreciate it! -Jeff and Alexis You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/freepersonaltrainingforms ---- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthy_alexis and https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthypersonaltraining Our in-person business: https://www.commencefitness.com

Hey everyone! Welcome to or welcome back to Sorta Healthy! Your stop for all things personal training. In this video, I'll be showcasing our 2023 trip to the IDEA World Conference in Los Angeles. The IDEA world fitness convention has been one of, if not the, biggest events for trainers to attend for many years now. While I won't delve directly into what we learned in each session, I'll show you what sessions we went to, the IDEA World fitness expo and what else we did during our time in California. At the end, I'll give IDEA World a new score on our tier list. Will it remain at an S? Or has it been downgraded? Watch to find out! As always, we appreciate your support of the channel. Please remember to like this video and subscribe to the channel to get more content like this! #IDEA Health & Fitness Association ------- You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/freepersonaltrainingforms Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthy_alexis and https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthypersonaltraining Our in-person business: https://www.commencefitness.com ------ Song: Markvard - Obsessed Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://bit.ly/43FmJXl Song: Markvard - Contagious Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://bit.ly/3mAOuPW Song: Markvard - Vacation Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://bit.ly/3mBsdS6

What's up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In todays video, we'll be covering a ton of things you should know in order to pass the NASM CES exam! For those who want to download our NASM CES study guide that's shown in the video, you can do that right here: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/study-guides As always, that study guide is free! The NASM CES course isn't NASM's main certification, their CPT course or their Certified Personal Trainer course is. This corrective exercise specialist course is most likely their best continuing education course though, and many people have a hard time studying the material since it's a bit more complicated compared to NASM's other material. In this video I hope to simply break down many of the things that you should know in order to pass the CES or corrective exercise specialist exam. This video isn't meant to replace the CES course, but it is meant to be used as a tool to better understand the material. Thanks for your continued support everyone! It's very appreciated! You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link: https://www.sortahealthytrainered.com/freepersonaltrainingforms Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthy_alexis and https://www.instagram.com/sortahealthypersonaltraining Our in-person business: https://www.commencefitness.com Chapters 00:00 Pass the NASM CES Exam 02:34 Kinetic Chain Checkpoints 03:15 Corrective Exercise Continuum NASM CES 06:30 Muscle Contraction Types 08:19 Planes Of Motion And Movement 16:30 NASM CES Muscle Terms 24:35 Posture NASM CES 33:10 NASM CES Stretching, Foam Rolling, Active Strengthening, Integrated Strengthening 44:01 NASM CES Assessment Flow 48:23 Overhead Squat NASM CES 56:25 Single Leg Squat NASM CES 58:57 Split Squat Assessment NASM CES 1:00:26 Pes Planus Distortion Syndrome NASM CES 1:02:15 Loaded Movement Assessments NASM CES 1:09:27 Dynamic Movement Assessments NASM CES 1:11:30 NASM CES Mobility Assessments 1:16:27 Study Tips NASM CES

Hey everyone! Welcome to or welcome back to Sorta Healthy! Your stop for all things personal training. In this video, I'll be sharing my thoughts and reacti