To be certified or not?

There are so many organizations offering certifications for personal training, that it gets to be overkill. Does having a certification guarantee you’ll be successful and make the kind of income you desire? I don’t think so. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs in our country barely have a high school education, and some even dropped out.

Now I’m not advocating skipping a degree or certification, but I do want to play devils advocate. To be a Golf Fitness Professional, you should have a college degree, several years experience in the field, whether it be in a club setting or as an independent trainer.

As I mentioned in a previous article, you must have a clear understanding of golf swing mechanics, as well as be able to administer a golf-specific fitness evaluation to determine limitations and starting point of the clients program. This is critical! Taking a golfer “off the street” and training them is wrong! Do NOT do this! You MUST evaluate them first.

There are many very good instruction books available, and in a future article I’ll mention a few. But just know you need to acquire golf swing knowledge to have success in this specific niche of fitness.  If you want to take the next step and get a certification, just type in golf fitness certification in Google and you’ll find a few.

The bottom line will be how effectively you can communicate your knowledge onto the golfing client and have them understand it and be motivated to trust it. Golfers are very fickle. They still think that lifting weights will hurt their swing. You must educate them with valid information as to why and how it will not only not hurt their swing, but in fact greatly enhance it!

I can speak firsthand how critical it is to have a thorough understanding of golf swing mechanics, as well as physical limitations specific to the golf swing if you want to successfully work with golfers in your personal training business.

If you have never picked up a club, but want to expand your personal training business into the golfing market, your first step would be to schedule a lesson with a golf instructor. Take it like you are a beginning golfer wanting to learn the golf swing.

Tell your golf instructor your story. That you are a personal trainer wanting to have a better understanding of golf swing mechanics, that way he can not only teach you how to swing a club, but can inform you of the frustrations of golfers he/she works with.

Learning these frustrations is your ticket to a successful golf fitness business. Being able to provide a physical solution for every golf swing frustration is your sweet spot for adding serious money to your income.

I hear of so many trainers who say they have golf fitness programs, and they are really general fitness programs in disguise. Do not do this! Many golfers will realize you are “fronting” and not only fire you, but spread the word that you are a fraud. This may sound drastic, but it is exactly what has happened to trainers already, so don’t put yourself in that category.

The ideal situation for you to succeed in the golf fitness niche is to already be playing golf on a personal level. You don’t have to be a single digit golfer, but if you can talk golf during your sessions, you’ll have yourself many long-term clients that can take your personal training business to the 6 figure mark in no time!

Thank you for coming to my golf fitness profits site. I am so excited to let you know about my ground-breaking golf fitness success formula that will quickly add a tremendous amount of money to your bank account. If you’ve been struggling in your fitness business, and have an interest in working with the golfing community, I would strongly recommend you spend some time on this site.