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Feb 14 2016 05:47pm
I'm looking for an opinion of someone who has a PT cert and is active in the industry. What questions should I be asking myself to decide what type of cert I should go for? What cert do you have and would you do it differently? If not, why do you like your current cert?
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Feb 14 2016 06:08pm
Whichever the place you want to work at requires

Nasm if you don't have a bachelors

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Feb 14 2016 06:14pm
Quote (Orakpo @ Feb 14 2016 06:08pm)
Whichever the place you want to work at requires

Nasm if you don't have a bachelors


Just got a bachelor's in ex sci

Are there advantages to different certs?
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Feb 14 2016 08:35pm
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Just got a bachelor's in ex sci

Are there advantages to different certs?


im surprised u didnt hear much about certifications from classmates or professors then?
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Feb 14 2016 08:37pm
Quote (2813308004 @ Feb 14 2016 07:14pm)
Just got a bachelor's in ex sci

Are there advantages to different certs?


Can't remember the name but there's a cert that requires a bachelors.
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Feb 14 2016 09:50pm
If you have your BA it's not gonna matter.
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Feb 15 2016 05:47am
Quote (Orakpo @ Feb 14 2016 10:37pm)
Can't remember the name but there's a cert that requires a bachelors.



Cscs
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Cscs



Just get this. I'm studying for it right now. One of the top certs you can have so you won't need anything else
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Currently working as a Personal Training Director with a B.S. in Kinesiology. Highly sought after include C.S.C.S., ACSM, and NASM.
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Quote (Babolat @ Feb 16 2016 07:57pm)
Currently working as a Personal Training Director with a B.S. in Kinesiology. Highly sought after include C.S.C.S., ACSM, and NASM.


U in canada doe? Where you do your bsc
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