I know a couple of people in the hnf used to have various certifications, but I'm not sure if any of the current people do.

Anyone have the CSCS certification?

I doubt it. Most are either to young to be at the stage where they could write it or don't even know what it is.

I have the CSCS book in my room. Every once in a while I open it up to look something up. I can't write it tho. I don't have a uni degree.

Have my degree but no certs and not interested in becoming certified to be honest.

I thought the majority of us were 21+ haha.

Is there a reason why you have the book?

Why aren't you interested in getting one?

I plan to get the CSCS at some point, but not sure when I want to do it.

pretty sure you have to have a bachelors degree at minimum to write it and you have to do testing every couple years to stay certified

Most undergrads + bachelor is total 5 years no? which would put people around 23 before they're able to write it. You're probably right tho, most of us are in our 20s or older . fair point

One of the requirements is to have a bachelors, but they usually only take 4 years. I just figured that there would be more people in here that were interested in a certification.

Staying certified is what is holding me back right now. Pretty expensive for me to get something I might not use for a bit.

will have my degree in a year and half

gotcha

And I got a buddy who went through Kinesiology (then education, he's a hs teacher) who studied to write his CSCS and then decided not to last minute. The book I have is his, actually.
He teaches abroad and like you decided writing wasn't the greatest idea for the time being because staying certified would be a hassle for something he won't put to use until he comes back to Canada permanently.

Interesting, most Canadians cert through CanFitPro, which I don't recommend to anyone either.



It's a decent cert but it's not exactly a requirement. You can find a gym that won't need it (or any cert, some gyms recognize that not everyone has the $, education, inclination to cert, and yet people can live and breathe and train without it). Or do your own thing and dodge certs forever. My personal recommendation would be to get something cheap and that doesn't need any renewals. There are some certs like that.

One of my buddies used these guys, for example: http://www.expertrating.com/personal-trainer-certification.asp

Double-check if you want, but I think it's cheap, non-renewing, and fully online.

Where you're really going to learn is by doing your own research and of course through experience. I know for a fact that you're a smart enough person to be a great trainer if you put time and effort into it. The biggest benefits of the expensive cert programs are that you can attend some good conferences and of course the name of your cert will be easily recognized; it will aid employability in many but definitely not all places. Also, many gyms do their own certs so that's something to check if you have a place you like near you that does that.

CanFitPro is a joke. Anyone with an ounce of knowledge knows that but there has to be some sort of standard I guess. Something that the average person can shoot for.

CSCS is more geared toward sport specific training. It's good to have along with a masters of physiotherapy if you wanted to be a pro sports team trainer/physiotherapist or something specialized. That'd be a pretty cool career actually.