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About Leslie Smith

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Leslie Smith - How to Become a Personal Trainer

Who I am and how I came to creating this book for future Personal Trainers.

Corporate Career

Like so many Personal Trainers and fitness professionals, I didn’t start out in this career path. I was a well-paid corporate Human Resources Manager who enjoyed the benefits that a solid job offered, but severely missed the satisfaction of having a career that I enjoyed, loved, and could see myself enjoying until I retire.

When I started to look for a new career, I quickly realized that Personal Training was a fantastic opportunity for me. It allows me to create my own hours, begin exploring my entrepreneurial skills, and participate directly in my community.

Fired up on my new idea, I searched the Internet to learn about my new career! What a surprise to find there was … nothing.

My Search for Personal Trainer Certification Information

I expected to spend a few hours on the Internet to learn how to become a Personal Trainer. Maybe a wikipedia.org article about the path to becoming certified or some information on about.com that would outline exactly how the profession works.

As you know (obviously, if you got here!), what I was looking for just flat out doesn’t exist. Not only could I not find any information on Personal Training, I found even less on how to actually “be” a trainer on a day-to-day basis. Although thumbing through “Personal Training for Dummies” helped highlight some things I’d need to do, none of it illustrated how the career starts.

I spent months searching, learning, making mistakes, and just throwing up my hands before the contents of this report you’re holding now finally made it to paper…errr, electronic paper.

The good news is that using everything I learned in this report, I am now dual certified and going back to school for a Health and Fitness degree to further my education. I am actively training clients and continually working to expand my business, learning new skills, and enjoying my new career. I’m thrilled that I made the switch from Corporate to running my own business and I want to help you find the same satisfaction as I have.

I hope this report is helpful for you, saves you time and energy, and gets you on your way to becoming a Personal Trainer on your own terms.

Good Luck!
- Leslie

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