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Coaching insights, career guides, and industry knowledge from the PFCA team.
Becoming a personal trainer at 40 is realistic, and many people do it. There is no upper age limit for a Level 3 personal trainer qualification. Your age can help you, because most clients are adults with jobs, families and busy lives. This guide shares what three PFCA graduates in their 40s worried...
You can work as a part-time personal trainer and keep your current job. You need the same Level 3 personal trainer qualification as a full-time coach. Most part-time coaches run sessions early in the morning, in the evening, and at weekends. This guide shows how one PFCA graduate fits 10 coaching ho...
Moving from teacher to personal trainer is a realistic career change. You need a Level 3 personal trainer qualification, a plan for your income, and a course that fits around term time. Most teachers can qualify in evenings while still in the classroom. This guide shows how one teacher did it, and h...
The most common new personal trainer mistakes are waiting too long to start, talking too much in sessions, pushing clients too hard, and using one training style for everyone. Craig Massey, our Head of Education, made all four after he left a career in engineering. Here is what he learned, so you ca...
Switching careers to become a personal trainer is one of the most common moves people make out of desk jobs, shift work, and corporate life. You need an accredited CPT qualification, a realistic transition plan, and a course that teaches business skills alongside coaching. Most career changers quali...
Yes. The majority of PFCA CPT students are in full-time employment when they enrol. Most study in roughly 6 hours per week, fitting coursework around shifts, early starts, and long commutes. The course is built for career changers — people who need flexibility without compromising on the quality of ...
Becoming a personal trainer in the UK typically costs between £1,500 and £2,500 in your first year when you add up course fees, insurance, and starter equipment. The course is the biggest single expense. After that, the ongoing costs are low — and the income potential starts fast. Here is every numb...
As a personal trainer, your role is to create long lasting and sustainable changes in your clients’ life. In many cases though, trainers will rely on short term wins like ‘12 week transformations’ in order to market their services for client acquisition purposes. In reality, the real value of a pe...
A career change to personal training is something that many of our students have done, coming from completely different career backgrounds and corporate roles. Whilst some may see the move to a different industry, and one as demanding as personal training as daunting, coming from a different backgr...
Becoming a personal trainer is the ideal career move for anyone passionate about health, fitness and helping others to achieve their goals. However, with an abundance of courses out there, choosing the right one to equip you with the right knowledge, skills and qualifications can be difficult. In t...
Large Group PT is one of the best ways to deliver high quality personal training to a number of people whilst minimising cost to the client. However, it can present challenges for the coach when it comes to spotting and correcting faults, with multiple people performing the workout simultaneously, ...
Breaking into the fitness industry as a newly qualified personal training can be intimidating. It is a highly saturated market with professionals all offering similar services, however, the positive news is that the demand for high quality personal training services continues to grow. The key to sta...
