Expand your business with ASFA in the New Year!
As this year’s calendar turns to a close and we look toward the start of 2012, now is the perfect time to take advantage of ASFA’s extensive collection of certifications! People everywhere are thinking about the New Year and what they want to accomplish. And, as studies consistently show, fitness goals are almost certainly at the top of their lists. That means a dramatic increase in potential clients for you—and more cash in your pocket! If you know how to market your skills.
The American Sports and Fitness Association is here to help! ASFA offers certifications to help meet a huge variety of fitness goals. ASFA keeps you up-to-date and certified in everything from more traditional fitness programs such as Golf Strength Training and Water Aerobics to the latest fitness trends—like Kettlebell Training. Whether it’s with a Kickbox/Step Aerobic Instructor Certification or Cycling Instructor or even a Health Club Manager Certification, ASFA can help you take your career to a whole new level. Or increase your appeal to seniors, one of the fitness industry’s fastest growing demographics, with our Senior Fitness Instructor Certification.
Simply put, with a certification from ASFA in your portfolio, your marketability immediately increases, paving the way for more clients and more profits. And to make it even better, our tests are completely risk-free! You only pay if you pass.
Set your business up for the incredible growth and success that 2012 can bring. Earn an ASFA certification today, dramatically improve your earning potential, and watch as—like the firework displays that usher in the New Year—your career explodes!
ASFA Staff
ASFA’s certifications give your business the boost it needs to stay ahead of the game!
The American Sports and Fitness Association offers certifications not only in a variety of areas, but on a variety of levels. With ASFA on your resume, you can dramatically affect the number of clients to whom you can successfully market your expertise. And it gives you the power to choose and zone in on your target demographic. ASFA puts control of your career in your hands!
With every certification you receive from ASFA, your earning potential grows dramatically. And as you advance through the certification levels—ASFA’s Personal Training Certification, Advanced Personal Training Certification and Master Personal Training Certification—you’ll realize more and more profit for the time you already spend doing what you love to do! To help even further, a study guide is available for many of the certifications.
While you’re at it, take advantage of ASFA’s Fitness Professional Kit, which places the tools you need to run a successful business at your fingertips. The package includes diet and workout logs, business plan and marketing outlines and more! Take your business to the next level. With ASFA, it’s clear-cut, cost-effective and fast. Earn your next certification, and start making more money today!
Are you an exer-gaming program away from losing clients?
Gaming technology is adding fitness to their list to attract new customers. Even Gold’s Gym has joined Wii fit with it’s own exercise game to tap into this new trend. People are looking for new ways to keep fit and reduce the cost.
As a businessperson you can’t just keep lowering prices. Your services are just as valuable now as before. So what can you do?
You could offer group rates or “Bring a friend” plans. Try adding services like nutritional counseling or a kids’ fitness day when parents and kids can exercise together. Adding value may entice a prospect to try your services rather than something or someone else.
You can also broaden your credentials list by adding special certifications. ASFA has a wide variety of specialty certifications that could add value to your training services. Potential clients will almost always go with whom they think is most qualified. In our current economy we will have to be creative and able to adapt our business strategy to remain profitable.
Nothing brings more credibility to your abilities than the title of “Master Trainer”. You could be able to increase your price point by 10 to 20 percent or more! As an ASFA “Master Trainer” you will be able to submit blogs and fitness articles to ASFA for publication. Imagine the look on your clients faces when you tell them you write nationally published articles! How many more clients will you be able to book when it’s known that you are an ASFA “Master Trainer”? The “Master Trainer” certification is a must have for any experienced trainer ready to take the next step in their fitness career!
One of best ways to advance your fitness career is to find a niche market. ASFA has created many niche market certifications to help you differentiate yourself from all the other trainers at the gym. Take ASFA “Golf Specific Trainer” for example. How many golfers do think there are in your gym that would love to add a few yards to their drive? Childhood obesity is a growing problem in America. How about the ASFA “Childhood Obesity Specialist”?
Seniors are the fastest growing demographic joining gyms today. They want to improve their quality of life and you can answer that demand as an ASFA “Senior Fitness Instructor”. These are just a few of the ways ASFA is striving to improve your bottom line by helping to make you more marketable.
The largest growing demographic in gyms today is the baby-boomer generation. As working with seniors becomes more prevalent and vital to workers in the fitness industry, it is more and more essential to utilize low impact exercises to reduce joint inflammation and keep heart healthy. So, why not cool down with Water Aerobics. ASFA's Water Aerobics certification will not only provide you and your clients a long waited relief from the summer heat, but also a healthy low impact exercise.
Water Aerobics is great for increasing tone and cardiovascular health. At the same time, it is a fun and active way to teach one-on-one or group lessons. Water Aerobics is a unique niche market that may help you grow your clientele base. As seniors are more and more prevalent in gyms, and the summer is only getting hotter -- what are you waiting for? Become a certified Water Aerobics Instructor today and help grow your business.
Even in a tough economy, ASFA helps your business grow!
The field of fitness is about confronting challenges—and overcoming them. And ASFA can help you grow your career as a fitness professional in even the most challenging of circumstances. Today, men and women, your potential clients, are facing serious financial road blocks. At the same time, health problems such as obesity and heart-related issues—concerns directly related to physical fitness—are climbing. It’s more important than ever that people make fitness a conscious priority. This makes a certification in Group Fitness an extremely critical part of your portfolio package! An ASFA certification in Group Fitness is a sure way to dramatically increase your marketability and keeps you operating ahead of the pack.
With ASFA’s certification in Group Fitness/Bootcamp Instruction, you can confidently market a huge variety of group fitness programs and attract the many potential clients looking for ways to stay fit while avoiding the cost of one-on-one training sessions. In addition, many people love the idea of training with others. Group fitness programs provide your clients with extra motivation and support from their peers, especially crucial considering today’s hectic lifestyles, making you more effective as a trainer and helping you offer more customers what they’re looking for.
Group fitness is a great way to insure you get the most out of your efforts as well. You can work with a large number of people in the same amount of time you would normally devote to one client, opening the door to enormous earning potential.
Certifications from ASFA are absolutely risk-free. You only pay if you pass! Protect your career against uncertain times by earning a certification from the American Sports and Fitness Association today!
American Sports and Fitness Association Now Offers Kettlebell Training Certification!
ASFA works hard to stay on the cutting-edge of the fitness industry, and we’re continually expanding our list of certification offerings so you can do the same! As successful trainers know, the fitness industry is constantly evolving, and it’s critical to stay on top of the latest advances and stand out from the pack with up-to-date credentials. With the ASFA’s latest certification in Kettlebell Training, you can do just that!
Providing a modern spin on an ancient technique, Kettlebell Training is one of the hottest trends in the fitness industry today. Kettlebell workouts are known for being a straightforward and efficient method of treating the whole body. Both men and women from across the country—and across the world—are tapping into the potential fitness gains offered through Kettlebell Training. Kettlebell Training is also extremely cost-effective, making it a particularly appealing option for clients and trainers alike in a tough economy. And you can earn your ASFA certification in Kettlebell Training now!
While you’re at it, tap in to the other niche markets ASFA makes available for you. Whether it’s our Golf Strength, Childhood Obesity, Martial Arts or Senior Fitness Certifications, ASFA gives you the tools you need to reach a wider market and expand your career.
Kettlebell fitness-related sales are exploding as more and more people are becoming aware of this unique fitness option. Don’t let your profits lag behind! Launch your career into the New Year with the credibility that comes from adding an ASFA certification to your resume! Your clients will know without a doubt that you have the experience and knowledge to help them achieve their goals.
ASFA staff
Obesity in America has become a serious health problem. If that isn’t bad enough we’re passing it on to our children. Research has shown that children who have a parent that is obese are 40% more likely to be obese. And when both parents are obese that number is doubled to 80%. The results are kids having metabolic syndrome at an early age including the onset of arterial disease among other problems. Take a look at these facts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Among children aged 6 to 11 years, the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled over the past three decades, rising from 6.5% in 1980 to 17.0% in 2006. The rate among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years has more than tripled during the same period, increasing from 5.0% to 17.6%. Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term health impacts:
· Young people who are obese are at greater risk for bone and joint problems and sleep apnea.
· Obese children and adolescents can suffer social and psychological problems, such as stigmatization and poor self-esteem.
· Young people who are obese are more likely than children of normal weight to become overweight or obese adults.
· Six in ten obese young people have at least one additional risk factor for heart disease, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure.
Good eating habits and regular physical activity are critical for maintaining a healthy weight. Unfortunately, less than 25% of adolescents eat enough fruits and vegetables, and only a third of adolescents get the recommended 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily.”
As an ASFA Childhood Obesity Specialist you can bring attention to yourself as a means for parents to get their kids moving. Create fun and exciting programs to help motivate the kids and get them away sedentary activities. Exercise is important but exercise for kids is different than for adults. The same goes for dietary concerns. You must be careful when altering the nutritional intake for children. Kids will not readily take to a radical change in their eating habits. It takes small changes as well educating them on healthy eating habits.
For more information check out the following link:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/children/index.html
The fastest growing demographic joining health clubs today are those over the age of 60.
They want to improve their quality of life but may feel intimidated by the health club scene.
You can capitalize on this growing demographic by becoming an ASFA Senior Fitness Instructor. Take the fear out of fitness for this older generation by guiding them on a well designed fitness program. Strength and balance training are two of the main ingredients to help this age group enjoy a better quality of life. Arthritis and osteoporosis are of main concern and strength training can help both. Arthritic joints become more mobile and pain free with the right kind of exercise but most seniors are afraid to use weight training for fear of causing injury. This is where a certified ASFA Senior Fitness Instructor comes in.
You can help get them started on an age appropriate exercise program that is safe and effective.
Read the following information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention:
“Tufts University recently completed a strength-training program with older men and women with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis. The results of this sixteen-week program showed that strength training decreased pain by 43%, increased muscle strength and general physical performance, improved the clinical signs and symptoms of the disease, and decreased disability. The effectiveness of strength training to ease the pain of osteoarthritis was just as potent, if not more potent, as medications. Similar effects of strength training have been seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
As people age, poor balance and flexibility contribute to falls and broken bones. These fractures can result in significant disability and, in some cases, fatal complications. Strengthening exercises, when done properly and through the full range of motion, increase a person’s flexibility and balance, which decrease the likelihood and severity of falls. One study in New Zealand in women 80 years of age and older showed a 40% reduction in falls with simple strength and balance training.”
For more information check the CDC website.
Due to increased demand ASFA has taken another step towards improving your marketability and credentials by creating the “Master Trainer” certification!
Nothing brings more credibility to your abilities than the title of “Master Trainer”. You could be able to increase your price point by 10 to 20 percent or more! As an ASFA “Master Trainer” you will be able to submit blogs and fitness articles to ASFA for publication. Imagine the look on your clients faces when you tell them you write nationally published articles! How many more clients will you be able to book when it’s known that you are an ASFA “Master Trainer”? The “Master Trainer” certification is a must have for any experienced trainer ready to take the next step in their fitness career!
One of best ways to advance your fitness career is to find a niche market. ASFA has created many niche market certifications to help you differentiate yourself from all the other trainers at the gym. Take ASFA “Golf Specific Trainer” for example. How many golfers do think there are in your gym that would love to add a few yards to their drive? Childhood obesity is a growing problem in America. How about the ASFA “Childhood Obesity Specialist”?
Seniors are the fastest growing demographic joining gyms today. They want to improve their quality of life and you can answer that demand as an ASFA “Senior Fitness Instructor”. These are just a few of the ways ASFA is striving to improve your bottom line by helping to make you more marketable.
