Nutritional Specialist Certification

[YellowJacket]

You should go through YJ's School of Performance Nutrition... its a no bullshit course to get you prepared for helping weekend warriors look great for their 20 year reunion.

[edvedr]

You should go through YJ's School of Performance Nutrition... its a no bullshit course to get you prepared for helping weekend warriors look great for their 20 year reunion.

only if you teach the course while wearing a pink tu tu

[bigpetefox]

The best rule of thumb is to recommend a diet plan that has already been made up by another group etc. You should be able to access pre-made diet plans and supplement them to your clients based on body composition and planned excercise routines. All the while your ass is covered because you make it the clients decision to use someone else's diet (you didn't create the diet and you only gave the client "options"). You never composed the diet nor did you mandate to the client that they follow it. If the client wants a certain diet plan you give them the choice of 3-4 that they can look over and choose from. Once they have made the decision for themselves you should be in the clear (the client therefore has to take into account all health risks etc - diabetes etc).

If anyone knows this to be incorrect, please let me know...

No, you got it pretty good.. That's what Bally Total Fitness does, they had a CD-Rom for clients that you can put their info into, health issues (diabetic, for instance), measurements.. All you have to do is select if they want to lose weight on a low-carb, low-fat, or whatever.. Print the meal plan, done and you did squat but type afew numbers.. I have a disc of the program somewhere..

YJ, 18" biceps aren't that big, Mr. Atwood.. :D :nutkick:

[Primal Instinct]

"Hey....thems look like learnin books!"

[DrMull04]

Is the National Personal Training Institute in Costa Mesa, CA a waste of money, or is there better opportunities to get your certification at a cheaper cost? I'm current a sophmore in college getting my AA in Physical Education and was wondering what the best step would be after acquiring my AA, sorry for the jack of the thread...

Also, the PTI's across the nation are advertised more like hotels than actual schools...any truth to that?