Being a personal trainer is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding careers you could choose, but it’s also full of challenges. Here are five challenges of personal training, and some ideas for managing them.
Athlete Profile: Ellie Sanford
In February 2022, AFA proudly sponsored the Women’s 800m event at the Beachside Gift. The race featured some of Australia’s best middle distance runners, including current record holders, Olympians and some of the country’s most promising young talents. We were thrilled to see current Victorian 800m champion Ellie Sanford take out the honours…
What To Expect At The Fitness Show
Thinking about heading to the Fitness Show this year? We’ve got you covered with this handy guide on what to expect from the 3-day event! What is it: The Fitness Show is Australia’s largest fitness and health event that brings together businesses and professionals from across the entire industry. From fitness educators like ourselves right through to…
Government Funded Courses
Red Flags! What you need to look for when enrolling into a fitness course
Australian Fitness Academy has been delivering courses in fitness for over 20-years and is well respected in the industry for producing high quality fitness graduates as well as offering extensive support for students studying their face to face and online qualifications.
Recently we have noticed some advertising and sales practices that we don’t condone. As a result we wanted to highlight to you, the consumer, some of the practices being used to entice you into enrolling into fitness courses.
Partnering with Allied Health
Making partnerships with allied health is more important than ever!
The new version of the Certificate III & IV in Fitness and the Diploma are due for release in a few weeks. The qualifications are reviewed and updated every few years to ensure they retain current information about the latest training methodologies.
Stereotypical Personal Trainer
What if I don’t look like a stereotypical personal trainer?
When it comes to walking the talk, how important is our appearance as personal trainers? That really depends on what you’re talking.
For starters, knowing how to coach someone else to do something doesn’t necessitate currently participating in that sport yourself, though certainly having experienced it first hand in the past is invaluable.
Tax time! Claiming educational expenses
It’s June and it’s almost tax time which may have you asking “Can I claim my self-education expenses?”
According to the Australian Tax Office (ATO) “you may be able to claim a deduction for self-education expenses if your study is work-related. Work-related self-education expenses are expenses you incur when you undertake a course to obtain a formal qualification from a school, college, university or other place of education that is relevant for your current employment.”
Are you a size friendly professional?
As fitness professionals, we are all passionate about the idea that physical activity is for everyone, but sometimes we work in environments that are less than welcoming to people with larger bodies.
Fortunately, we are also well-placed to make a positive difference.
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