Assignment 21: Annotated Bibliography 3

Cressfield, Adam F. “How to Make it as a Personal Trainer.” The PTDC, 23 Feb. 2018, www.theptdc.com/2013/01/how-to-make-it-as-a-personal-trainer/.

To summarize the article, it’s use is practical information used for the average personal trainer entrepreneur. It speaks on how you are your own boss, and how as a personal trainer you decide everything. You have to be your own accountability partner due to the high requirements of time. If you choose to be successful as a personal trainer, then it is completely up to you to make sure that you are. It looks at the business from the practical sense in that you have to deal with people who are very unreliable. Because of this, staying structured and always anticipating the cancellation is needed. Another point that was emphasized is hell the entire business has nothing to do with you. When someone requires a session, it is not just a physical work out but as well as the mental and emotional experience. Educating, teaching, advising, and inspiring are all needed when being a personal trainer. “ if you’re wondering how to make it as a personal trainer my number one tip is to always put yourself in your clients shoes.” “ becoming a confident and profitable personal trainer is just like learning to drive. It’s one thing to pass the test and to be let out on the loose, but it’s another thing to be confident in effective every single day.” “ you, only you are responsible for your business!” The article chosen was listed on a top 10 articles of the month of January for personal fitness. This was listed on a credible fitness website that is used very frequently for personal trainers who own their own business. In addition to this, it is a 2018 article that provides up-to-date information. The PTDC in which article is written on has multiple articles all of which being credible sources from credible authors. The website is a .com that gives situational advice for personal trainers who are trying to start their own business. In no way is the author buyers due to the fact that the information provided is not trying to persuade want to think a certain way. If this were to be a book, it would be credible due to the fact that it provides situational content that can help better understand how to handle certain situations. The point of the article is to not persuade, yet informed on how to be better as a personal trainer. This piece of information helps my research due to the fact that it does not provide any fluff when speaking on the requirements of a personal trainer. It gets straight down to the details and provide practical information that is needed. The source was helpful because it is not always easy dealing with the negatives, yet it is necessary. I can use this in my research project by promoting it as the negatives of personal training. The business is not all sunshine and rainbows, and that is good to understand when thinking about starting the business. Is important to consider all of the negative before truly doing the positives. This is clear in the article due to the fact that it helps the entrepreneur for any situation that takes place.