What's Your Story?

Okay so you have determined that a career in PT sounds like a good idea; you've been studying your manual and watching videos for about a month, now what?

Well, hopefully by now you have accumulated a little bit of knowledge about how to be a good trainer. Even if you haven't finished the manual, you know a thing or two you didn't before you read it.

Now you have the motivation and you have a little bit of education, the next thing you need is a story.

Say what?

That's right, a story. Here's what you need to think about. Pretty soon it will be time to apply for jobs and I promise you that whoever is interviewing is going to ask, "So, why do you want to become a trainer?"

The answer cannot be, "Because I don't want to work in fast food" or "I don't know, seems like it might be cool" which although those might both be true, you need a better story.

Go back to that first list of questions I made you answer. Those are good reasons to be a trainer: you love working out. You love sports. You love helping people.

That kind of thing. Maybe you had a coach or some person you know who is a trainer and they were a huge influence, that would be a good story as well.

Whatever it is, have a good story. And make it a real story. Good employers can spot phony stories, and you don't want that. So try and make it real and if it really comes from the heart, even better.

I want you to really think about this story thing and come up with something good.

After you come up with a good story I want you to write it down. Make it sound good. I don't want you to memorize it like a script, but make sure it makes sense.

Once that's done, check back here for the next step.