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Hi Luke,

Thanks for your interest in the ISSA Evaluation Kit! You can access the kit at anytime to help determine if becoming a personal trainer is right for you.

Can't Wait to Become a Personal Trainer? Start the Process:

1. Sign Up - it takes minutes
We're all ISSA Certified Personal Trainers who have been through the program and can answer any questions you might have.

2. Start Studying
You choose your own pace (most people take 10 weeks).

3. Practice with Quizzes
We offer 31 practice quizzes to help you prepare for your final exam.

4. Pass the Exam
It’s online, open book and untimed. We also allow free retests.

To your health!

Team ISSA

Hello Luke,

My name is Andrew Wyant and I am the President of the ISSA. I wanted to drop you a more personal note to thank you for checking out our “Myth Busters” about what life is really like as a personal trainer.

Here are fitness facts and fictions:

MYTH #1: Muscle weighs more than fat

Reality: A pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same - a pound! However, muscles are denser than fat and occupy less space. Adding muscle will create curves where you want them.

 MYTH #2: I can turn my fat into muscles

Reality: Fat and muscle are completely different tissues, so you can’t transform one into the other. Although muscles can’t physically turn into fat, they can atrophy. When you start exercising, your goal should be to burn fat and build muscle.

MYTH #3: You can lose fat from specific parts of your body by exercising those spots

Reality: There are no shortcuts to fat loss. Schemes to just target one spot just don’t work. If you do full-body strength training and cardio workouts, the excess fat will eventually come off from the places where you want it gone.

MYTH #4: If I’m not sore the next day, I didn’t work out hard enough

Reality: Soreness does not tell you it was a good (or bad) workout. It’s normal to experience some soreness after a vigorous workout. Soreness can also be a sign that you pushed your body too hard and it can be a sign that you are progressing. Either way it isn’t something to be ignored.

MYTH #5: Walking won’t help me lose weight

Reality: Weight loss is all about energy balance. If you expend more energy than you consume you will lose weight. Walking can absolutely help you lose weight, assuming you walk enough and expend enough energy beyond what you are consuming.

As we do more of these, I’d love to get your questions about what you want to see us address in our future Myth Busters. Please feel free to just hit reply to this email and let me know what inside scoop you want know about personal trainers.

As for why you should become certified through the ISSA, our promise to you is simple: you'll get the best preparation possible to become a personal trainer with unlimited help to pass the exam and once you pass, you'll get a job or your money back. That's it. It's that simple.

Check us out and read our reviews - they say it better than we can.

Finally, I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t also let you know of our latest promotions. Buy one Personal Trainer Certification and receive a  Nutrition Course Free.

To your health!

Andrew Wyant
President

Part-time personal trainers are changing lives and enjoying a bigger payday all while doing work they truly love.

So, we have the details to help you kick-off a career inspiring healthy living as a part-time personal trainer.

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When I was growing up, I didn’t know a thing about personal training. I just figured if you wanted to be in good shape you just played sports and worked out a little.

Turns out it’s not that simple. Life gets in the way. Our bodies change. It’s hard to stay in good shape.

We all need someone in our corner helping guide us in our journey. Someone who knows the facts about fitness, nutrition and training who can help direct and encourage us.

What if that person in someone’s corner directing and encouraging was... you?

You can be the one to lift people up as an ISSA Coach, Elite Trainer or Master Trainer. Here’s how it works:

1. Study and become Certified as a Personal Trainer by taking and earning the ISSA Personal Fitness Training Certification as the core requirement. You’ll earn your ISSA Personal Training Certification credentials including certificates and wallet ID cards.

2. Then add your first specialization certification from the list below and you’ve earned the right to call yourself a fitness coach in the area of your new expertise. You’ll get additional credentials and certifications to frame and place on your walls or at the gym.

   • Corrective Exercise Specialist
   • DNA-Based Fitness Coach
   • Bodybuilding Certification
   • Group Fitness Certification
   • Exercise Therapy Certification
   • Senior Fitness Certification
   • Youth Fitness Certification
   • Strength & Conditioning Certification
   • Nutrition Certification
   

3. Continue your education and add a third of the above specializations and suddenly you are an Elite Trainer - part of the top 10% of all trainers in the world. As an Elite Trainer you’ll command the attention of your clients and gyms leading to higher pay and control more potential sources of new clients for you.

4. If you really want to be the best - among the top 1% of the trainers in world - you can continue your studies and become a Master Trainer. A Master Trainer has proven themselves with what is perhaps the best education in exercise science without having to get a degree.

The career options you open up by becoming a certified coach in your specialization allow you a tremendous opportunity to gain more clients, earn more money and help people in important new ways. Successful professionals in the medical and health communities need specializations to grow their practices and create a greater impact in the world.

Start your fitness career today with our current promotions. Only $10 down to start. 

What are you waiting for?

Start for $10

When I was growing up, I didn’t know a thing about personal training. I just figured if you wanted to be in good shape you just played sports and worked out a little.

Turns out it’s not that simple. Life gets in the way. Our bodies change. It’s hard to stay in good shape.

We all need someone in our corner helping guide us in our journey. Someone who knows the facts about fitness, nutrition and training who can help direct and encourage us.

What if that person in someone’s corner directing and encouraging was... you?

You can be the one to lift people up as an ISSA Coach, Elite Trainer or Master Trainer. Here’s how it works:

1. Study and become Certified as a Personal Trainer by taking and earning the ISSA Personal Fitness Training Certification as the core requirement. You’ll earn your ISSA Personal Training Certification credentials including certificates and wallet ID cards.

2. Then add your first specialization certification from the list below and you’ve earned the right to call yourself a fitness coach in the area of your new expertise. You’ll get additional credentials and certifications to frame and place on your walls or at the gym.

   • Corrective Exercise Specialist
   • DNA-Based Fitness Coach
   • Bodybuilding Certification
   • Group Fitness Certification
   • Exercise Therapy Certification
   • Senior Fitness Certification
   • Youth Fitness Certification
   • Strength & Conditioning Certification
   • Nutrition Certification
   

3. Continue your education and add a third of the above specializations and suddenly you are an Elite Trainer - part of the top 10% of all trainers in the world. As an Elite Trainer you’ll command the attention of your clients and gyms leading to higher pay and control more potential sources of new clients for you.

4. If you really want to be the best - among the top 1% of the trainers in world - you can continue your studies and become a Master Trainer. A Master Trainer has proven themselves with what is perhaps the best education in exercise science without having to get a degree.

The career options you open up by becoming a certified coach in your specialization allow you a tremendous opportunity to gain more clients, earn more money and help people in important new ways. Successful professionals in the medical and health communities need specializations to grow their practices and create a greater impact in the world.

Start your fitness career today with our current promotions. Only $10 down to start. Call in to get your free bonus course. (800) 892-4772.

What are you waiting for?

Start for $10

When I was growing up, I didn’t know a thing about personal training. I just figured if you wanted to be in good shape you just played sports and worked out a little.

Turns out it’s not that simple. Life gets in the way. Our bodies change. It’s hard to stay in good shape.

We all need someone in our corner helping guide us in our journey. Someone who knows the facts about fitness, nutrition and training who can help direct and encourage us.

What if that person in someone’s corner directing and encouraging was... you?

You can be the one to lift people up as an ISSA Coach, Elite Trainer or Master Trainer. Here’s how it works:

1. Study and become Certified as a Personal Trainer by taking and earning the ISSA Personal Fitness Training Certification as the core requirement. You’ll earn your ISSA Personal Training Certification credentials including certificates and wallet ID cards.

2. Then add your first specialization certification from the list below and you’ve earned the right to call yourself a fitness coach in the area of your new expertise. You’ll get additional credentials and certifications to frame and place on your walls or at the gym.

   • Corrective Exercise Specialist
   • DNA-Based Fitness Coach
   • Bodybuilding Certification
   • Group Fitness Certification
   • Exercise Therapy Certification
   • Senior Fitness Certification
   • Youth Fitness Certification
   • Strength & Conditioning Certification
   • Nutrition Certification
   

3. Continue your education and add a third of the above specializations and suddenly you are an Elite Trainer - part of the top 10% of all trainers in the world. As an Elite Trainer you’ll command the attention of your clients and gyms leading to higher pay and control more potential sources of new clients for you.

4. If you really want to be the best - among the top 1% of the trainers in world - you can continue your studies and become a Master Trainer. A Master Trainer has proven themselves with what is perhaps the best education in exercise science without having to get a degree.

The career options you open up by becoming a certified coach in your specialization allow you a tremendous opportunity to gain more clients, earn more money and help people in important new ways. Successful professionals in the medical and health communities need specializations to grow their practices and create a greater impact in the world.

Start your fitness career today with our current promotions. Only $10 down to start. Call in to get your free bonus course. (800) 892-4772.

What are you waiting for?

Start for $10

We're different than any other company in fitness because we are all about you. Go ahead click on every one of our certifications and check them out. You'll find you can download a chapter of the book, you can check out the table of contents, you can read our reviews.

We have an incredible opportunity. For a limited time, buy a Personal Trainer Certification and get ANY specialization FREE. Best of all, start for only $10 down.

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What does a “better” life look like to you?

Is it more personally rewarding? Can you see yourself helping people? People who are truly grateful appreciative for you and your abilities?

Does it have more freedom to do what you love? Does it get you excited to go to work each day?

Picture yourself with exactly that better job, career and life. Imagine your life when the gym is your office and you’re actually getting paid to live out your purpose.

Isn’t it time to stop waiting and start loving what you do?

What if you could start earning your Personal Training Certification right now for only $10?

For a limited time, start your Personal Training Certification and get any advanced specialization FREE!

Do you have the courage to make your dreams come true? Will you lean into those who believe in you, and show the nay-sayers you have the strength and courage to follow your dreams?

Get Started for just $10 down today! Remember: prices go up soon so you won’t see a deal like this EVER again.

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Technology has shortened the distance between people, no matter where in the world they are. That means personal trainers can help clients improve their fitness—through diet and exercise—from anywhere! If you’re ready to take your fitness business to the next level, virtual training might be just what you’re looking for.

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IMPORTANT NEWS:

You already know the ISSA is the best rated and reviewed certification in the world by professionals like you through Google, Facebook, and TrustPilot reviews. 

But, there was one criticism about the ISSA… the certification wasn’t accepted by all gyms.

Today, I am proud to tell you that ISSA certifications will now be accepted by all gyms.

ISSA was unique in that we exclusively offered at-home, open book exams. While the ISSA was an Accredited program, we did not have an NCCA-Accredited certification because our exams were not proctored. Starting today, ISSA students and members can elect to take our open-book, untimed exam or take our new online proctored, closed-book, multiple choice exam.

With two exam choices now, you can earn either or both certifications from one course.

What this means to you is that you can now earn NCCA-Accredited certifications from the ISSA in five areas:

• Personal Trainer (CPT)
• Strength and Conditioning (CSTS)
• Yoga (CYI)
• Group Fitness (CGxI)
• Indoor Cycling (CICI - available soon)

The whole fitness world has changed again as the ISSA is now the most-accredited name in fitness.  You read that right. The ISSA now offers more accredited certifications than anyone else including: NASM, NSCA, ACE, and ACSM.

As our welcome to get you started in your program, you have two exclusive discounts you can''t find anywhere else:

1. Get certified as a Personal Trainer and get a second Certification of your choice FREE starting FREE for 30 days.

2. Get your new certification exam FREE*. Get the online-proctored Certified Personal Trainer exam FREE with any Personal Training Certification purchase including our ELITE TRAINER which is currently 60% off.

This special offer is only for our new exams for a limited time. Click the links above or call your fitness education advisor now to get started before it is too late.

Cheers to your health,

Andrew Wyant
ISSA President

*The third-party proctoring company charges a fee of $79 to proctor exams.
                                                                                                              

The qualities of a good nutrition coach include investing in your own success and gearing your services to your client’s specific needs. This blog gives an overview of what you need to get started.

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Plus!  If you hurry, you could get one of the last spots in our Certified Personal Trainer Bootcamp!

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Looking For The Best Cyber Monday Deal? 

Call your personal fitness advisor at (805) 364-0490 and get
$300 EXTRA off of the Master Trainer Cyber Monday price. 

That’s your Personal Trainer Certification PLUS 5 specializations courses for $1,599.

This deal is not on the website and won''t be available for long!

Want to be better at social media? Become a fitness influencer and inspire others while also building your training business. Check out our quick guide to social media superstardom.

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Looking to add to your personal training income? Have you considered teaching group fitness? Check out this article to see what it takes to be successful!

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Are your cravings causing you to:

• Stress
• Select unhealthy foods 
• Overeat
• Feel guilty

Learn how to manage cravings with our quick guide for carb cravings. 

Read The Guide For Carb Cravings

ISSA was unique in fitness certifications in that we exclusively offered at-home, open book exams. That meant that not all gyms would accept ISSA certifications.  

Those days are over now.

Starting today, ISSA students can take our open-book, untimed exam or our new online proctored, closed-book, multiple choice exam. With two exam choices now, you can earn either or both certifications from one course!

What this means to you is that you can now earn NCCA-Accredited certifications accepted everywhere from the ISSA.  And not just personal training - you can get certifications accepted at gyms everywhere in Strength and Conditioning, Group Exercise, Yoga, and more.

The whole fitness world has changed again as the ISSA is now the most-accredited name in fitness.  You read that right. The ISSA now offers more accredited certifications than anyone else including: NASM, NSCA, ACE, and ACSM.

As our welcome to get you started in your new program, you have two exclusive discounts:

1. Get certified as a Personal Trainer and get a second Certification of your choice FREE starting FREE for 30 days.

2. Get your new certification exam FREE*. Get the online-proctored Certified Personal Trainer exam FREE with any Personal Training Certification purchase including our ELITE TRAINER which is currently 60% off.

This special offer is only for our new exams for a limited time. Click the links above or call your fitness education advisor now to get started before it is too late.

Cheers to your health,

Andrew Wyant
ISSA President

*The third-party proctoring company charges a fee of $79 to proctor exams.
                                                                                                              

Getting new clients can be tough, so why not find better ways to retain the ones you already have? Here are fours key ways to improve retention rates and maximize your client investments

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About to launch your new personal training business? Before you do, check out these pro tips from the trainers with years of experience.

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While personal trainers are well versed in fitness and health expertise, they''re not always trained in sales. However, sales and retention can be the key to a successful training business. Check out this article to learn how to stand out and excel with clients.

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Many people consider these words to be synonymous, but that isn''t the case! In this article, we discuss the differences between a dietitian and nutritionist, education requirements, and career opportunities. 

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Think you have to work in a gym to become a personal trainer? Explore one of the many niche careers of the fitness industry with in-home personal training!

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Well-developed calves are one of the key components to a balanced lower body. However, calves tend to be known as one of the more challenging muscle groups for many people to build and grow. Unless genetically blessed with developed calf muscles, most clients must work to build them. 

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In this bundle you get:

• Personal Trainer Certification
• FREE CPR Course
• FREE Nutrition Course

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