Welcome everyone to the Monday cast. Welcome to episode 1801. It's your boy, Papa, Swolio. Fitness Without the

bullshit is about to roll fat, and it's going to steamroll right over you. If you're not ready,

if you're not bracing for this episode, it's going to hammer. And it's some cool, I have some cool

things to think about. I want you to think about things in a little bit of a different way. And it just puts into perspective how little we know and also how much we have to learn in a beautiful fashion. You know, we are all learning. We're all in this together. Kind of a cool concept. And I'm going to lay some smack on all of y'all. So thank you being here i'm super super super super super stoked i'm

excited fam i'm excited let's get into the question of a zaday let's see here which question is worthy

which question is worthy yes all right let's take this question from shaneman 05. I just got certified by NASM.

What is the best way to start my fitness coaching journey?

Well, that's kind of an easy but complicated thing to answer.

First off, when you go into the field, you're going to find out what your passion is.

You're going to find out more along the lines of what you want to do

for your future. The fitness career and your fitness career can go many different directions.

I don't know if it's going to be your primary source of income and your primary passion or

it's something you're doing on the side. The National Academy of Sports Medicine, which is what

NASM stands for, is a great certification, but a certification does not make you a wonderful trainer.

You need to learn. So if you shadow someone that has more experience, you watch and you maybe help

and shadow someone that is a venerable trainer in your gym or in your facility and you learn from

experience, you learn from being

hands on and helping out and, you know, just shadowing and being a mentee per se for someone that

has more experience, it will fast track you a lot more. One of the things that is a split between

what they want you to know or they want you to think when you get a certification

is, okay, they want you to think when you get the certification, you are great. You got certified.

Congratulations. You are an NASM certified trainer. However, once you go into the field, there are so

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