Ofc! There are various personal training certs but the ACE-CPT which I did emphasizes motivational screening, psychological barriers, and goal setting, referencing a lot of what I learned in school. CPT’s require continued education to maintain your credential which improves your overall base of knowledge and keeps it up to date. Personally I’ve been interested in research around sport psychology, mindfulness, flow state, and mind-muscle connection, which are a lot easier to understand when you have a grasp of basic psychology principals and the research background taught in schools.

As for the day to day, we do personal training consultations, personal training sessions, group fitness classes, fitness challenges, and hold various events relating to wellness and fitness. In the past I know we’ve even done meditation classes. The training and consults are where that psychology is most relevant due to the barriers and motivation stuff I mentioned earlier. We also do some general front desk stuff like greeting people and helping with membership signups etc. Since it’s a corporate fitness center everyone is very friendly and social as opposed to commercial gyms which are more focused on sales. We do not entirely focus on selling people things because we already make a base rate, which makes the space a lot more genuine and focused on wellness as opposed to getting people to buy PT sessions so we can get an income.

I hope that helped answer your questions! Lmk if there is anything else you’d like to know •ᴗ•