Strength and Conditioning. Personal Training.
Think about what those two mean to you for a second.
Because I would like to differentiate between the two, I write this brief description. As a health professional I like to be called/known as a strength and conditioning specialist. It fits. It's one of my certifications in a CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist), and it possesses a wide variety of uses. I'm not big on being referred to as a personal trainer even though in a gym I work as a personal trainer. In the news, you hear 'personal trainer' mentioned. It fits. It, too, is included as one of my certifications.
But, the CSCS takes precedence.
The two are different. CSCS's work in gyms, with sports teams, with schools, do research, and much more. Personal trainers can do the same thing with less emphasis on working with athletic teams and in schools. Both titles can have an extensive amount of knowledge on health, fitness, and wellness, and are just two of many health-related professional titles (i.e., physical therapist, coach, doctor). However, the CSCS, as required, may have a larger knowledge basis on athletic material and on delivering certain functional training exercises for all individuals.
Both of the titles are also verbs. Both of them attract creativity in the set-up of health, fitness, and wellness programs.
As a different format in writing this piece I write it, for a few things that need clarification have come up in the news. So, as I write to you, as I organize workout programs, as I deliver news to you, and more it is as a strength and conditioning specialist. Personal training, especially in a one-on-one sense, is my interchangeable verb.
Be fit,
Derek Arledge, CSCS (I'm only adding this on now. But, I like the closeness of just signing off as 'Derek')
P.S. Enjoy your day off if you have one.
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