• The personal trainer has many duties.exercise image by Inger Anne Hulb?|kdal from Fotolia.com
  
  A career in personal training allows you to help and motivate clients to reach their fitness goals and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Determining clients' fitness goals, assessing their current physical state, designing a customized program for them, teaching them proper exercise form, and motivating them through their workouts are the duties of a personal trainer. Seeing clients achieve their goals is gratifying for you and provides a sense of accomplishment for them.
  
  

Minimum requirements

• Meeting a short list of requirements will allow you to test to be a personal trainer.test image by multimartinator from Fotolia.com
  
  Preliminary requirements for becoming a personal trainer include being at least 18 years of age, having a high school diploma or its equivalent, and having completed CPR/AED (cardiopulmonary resuscitation/automated external defibrillator) training. This short list makes you eligible to take the exam for most personal training certifications.
  
  

Preparing for the Exam

• Designing appropriate workout programs is a must.fitness equipment image by Sunshine Photos from Fotolia.com
  
  Preparing for the test is important. Study materials can be purchased through the organization through which you choose to become certified. Topics covered on the exam include biomechanics, training adaptions, exercise physiology, anatomy, and program design. Topics may vary slightly from organization to organization, but these subjects are on almost every test.
  
  

Taking the Certification Exam

• A thorough understanding of the test topics is required to pass the test.taking test image by Petro Feketa from Fotolia.com
  
  Many organizations have testing centers in numerous locations, providing easy access to testing sites in most cases. The exams thoroughly test your understanding of the concepts relating to personal training. The information in the study materials must be studied until the candidate feels confident she has mastered the subject matter. If you fail the test on the first attempt, you may review the material that gave you problems and retake the test. When you have passed the test and have met the other requirements, you are certified.