Oxygen news: Check personal trainer credentials before hiring, expert advises
People using portable oxygen to keep them revitalised while exercising may be considering using a personal trainer to help them get into shape, but one expert has warned individuals to check a fitness professional's credentials first.
Writing in the London Evening Standard, David Higgins, cofounder of TenPilates - which offers a type of Pilates with aerobic benefits - said there is a quick and easy way of finding out how good a specialist is.
Using the government-backed Register of Exercise Professionals, it is possible to see how each trainer or instructor has been ranked, with level one referring to the least qualified people.
Meanwhile, level three practitioners should have enough expert knowledge to tailor a regime that is good for people who need rehabilitation without doing more harm than good, he stated.
"It's essential that a personal trainer is suitably skilled, qualified and accredited for your needs," Mr Higgins argued.
The specialist offers one-on-one fitness services himself and holds a degree in Exercise Sport Science in Human Movement, has been a sports scientist for the Australian Institute of Sport and studied Reformed Pilates with Sebastian LaGree in Beverley Hills.
Posted by Jenny Richards
25/01/2012 16:03:37
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