A Basic Book of Goldfish: Look-&-Learn (Look & Learn)

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Want to turn your passion for fitness into a lucrative career? Each year, more than 5 million Americans use personal trainers to take their workouts to the next level—and this plain-English guide shows you how to get in on the action. Whether you want a part-time job at the gym or a full-time personal training business, you’ll find the practical, proven advice you need in this indispensable resource.

Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies is for you if you want to become a certified personal trainer and start your own business—or if you’re a certified trainer looking to improve upon your existing practice. You get a thorough overview of what it takes to get certified and run a successful business, complete with expert tips that help you:

Find your training niche
Study for and pass certification exams

Attract, keep, and motivate clients
Interview, hire, and manage employees
Update your training skills
Expand your services

This user-friendly guide offers unique coverage of personal trainer certification programs, including tips on selecting the right program and meeting the requirements. You’ll see how to develop your training identity as well as practice invaluable skills that will make you a great personal trainer. You also receive savvy guidance in:

Choosing the best fitness equipment
Creating a business plan, a record-keeping system, and a marketing campaign
Performing fitness assessments
Developing individualized exercise programs
Advancing your clients to the next fitness level

Managing legal issues and tax planning

Offering additional services such as massage and nutrition consultation
Training clients with special needs

Complete with ten great starter exercises and a valuable list of professional organizations and resources, Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies gives you the tools you need to get the most out of this fun, fabulous career!

Customer Reviews:

Good book!.......2007-08-23

Not really what I was looking for, but I started reading and its a great book, I really recomended to all beginners and experience, it has all the information you'll ever need, trully a well written and great referance book to have.

Title says it all........2007-01-01

This is a very easy to read primer for those considering a career or hobby in personal fitness. It gives a nice overview of what the career is like and what it will take to gain a certificate and proceed to line up those all important clients. I also learned a few things that can be incorprated into my own liftness lifestyle.

Awesome book!!!.......2006-07-29

This book is really good! It's funny and extremly informative. The only pitfall I think this book has is that it seems more geared towards people who are already certified. On the flip side though, it does have extremly good advice on becoming certified, taking exams, finding you niche etc...I would recommend this book to amatuers who are still in school (like me) and certified veteran personnal trainers alike :)

Useful.......2006-03-15

It is a useful book, especially for someone new to the industry. The online link is especially nice.

Crash Course in Basic Business.......2005-09-30

The basic steps for starting a business as a personal trainer presented in a concise and easy to follow format. Good business advice to avoid costly mistakes.

Opportunities in Sports and Fitness Careers

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Opportunities in Sports and Fitness Careers
Wm. Ray Heitzmann
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ASIN: 065801045X

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More than 100 "opportunities" for students and job seekers!

The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities in . . . covers a range of professions, from acting to writing, and encompasses traditional as well as cutting-edge careers. Each book offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers within each field and includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources.

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"More than 100 "opportunities" for students and job seekers! The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities in...covers a range of professions, from acting to writing, and encompasses traditional as well as cutting-edge careers. Each book offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers within each field and includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources."

Careers in Sports, Fitness, and Recreation

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Careers in Sports, Fitness, and Recreation
Robert F. Wilson
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The world is enjoying a sports and fitness revolution, and rewarding careers abound for sports-focused men and women. Described here are job opportunities in public and private health clubs, martial arts academies, public and private golf courses, sports equipment sales reps and retailers, and more. Here too is advice on training as referees, umpires, and judges at games and other athletic contests. Titles in the practical and enlightening Success Without College series guide ambitious young men and women toward satisfying and well-paying careers in fields where a college degree is not required. However, all occupations described do require specialized training, either on the job or in technical or vocational classroom settings. Readers learn how and where to get that training, then find out how to get started on the highway to career success.

Mastering the Job Search Process in Recreation and Leisure Services

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Mastering the Job Search Process in Recreation and Leisure Services
Craig Ross
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ASIN: 0763733741

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Mastering the Job Search Process in Recreation and Leisure Services is a practical guide for those who want to work in the recreation and leisure services field. This book simplifies the process of securing a job or internship by explaining every step from both an employers and applicants point of view. Based on years of experience in hiring, this text offers honest advice on the best job search practices. Real World Approach: Advice from over a thousand recreation and leisure services practitioners involved in the job search process is integrated throughout.

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The Ultimate Reference
Now YOU'VE got a friend in the business!
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You Too Can Be a Fitness Model
Clark Bartram
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ASIN: 1578260876
Release Date: 2002-01-02

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A practical guide from one of America's top fitness models. You spend hours in the gym perfecting your look. You know you look better than that guy on this month's cover of Men's Health or the gal on the latest issue of Cosmo. Your friends and family are always saying you should be a model. Think you have what it takes to be the next Monica Brant or Mike O'Hearn?

Now top fitness model, champion natural body builder and TV fitness show host Clark Bartram will give you the insider's tips, secrets and guidance that just may get you to the top of the fitness modeling industry. Join Clark as he shows you

• how to "package" yourself
• the classic trouble areas for men and women
• how to get ready for your first shoot
• the ins and outs of finding an agent
• how to land an endorsement, and much more!

With expert contributions by one of the country's top fitness photographers, a noted television producer, the president of a leading supplement maker and Ms. Fitness Olympia and top model Monica Brant, You Too Can Be A Fitness Model will help you make your dream a reality... starting today. 75 b/w photos.

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The Ultimate Reference.......2002-04-06

Working as a fitness model can be an enjoyable and profitable career. However, there are many pitfalls and dangers to avoid on this path, and for the first time someone who not only works, but has had tremendous success in this field is available to guide you. From creating your first portfolio, to the details of endorsement contracts, fitness model extraordinaire Clark Bartram will advise you, drawing on years of experience. You'll read about the great satisfaction such a career can bring, but perhaps more importantly you'll be told the truth about the reality of being a fitness model. This includes not only what attributes you'll need to succeed, but also your attitude, and how much money you can honestly expect to earn per shoot. In any field, links with people on the 'inside' are often what's needed to get that big break, and there's plenty of insiders in this book sharing their knowledge with you.

It's not only great man-to-man advice in this book though. The beautiful, and very successful Monica Brant offers advice from a woman's perspective, which is of use to both male and female readers. Also, the people behind the cameras talk about what they look for in a model in the 'Lessons From The Other Side' section. All invaluable knowledge. The structure of the text is such that you can read from cover to cover, but also go straight to a particular topic and still have all the information you need.

In short, if you're serious about a career as a fitness model, or just curious about what such a job would involve, then you cannot afford to pass up on this book. Agencies, self-promotion, tricks of the trade, training programs, possible employers, useful resources and even haircuts are all covered. I've found this book an exceptional resource, and my thanks to Clark Bartram for writing it.

Now YOU'VE got a friend in the business!.......2002-03-11

This total insider's guide to the fitness modeling industry offers valuable information in a conversational manner, lets you know who's looking for the next fitness superstars, AND tells you exactly how to contact them.

Clark Bartram's own accounts of his success are honest, candid, and loaded with advice and encouragement for aspiring fitness models - guys and girls. You really feel like he's opening up and telling you everything you need to know. Plus, a lot of his influential friends - agents, photographers, and magazine editors - have contributed chapters explaining the business from every angle.

You come away learning that fitness modeling isn't just about being in tremendous shape, it's about being a shrewd businessperson with a positive attitude. You really learn what it takes - and as a bonus you get simple but effective advice on training and nutrition to keep in top shape all year long.

If you decide you want to be a fitness model after reading this book, you'll feel like you have some real friends in the industry. If you call anyone mentioned in the book and tell them that you read it, I think they'd give you a real shot if you're serious. If you decide you don't want to be a fitness model after reading this book, you'll still have a positive guide with powerful advice you can use to look, feel, and be your very best.

Clark is awesome.......2002-03-09

Clark has helped me learn how to achieve the goal I want and to market myself in the fitness business. He has the knowledge, and the dedication to get you anywhere you want to be. After reading his book I too believe that If I work hard and dedicate myself that I could have a future being a Fitness model. This is an incredible book and I would recommend it to anyone interested in Fitness.

Totally Awesome!!.......2002-03-07

This book has helped me find business contacts that would have probably cost me alot of money if I would have searched other ways.I really did'nt know that it was this easy to contact the people who make the big decisions. I could'nt and would'nt have done it without this book. If you have ever had the dream of being a fitness model,then I strongly advise you to buy this book...

Get This Book!.......2002-03-07

It's so refreshing to finally find a book that applies specifically to the interests of fitness models and that covers the topic so thoroughly. Weeding through the books written for fashion models was becoming tiresome, so I was pleasantly surprised when I finally came across this book. While reading it, I was ecstatic to find that it was packed full of useful information. I was able to identify the mistakes I've been routinely making and start implementing Clark's invaluable advice. All of the other books I've purchased have not been as useful to me as this one book. I recommend it to anyone who is serious about fitness modeling!

Opportunities in Fitness Careers (Opportunities Inseries)

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Mary Miller , Lewis R. Baratx , Lewis Baratz , and Jean Rosenbaum
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Career opportunities in sport: women on the mark.(Promotion of Sports for Girls and Women, part 3): An article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

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Career opportunities in sport: women on the mark.(Promotion of Sports for Girls and Women, part 3): An article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Lisa A. Delpy
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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 4388 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Career opportunities for women in sports are increasing due to the increased participation of women in sports, the passage of the Education Amendment Acts of 1972's Title IX and legal cases involving women in sports. The league level offers the most promising opportunity for women in sports with the development of two women's basketball leagues, namely, the American Basketball League and the Women's National Basketball Assn. Lower salary compared with their male counterparts is the major disadvantage for women in sports.

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Title: Career opportunities in sport: women on the mark.(Promotion of Sports for Girls and Women, part 3)
Author: Lisa A. Delpy
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v69 Issue: n7 Page: p17(6)

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Promoting career opportunities for girls and women in the sports industry: suggestions for existing businesses.(Promotion of Sports for Girls and Women): ... of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

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Promoting career opportunities for girls and women in the sports industry: suggestions for existing businesses.(Promotion of Sports for Girls and Women): ... of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Lori K. Miller
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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on May 1, 1998. The length of the article is 2942 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Businesswomen exert an important influence on the nation's economy and women constitute 46% of the workforce. The job market for businesswomen is extensive and provides numerous career opportunities. The sports industry is potentially a lucrative area for aspiring women athletes but it continues to present many formidable barriers. Ten ways are suggested that would help the sports industry encourage career opportunities for girls and women.

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Title: Promoting career opportunities for girls and women in the sports industry: suggestions for existing businesses.(Promotion of Sports for Girls and Women)
Author: Lori K. Miller
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1998
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v69 Issue: n5 Page: p32(4)

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A crash course in the earthy side of the "language of love"

Now that you've mastered the subtleties of French grammar and idiom, it's finally time for the good stuff. Forget all about what's masculine or feminine for a moment and get up to snuff on the most outrageous collection of euphemisms, insults, expletives, obscenities, vulgar gestures, and sexual slang. This is the French you won't find in any textbook dialogâuntil now. To berate anyone with this kind of banter, you'd normally have to hang in back alleys of some dangerous arrondissement of Paris. Now you simply need to browse through the pages of Street French 3. This guided tour of raunchy, risquÃÂ©, and ribald French is the third volume of Wiley's Street French series.

Each fun and easy lesson includes vocabulary list, dialogue, a glossary of synonyms and antonyms, and a practice session consisting of word games, crossword puzzles, and self-tests

DAVID BURKE (Los Angeles, California) studied in Paris, is a fluent French speaker, and is the author of the Street French series and Street Spanish (Wiley). David's other books include Street German, Street Talk and Big Talk.

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zut alors!.......2007-10-06

French is different from American English and not just in the obvious way.

In America and Canada, we speak a version of English in our daily lives that can be understood by more than 300 million people, from coast to coast and from the arctic circle to the Florida keys. It is, basically, the language we hear in our schools, on television and in the movies. Sure, there is a lot of crude language that the teacher doesn't use and that you wont hear on Fox News. But essentially, we all speak the same English.

In France, all French people can understand the French they learned in school. But most French people speak another language in their daily lives that is incomprehensible to anyone who only understands correct French. It is, properly speaking, a dialect of French. Think of the most arcane black English you can imagine and multiply it by 1000 and you have popular French.

And the popular jargon gets outdated fast: "Titine aussi sec elle l'a remouché: elle y a cloqué une sévère va-te-laver!" Not completely impossible but try to parse twenty of those sentences, spoken very fast by someone with cigarette a hanging in his mouth and half drunk.

Virtually every word of correct French has a corresponding word in the spoken language: voiture-bagnole, maison-baraque, garçon-mec, fille-gonzesse, and the list goes on and on. And on.

I have the first version of Street French which is dated 1989. More Street French is dated 1991. The versions will never end because Street French will never stop changing. I imagine that a Parisian of 1937 would have as much trouble understanding a Parisian of 1973 and 2007 as they would have understanding him.

This is not a criticism of Burke's tapes, simply a heads up so you will know what is going on. But if you try to speak this way in any official capacity in France, especially if you can't speak correct French, the French will turn their back on you and not even give you the time of day. ("This is a fuckin cool headquarters ya got here mon. Have can I a drink wine?") They are not even remotely tolerant of foreigners who can't speak correct French even though they rarely speak it themselves.

With those caveats, buy the tapes but don't trash your French teachers. They are fully aware of this problem and the consensus of many years is to teach correct French and leave the rest to your discretion.

One last comment. Burke uses his own voice in his tapes. We are accustomed to television announcer voices but Burke's voice is closer to what you will actually hear in France so it is better that you get used to it. I suspect, in the final analysis, it was not ego or cost considerations that led Burke to use his own voice but the recognition of that fact. Don't curse him for it, thank him.

Merde!

French Indeed!.......2000-06-05

An excellent introduction to "naughty French", this book contaons phrases and words that are both considered insulting as well as just those that are common in informal speech. Chapters on sexual terms, body parts, put downs, and so on make this book very useful as well as amusing to read. This is not only for the vulgar minded; a certain skill in understanding certain profanities is necessary so that one does not intentionally say something inappropriate. the author gives an example in the introduction: an American teacher teaching English in France tells her class that she "kisses" her husband everyday in the doorway of her house. However, the word that technically means kiss, in the case mentioned, can also mean "to screw". So you can understand how knowledge of such terms are used is a necessity if one is to communicate effectively in French.

Naughty enough.......2000-04-26

Well, I'm not French, but I'm a certified francophile and I enjoyed the feeling of knowing what a typical French person knows, supposedly. Although there are some words that are probably region-sensitive, because one time, my friends and I wanted to have fun during a birthday of a French friend and he couldn't get the joke! Just like his other books Street French 1 and 2, Burke tries to give a close translation to the words--not an easy feat. This book is definitely for those who might want to keep a vocabulary of naughty things for fun.

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one of the better books on mecha ive seen in some time.......2003-12-13

well i took a chance on this book , i read a review in sketch magazine about this book , and decided to check it out , as i already own two other books that were decent , but not amazing.
i figured for the price.. if i didnt like it , i could just return it. well i have to say this book took me by suprise , it is a very good beginner to intermediate book , especially for the price.it gives alot of good pictures of the various body parts that make up a mech. this book in combination with How to draw manga : giant robots by hikaru hayashi , and mecha mania by christopher hart will have you drawing uber cool mechs in no time. if you are more advanced then this isnt the book for you. if you are just starting out , then i highly recommend this title. chapters are : before you begin drawing , drawing the head , body , arms , legs , and variety of robot design. it even comes with 4 sheets (of pre ruled non repro blue 1 ply) art boards for you to put your designs on . i can also recomend Let's Draw Manga: Transforming Robots by yasuhiro nitta if you want to draw transforming mecha.

Manga Techniques Volume 6: Tone Techniques for Beginners (Manga Techniques)

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Manga Techniques Volume 6: Tone Techniques for Beginners (Manga Techniques)
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The newest volume in the popular Manga Techniques line is here! This volume focuses on use of Tone Sheets.

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Awsome for beginners.......2006-12-19

This book is alot more helpful than vol 7. This book is cute and it makes it fun for you to follow along with the characters as they teach you how to tone in your characters. What's so great about this book would be that it gives you tone examples as well as knowledge of tone paper. This book contents include: Chapter 1- How to apply tones, Chapter 2- Scraping tones, Chapter 3- Stacking tone, Chapter 4- Various uses of tone, and Chapter 5- Summary. This book is perfect for beginners who want to learn how to use tone paper! I would definitely recommend this book! Another cool thing that they did with this book was putting in some manga paper at the back so that you can practice your toning. Get this book, it is well worth your money!!

Manga Techniques: Drawing Manga for Beginners

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