Is it easy to take the exam for female fitness instructor certificate?

I have been in the fitness industry for almost 6 years, and I have seen girls who have successfully obtained national qualifications in 3 months with zero foundation, and I have also seen enthusiasts who have practiced for more than a year and took the NSCA-CPT twice and are still stuck in practical exercises. There is really no absolute "easy" or "difficult" test, it all depends on the value of the certificate you choose and your own foundation.

Putting aside personal circumstances, the threshold for certificates alone is quite different. Two years ago, a young girl who had just graduated came to me to ask about employment. She said that she spent 2,000 yuan to get a "senior fitness instructor certificate". When she went to interview with a chain gym, people didn't even look at it. Later I found out that she applied for certification from a pheasant organization. The three-day training was a formality. The multiple-choice test was all the question bank given by the organization in advance. She didn't even take the practical test. This kind of certificate is not easy to pass, it is just spending money to buy waste paper, which is completely meaningless.

If you take the exam for a fitness instructor professional skill level certificate recognized by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, or an international mainstream certification such as ACE or NSCA, it will definitely be difficult, but it is not out of reach. My junior sister was an aerobics major at the Institute of Physical Education before. She has a foundation in sports anatomy and sports physiology. She often goes to the gym to lift irons. When she was preparing for the intermediate national vocational exam, she took off work time to memorize the theory for half a month. She also practiced with the teacher for more than half a month to demonstrate movement demonstrations and protective techniques. During the exam, she demonstrated the auxiliary protection of deadlifts to the examiner. The standard of movement was praised by the examiner on the spot. She passed it in one try. She said it was much easier than taking professional courses in college.

But if you are a novice who has never been exposed to fitness, it will definitely take a lot of effort. A girl who worked in administration asked me to help her prepare for the junior national vocational exam. At the beginning, she couldn't even tell where her quadriceps and hamstrings were. Her knees buckled naturally during squats. Just changing the movements took almost three weeks. She forgot to memorize the sports injuries and nutrition knowledge in the theoretical part. She failed the first practical exam because she didn't use the right hand gestures to protect members. She took another month of make-up training before passing the exam. When she left the exam room, she told me that she was more tired than when she took the teacher qualification certificate test before.

Many people think that it is more difficult for women to get a coaching certificate than for men, but this is not necessarily true. At most, you need to put more effort into the physical fitness test. For example, the physical fitness requirement for junior national vocational students is for girls to do 15 standard push-ups in 1 minute. It is indeed a bit strenuous if they don't practice normally. However, during practical exams, girls are generally more careful, explain movements and protections more steadily, and communicate more clearly, which makes it easier to get high scores. I have seen several male students fail to do practical exercises because their movements are too rough and the explanations are not clear. On the contrary, girls have fewer pitfalls in this aspect.

If you really want to be a coach in the industry, don't worry about whether to take the exam. First choose a formal, industry-recognized certificate. If your basic skills are poor, spend an extra two or three months to lay the foundation. It's better than taking a useless exam that no one recognizes, right?