Sociodemographic status and training of personal trainers in Region of Valencia

Abstract

This study describes the sociodemographic profile and training of people working in personal training in Region of Valencia. The methodology used is quantitative descriptive cutting, where the procedures to be followed are those of the survey. There have been interviews and through standardized questionnaire to 600 persons working in job roles of physical activity and sport of which 64 people work as a personal trainer. In this study we find that mostly people working in personal training are male and under 30 years. Also, the vast majority of people working in personal training do not have degree of physical activity and sport, also most have a degree to which their training is not are trained and qualified to work in personal training.

Keywords

• Sport
• personal trainer
• profession
• employment
• training
• Gender
• Age