Hello Blogger world! After many years of sub-par writing activity and deleting many partially created blogs-- I am back. I always feel like what I have to tell the world is nothing unique, then I meet people who want nothing more than to hear my story to inform theirs. I have been asked what agency I used to certify through. I spent months researching what personal training certificate I would end up with because I wanted to make sure I was marketable across the world. When you are a travel nut, you don't want to pass up an opportunity to coach in Bali (but more on that later). Only 5 of the many certs were really accepted worldwide, and of those 5, I really only saw people in the fitness industry globally with two of those. (ISSA and NASM) I also am not entirely sure that I wouldn't end up with a degree in the fitness industry that would require a medical background. This made me heavily favor the NASM certification with more of a medically focused background than the o