Lee Boyce Become a fan Strength Coach, Internationally Published Fitness Writer Do Personal Trainers Need College Degrees? Huff Po link It's always a touchy subject to start talking about this, but I thought I'd take a whirl. In the fitness world, there's so much opinion-based work out there, that it's really difficult to quantify one's merit based on what school of thought they follow -- it has to be based on their hands-on abilities as a trainer. Now, it doesn't take too much to be able to get basic, standard certification as a trainer and learn to keep a grown adult with zero gym knowledge safe in an exercise environment. It's no secret that there are weekend certifications out there that do just that. x The grey area exists, however, when trainers begin to get labelled of their worth directly based on their qualifications, and nothing more. This is seen often in both the workplace, and in the