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Tyler Read, BSc, CPT

Professions Certified Personal Trainer, Fitness Author, Personal Trainer Career Coach Expertise Personal Training, Corrective Exercise, Personal Trainer Certifications

Highlights

Certified Personal Trainer - NASM CPT (Cert ID:1220865777) Author of “Running Start: Your Secrets to a Personal Trainer Career Ahead of the Pack" Contributing Fitness Author at Healthline.com Contributing author at Forbes.com Contributing Fitness Author at EatThis.com

Experience

Tyler Read holds a B.S. in Kinesiology from Sonoma State University and is a certified personal trainer (CPT) with NASM (National Academy of sports medicine). Tyler has been training clients as a certified personal trainer both online and in-person for over 15 years. Tyler gained experience as a certified personal trainer at both local and commercial gyms including “Custom Built Personal Training” and “In-Shape”. After gaining sufficient experience, Tyler Read started his own successful private personal training business, which he still operates today, training a wide variety of different clients both in-person and online. Tyler decided he wanted to help other aspiring fitness enthusiasts make a career out of their passion of health and fitness so he found Personal Trainer Pioneer, a website dedicated to educating people on how to become industry-leading personal trainers.

“Tyler brings his combined 15 years experience on top of hours of his own research to determine the best personal training certifications for all fitness career goals.”

From Tyler’s more than 15 years of experience in the personal training industry, performing countless hours of research, testing, surveying, and creating a strong team of personal trainers and nutrition coaches to assist, Tyler Read created PTPioneer.com, the #1 resource for becoming a personal trainer including finding the best personal trainer certifications and providing free study materials to helps applicants pass their certification exams. Tyler continues to work to improve the resources of PTPioneer to assure it’s visitors are always getting the best and most up to date information to help them succeed as certified personal trainers. Tyler also continues to provide personal training to clients online and in-person as well as share his wisdom about personal training, fitness, nutrition, health, and entrepreneurship throughout many other prominent publications. Tyler Read is a regular contributing author at Healthline,  Eat This Not That, and Good Men Project.

Education

Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Sonoma State University NASM/AFAA CPR/AED Certified Powered by ASTI

IPTA Certified Nutrition Specialist vs ISSA Nutritionist

Tyler Read holds up IPTA and CNS and ISSA Nutritionist textbooks, which is better

After completing both IPTA Certified Nutrition Specialist and ISSA Nutritionist certifications, I can recommend the IPTA CNS for most people. This Nutrition Academy course is less expensive, more detailed, and takes advantage of IPTA’s excellent online study system. Read the full review below to see a more detailed breakdown of IPTA vs ISSA Nutrition certifications. … Read more

Best Personal Trainer Certification Tiers [Ranked D-S]

tyler thinks about the best personal training certifications tier list

In this tier list of top personal training certifications, I’ve ranked them from S Tier to D Tier based on my personal experience with each. Here’s what each tier represents: This setup will help you easily determine which certification is right for you. After the tier ranking table below, I’ll explain the criteria I used … Read more

Best Nutrition Certifications Tier List (Updated)

Tyler looks at the Best Nutrition Certifications

In this tier list of the top nutrition certifications, I’ve ranked them from S Tier to D Tier based on my personal experience with each. Here’s what each tier represents: This setup will help you easily determine which certification is right for you. After the tier ranking table below, I’ll explain the criteria I used … Read more

Best online personal trainer certification guide (Updated)

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I got certified by the top 8 online NCCA-accredited personal trainer certifications. I’ve created my PTP Online Certification Rating, based on 5 key criteria you need from any good online CPT, and ranked them from best to worst. This article tells you which online trainer certification is right for you. After I go through each certification, … Read more

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