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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 Group Exercise Specialist Review – Is It Worth It?

Tyler holds the Group Exercise Specialist textbook for IPTA.

The IPTA Group Exercise Specialist (GES) program is built around a problem every trainer eventually runs into: you can only sell the same hour once. Group changes that math, and this certification is about teaching you to do it well rather than just loudly. If you are looking for a group fitness credential that treats … Read more

IPTA Corrective Exercise Specialist Review – How Good Is It?

Tyler holds the Corrective Exercise Specialist textbook for IPTA.

The IPTA Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) program is one of the most thorough corrective exercise certifications available right now. It is built around movement assessment and the correction of dysfunction, and it treats both as a coaching skill rather than a clinical one. If you are looking for a corrective credential that teaches you how … Read more

The Best Personal Trainer Insurance in 2026: Top 7 Providers Compared

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If you train clients for a living, one bad rep, one wet floor, or one disgruntled client can turn into a five- or six-figure lawsuit. Personal trainer insurance isn’t “nice to have”: it’s the difference between a bad day and a closed business. The good news: a quality liability policy costs less than a single … Read more

IPTA CBS Review: Is the Certified Bodybuilding Specialist Worth It?

Tyler holding the IPTA CBS textbook

The IPTA Certified Bodybuilding Specialist (CBS) is worth it for coaches who want to build, cut and peak physiques, and the $799 MVP package is the one to buy. IPTA (International Personal Trainer Academy) sells it in two packages: Rookie at $399, and MVP at $799, which adds the NCCA accredited IPTA CPT. In this review … Read more

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