Personal trainers' profile who works at Cacador/SC city/Perfil dos personal trainers atuantes na cidade de Cacador/SC

• Published in: Revista brasileira de prescrição e fisiologia do exercício 2013-09, Vol.7 (41), p.477
• Main Authors: Mineiro, Lindomar, Scolaro, Adriana Maria Tomazini, Bardy, Jacqueline de Assis, da Rocha, Ricelli Endrigo
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Subjects: Costs (Law); Personal trainers
• ISSN: 1981-9900; 1981-9900

The purpose of this paper was to outline the profile of Physical Education (PE) professionals who act as Personal Trainers (PT) in Cacador/SC. The study was carried out with 09 women and 17 men. A questionary with 13 questions related to personal data, academic degree, fitness evaluation, other professionals' interaction, places where the services are provided, means of hiring the service and hourly fee, in and out of the fitness center was applied. The results have shown that 65.38% of the PT are men, 57.69% are under 30 years old and 57.69% are single. Related to the academic degree, 26.92% don't have the academic qualifications demanded by the Regional Board of Physical Education, 30.77% have the college degree and 42.31% have a latu sensu major. All use the fitness evaluation, while 88.46% do that it person; 57.70% say they do that each other three months and 88.46% interact with other health fields. The fitness centers are the most used places to work (88.46%) and the verbal agreement is the most common way to hire the services. Concerning to the hourly fee in a fitness center, 50% charge up to R$35.00, but, outside this room this fee can be over R$80.00. It is concluded that the PT are linked to the fitness centers, their hourly fee is significant and most of them, besides the college degree, have a major in PE. But there are those who are unauthorized or have no academic qualifications, as the literature suggests, performing PT. Key words: Personal Trainer, Professional profile, Physical Education O objetivo deste estudo foi tracar o perfil dos profissionais de Educacao Fisica (EF) que atuam como Personal Trainers (PT) no municipio de Cacador/SC. O estudo foi feito com 09 mulheres e 17 homens. Utilizou-se um questionario com 13 questoes relacionadas a dados pessoais, formacao academica, aplicacao de avaliacao fisica, interacao com outros profissionais, locais de prestacao dos servicos, formas de contratacao do trabalho e valor cobrado por hora de trabalho dentro e fora da academia. Os resultados demonstraram que 65,38% dos PT sao homens, 57,69% possuem menos de 30 anos de idade e 57,69% sao solteiros. Com relacao a formacao academica, 26,92% nao possuem graduacao minima exigida pelo Conselho Regional de EF (CREF), 30,77% sao graduados e 42,31% possuem especializacao lato sensu. A avaliacao fisica e usada por 100% dos PT sendo que 88,46% avaliam pessoalmente seus clientes; 57,70% afirmam realizar a avaliacao fisica a cada tres meses e 88,46% interage