Should personal trainers charge for initial fitness consultations? This is a question many fitness professionals and gym owners might contemplate as they build their businesses…
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Author: Erin Nitschke
Posts by Erin Nitschke:
Tips for Creating a Quality Virtual Personal Training Business
Virtual personal training is on the climb to greater popularity thanks, in part ,the lockdowns of 2020. They essentially forced fitness professionals to harness their…
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Five Common Questions Fitness Clients Ask
Fitness clients are naturally curious about the structure and function of the body – especially as they begin to see and feel the physical adaptations…
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Building Your Credibility in the Fitness Industry
All professionals must build and maintain their credibility in their respective industry. This is true for novice and well-practiced individuals. In the health and fitness…
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Best Mode of Resistance Training: Machines or Free Weights?
A long-debated topic among certified personal trainers is deciding the mode of resistance training that yields the greatest benefits. One camp believes machine weights are…
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Ten Things All Personal Trainers Need to Know
As you study to become a fitness professional and obtain an accredited certification, there’s only so much that can be absorbed from textbooks, articles, podcasts,…
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Five Boundaries Personal Trainers Need to Establish and Maintain
Setting professional boundaries is a significant key to managing a successful personal training business. Personal training is a challenging job. It’s not easy nor is…
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Five Keys to Client Retention
Much of the business of personal training hinges upon client recruitment. Harnessing their entrepreneurial spirit, fitness professionals spend considerable time developing products and services for…
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Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition: Signs of Deficiency and Toxicity
Vitamins are classified as “micronutrients” are necessary components to basic functions, but are also required in the optimal balance to achieve overall health and wellness.…
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Things Great Personal Trainers Do
The fitness industry is dynamic and ever-growing and full of different types of fitness professionals – all of whom have a unique perspective and philosophy…
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Eight Ways to Make Exercises More Challenging
As fitness clients make progress toward their health and fitness goals, they often want to keep progressing and making greater performance gains. Finding new ways…
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Encouraging Non-Scale Goals for Personal Training Clients
Weight loss goals dominate the minds of many personal training clients. While weight loss, or more accurately–fat loss, is a valid goal for many individuals…
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