Taking Fitness Lessons From the Past
In today’s fitness world we are being bombarded by advertisements for the next miracle pill to help us get the body we want. New diets, new training programs and the never-ending new supply of supplements. Not that advances in nutrition and training are bad but we need to remember the basics. Let’s look back in […]
NFPT 25 Years in the Making: Bruce Bryan
We have many amazing affiliates that we got to work with and talk to on a daily basis. Most fitness professionals will stay in the personal training aspect of the industry from 3-5 years. Here at NFPT, we have been fortunate enough to have a bunch of trainers maintain their certification with us for 20 […]
NFPT 25 Years in the Making: Sheila Berrios
We have many amazing affiliates that we got to work with and talk to on a daily basis. Most fitness professionals will stay in the personal training aspect of the industry from 3-5 years. Here at NFPT, we have been fortunate enough to have a bunch of trainers maintain their certification with us for 20 […]
NFPT, Years in the Making: Hephzibah Rodman Wu
We have many amazing affiliates that we get to work with and talk to on a daily basis. Most fitness professionals will stay in the personal training aspect of the industry from 3-5 years. Here at NFPT, we have been fortunate enough to have a bunch of trainers maintain their certification with us for 20 […]
Why Fat Shaming is Wrong
There are always those topics in any industry that seem to pop up every once in a while and then go away until it becomes big again. A hot topic in the fitness industry that is like that is “fat shaming”. Fat shaming, for those of you who don’t know, is a bullying tactic, singling […]
Keeping Yourself Motivated
Sometimes finding the motivation to get up off the couch and make it to the gym can be difficult. I find it especially hard this time of year. The weather is changing, and when it is cold and rainy outside it makes the TV and couch look that much better. How can we overcome this? […]
Hang Out With Your Clients
I used to be an old school gym rat and like many fitness professionals, now prefer functional, full body training, with a big emphasis on fun. I’m the co-Mama of Invention of the Fly Gym Aerial Fitness Swing (flygym.com). We designed this series of 7 stretchy fabric loops based on client need. Each piece can […]
Jasmine Delgado: Personal Trainer Spotlight
NFPT trainers are people of all ages, races and walks of life. It is always a joy for us at NFPT to hear your stories and see where our trainers have come from and where they are going. Some of our trainers are retired individuals who love fitness and helping others find joy in it […]
Four Tips to Increase Your Personal Training Salary
There are personal trainers receiving annual salaries over $100,000 per year, while others earn only $9 an hour and work extra jobs just to get by. The best trainers realize that there’s more to personal training than just leading your client through their circuit. Your clients crave valuable information. Many have questions about nutrition, what […]
Keeping Your Personal Training Clients
The most difficult task for a personal trainer in today’s market can be getting new clients and keeping the current clients hungry for more. With the economy in its current state, and the competition of home workout programs and huge gyms that offer “free personal training”, it can be easy to get overlooked or passed […]