The popularity of online personal training is growing, leaving some confusion about it in its wake. Here, we’ll define the role of an online personal…
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Fitness Marketing: Building a Personal Brand that Resonates Today’s Clients
The concept of fitness branding involves defining and communicating what makes a personal trainer or coach’s approach to health and movement distinctive and unique. A…
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CPT Certification Cost: 7 Ways to Make Paying Easy
Are you thinking about a career in fitness but realize paying for your CPT certification cost is out of the question? If so, you’re not…
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NFPT vs NASM vs ISSA: The truth on CPT respect
If you’ve been researching how to become a certified personal trainer, you’ve probably seen three names everywhere leading you to ponder NFPT vs NASM vs…
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Methylene Blue 1% Solution: Does It Live Up to the Hype?
Fitness-related applications for pharmaceutical-grade products seem to pop up with increasing frequency. Methylene Blue has caused quite a stir, touted as the “next best thing”…
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Nitrates and Beetroot Juice: Keys to Exercise Performance Advantage
In recent years, nitrates have enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity, promising game-changing performance enhancement for athletes and fitness enthusiasts looking to gain a competitive…
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Trending Diets for Weight Loss
Trending diets for weight loss will always be around, but take shape in different calorie-restriction forms. It makes sense, a popular diet wouldn’t get noticed…
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Fight Back with the Autoimmune Protocol Diet
Autoimmune diseases, collectively including type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and irritable bowel disorder (IBD), can wreak havoc on a body’s digestive system. This can…
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Allostasis and Reversible Involution: A Novel Approach to Rehabilitation of Injuries
Sports injuries affect athletes on a multitude of levels, including the biological, psychological, and social realms. The traditional format used by physical therapists involves managing…
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The Cold, Hard Facts on Post-Workout Ice Baths
Cold water immersion (CWI) has recently gained popularity as a means of reducing post-exercise muscle stiffness, lessening fatigue, decreasing exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD), and facilitating…
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Magnesium Supplements: Deciding Among the Diverse Options
Magnesium, considered a trace mineral in relation to one’s daily diet, fosters a multitude of important functions within the body. It supports the cardiovascular system,…
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Don’t Lose Progress: How Loss Aversion Shapes Fitness Motivation
Among the most influential contributions to psychology and economics is the finding that “losses loom larger than gains.” Kahneman and Tversky’s (1979) Prospect Theory demonstrated that individuals…
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