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When we as health care or fitness professionals meet someone for the first time, we are assessing them as soon as we meet them, as we talk to them and during the formal portion. Why do we do this?

Being a Yoga instructor seems to be becoming as mainstream as smartphones and cat memes. With weekend yoga certifications available by the hundreds, and the…

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), previously referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease is a progressive neurological disorder that causes motor neuron loss, resulting in muscle weakening…

“Core strength” has certainly been a fitness buzz phrase for years, and although the science has come a long way in the last few decades,…

One challenge you can expect to face in your career as a personal trainer will be the disparity between clients who feel very confident in…

Understanding the correlation between anemia and exercise is important for personal trainers to grasp before working with an anemic client. Anemia is the term used…

Adenosine Triphosphate is present in every living cell of the body. It is also available as a dietary supplement. Each year, the supplementation industry spends millions…

Diets don’t work. Millions of people each year diet and come to the conclusion that diets don’t work. Perhaps a new approach is needed. Actually,…

We’ve all been there–your client does something he or she finds embarrassing and you must handle the moment with grace and aplomb. If you are…

Turning paying fitness clients into staying clients requires as much finesse as it does the appropriate application of science. Just because you get the client…

At the start of a new year, as fit pros, we support our current list of clients to renew their goals. We encourage potential new…

In 2005, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) recommended that health club owners hire personal trainers with credentials from agencies whose certification program…