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Looking to become a Certified Personal Trainer? Already are, but you want to broaden your scope of practice with quality education? Maybe you’re looking to…

Establishing rapport is the first step towards developing successful and sustainable relationships with fitness clients. Rapport indicates a mutual trust and respect is present within…

Personal training covers more ground than simply cultivating strength and building endurance. Many clients turn to us for weight-related health problems, and the two-pronged diet-exercise…

While we are all familiar with aerobic activity, defined in the early 1970s by Dr. Kenneth Cooper as activity during which the cardiorespiratory system provides enough oxygen for muscular effort, most of us associate anaerobic activity with that very hard effort we do during intervals. The fact is that each non-sequential muscular effort, such as turning your head, entails some measure of energy production in the absence of oxygen, qualifying it as anaerobic.

With my sister April Pattee and me at the helm of the National Federation of Professional Trainers, we are often asked what our careers have…

Name one tool that improves client’s outcomes, creates a stronger, longer-lasting relationship with clients, and improves overall revenues..? Check-Ins! Go the Extra Mile Creating a…

Help clients reframe and rethink the holidays instead of just get through them. Have a conversation and find out what your clients are thinking about…

Excitement is escalating rapidly this time of year for those who enjoy snow sports.  Do you have clients who participate in skiing or snowboarding?  Would…

An educated and informed personal trainer can be of tremendous help to post-stroke clients. Gym facilities are famous for their extensive array of mirrors on…

Suitcase Carries are one of the best core exercises that personal trainers can have their clients perform. You pick up a kettlebell on one side…

Simple daily goals eventually form long-term lifestyle change. Setting them is a cognizant decision that’s repeated to instill habit. Starting small allows success to flourish…

The Global Position System is commonly used to help people reach their destination when traveling. But another type of GPS can help us get from…