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Summer and fall weather provides the ability to train outdoors. You have more freedom to be creative with your workout for clients. If you’re a personal trainer…

If you’re in the fitness business, you know that clients’ traits, personalities, and abilities vary as much as the styles and philosophies of personal training.…

According to the Census Bureau, there are over 76 million Baby Boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964) in the United States In 2016, Baby…

From little girls in the schoolyard to big, burly boxers, jump rope is a universally popular and accessible mode form of exercise. As a personal…

The shoulder joint is notoriously prone to injury because of its ability to move in all planes of motion and the sheer number of structures…

Anyone who has gone solo and started a business in his/her community knows it requires a significant amount of work beyond creating a title, a…

Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the chest muscles (upper pectorals). The secondary muscles stressed are the shoulders and triceps. Starting Position…

April Pattee is co-owner of the National Federation of Professional Trainers with her sister Angie Pattengale, author of the Director’s Corner. April wrote the following…

A fitness entrepreneur is the latest and greatest term to describe a personal trainer who runs their own business. It sounds glamorous and edgy. To…

My experience as a health and exercise professional started in 2003 after graduating with my bachelor’s in Exercise Science and achieving my first certification (NSCA-CPT).…

Emphasis This movement stresses the muscles in the lower leg (specifically the gastrocnemius). Starting Position Hold on to a railing or a straight bar on…

Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the lower leg (specifically the soleous). Starting Position With the balls of your…