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Low-impact exercises are physical activities that minimize stress on the joints while still providing cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility benefits (Tse et al., 2015). What is…

If you’re an NFPT-certified personal trainer, hopefully this is not the first time you’re reading a published blog article! Chances are you’ve utilized NFPT’s totally…

Regardless of what a client’s focus is for fitness, personal trainers can and should stress the importance of sustaining and building cardiorespiratory and cardiovascular capacity.…

Addressing sleep hygiene falls under the umbrella of a personal trainer’s coaching, making the environment for ideal sleep temperature an easy and obvious place to…

Exercises like pull-ups, rows, kettlebell swings, and bicep curls all involve a certain amount of forearm strength. Rock climbing, one of the fastest-growing sports in…

Fat often gets a bad rap, and sometimes, rightly so. It is essential for many bodily processes, yet, like just about anything else, too much can be a bad thing.

If your clients have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, struggle with stress, intrusive thoughts, or show symptoms of sleep deprivation (increased daytime sleepiness, impaired concentration…

Mobility is still a fitness buzz word, and specifically, attention to hip mobility has increased due to its relevance in almost every facet of exercise.…

Anyone who engages in combat sport training is bound to get a few bumps and bruises. Rib injury is quite common and personal trainers can…

I’m a huge fan of including boxing for fitness-type classes as there are so many fitness benefits to boxing! Plus, it’s a lot of fun…

Perhaps the time-worn expression “having a gut feeling” holds more potency than any of us realized. Studies of the intestinal gut microbiome reveal how disturbances…

Short and sassy, long and silky, braids or dreadlocks or Mohawks. Regardless of the shade or color, our choice of hairstyle can speak volumes about our personalities. It may be surprising to note that our hair also has another voice, that which decries our overall health and well being.