Fostering Empathy to Elevate the Fitness Client’s Experience
I always start the semester by engaging my personal training students in a discussion that prompts them to answer this question: “what does effective personal [...]
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
All professionals, at some point in their careers, question their individual talents, intelligence, and abilities. Personal trainers are no exception. It takes time to build [...]
The 4 Keys to Injury Prevention Programming
At some point in your fitness career, you will encounter clients who are suffering or who have suffered from an injury – either related to [...]
How to Avoid Toxic Positivity when Communicating with Fitness Clients
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 [...]
How To Create a Supportive Fitness Community
Social support provided by friends, family and peers is a significant predictor of success in the achievement of health and fitness goals. For our clients [...]
10 Business Strategy Tips for Personal Trainers
Although the foundation of personal training is, at the heart of it, about the people we interact with and train, we can’t ignore the business [...]
How to Be a Micro-Influencer on Social Media
Personal trainers are well-educated fitness professionals committed to bettering the lives of their clients. But that’s just one dimension of a personal trainer’s skill set [...]
Content Creation Hacks for Personal Trainers
Social media is the way to connect with people these days, especially if you desire to expand your professional presence. It’s free. It’s varied. It’s [...]
How to Choose a Fitness Business Management Software
From Acuity Scheduling to Zenfit, there are hundreds of - literally from A-Z - fitness software platforms and apps that allow fitness professionals to manage [...]
Six Success Tips for Your First Year in the Fitness Industry
The first year in a new career venture is – as expected - intimidating and filled with uncertainty, and starting out in the fitness industry [...]