Can You Be Too Health Obsessed?
Health is important, right? I don’t know anyone who would challenge that assertion. If we are healthy, we are more likely to be productive, active, [...]
Intermittent Fasting – Is it the right approach?
Intermittent fasting is growing in popularity for its purported benefits including improved insulin sensitivity, weight loss, managing hunger cues, and increased fat burning (and this [...]
What’s the Difference Between a Wellness Coach, Health Coach, and Personal Trainer?
Ever look at the job titles of each of these and wonder how they differ? Don’t all of these individuals do the same things and [...]
Talking to Your Clients About: Carbohydrates
Nutrition is an integral part of working with clients. It’s also often the biggest barrier keeping clients from achieving their goals. You, as the fitness [...]
2018 Nutrition Trends – What to Watch For
Some trends and popular practices from 2017 will continue their presence in the New Year (perhaps with greater emphasis than the year before). But, we [...]
What is a Ketogenic Diet?
Atkins Diet, South Beach, the Whole 30, Paleo and now Keto? What’s this all about? What does it mean and how can you educate your [...]
2018 Health and Fitness Trends
Keeping pace with health and fitness trends is at the heart of a passionate fitness professional. This industry is dynamic; always growing, forever evolving, and [...]
Why Client Screening and Assessment is Necessary
There’s a detailed process that personal trainers follow to screen, clear, and assess a client’s readiness to participate in physical activity. Depending on the certifying [...]
How to Get In-Home Personal Training Clients
Every personal trainer has a niche market. Some cater to the recreational gym-goer, while others travel to their clients. Becoming an in-home personal trainer is [...]
5 Statements Personal Trainers Should Never Say to their Clients
Personal trainers, like every other person on the planet, have their moments of making silly remarks or insensitive comments to their clients. We are [...]