Soft Skills Every Personal Trainer Needs
All personal trainers must possess a solid foundational knowledge of exercise science, biomechanics, exercise physiology, anatomy, safety, and program design. But what about those less [...]
5 Tips for Conducting Your First Virtual Personal Training Session
As a result of a global pandemic, the health and fitness industry was forced to make swift changes in the way its professionals serve and [...]
8 Valuable Fitness Client Relationship Builders
Even if a health and fitness professional knows the science inside and out, it means very little if that professional is unable to build solid, [...]
The Dark Side of Food and Fitness Tracking
Tracking steps, physical activity, food consumption, and water intake offers a great self-monitoring approach. Fortunately, there are multiple fitness tracking devices and free apps on [...]
Helping Your Fitness Clients Handle Stress Binging
The COVID-19 pandemic hit our world and industry with an unexpected force. As a result, most businesses/jobs found ways to work remotely as social distancing [...]
Consequences of a Low-Carb Intake
Personal trainers need to be prepared to properly educate their clients on all things fitness and nutrition-related, given the amount of misinformation and fad diets [...]
A 25 Minute No-Equipment Workout for Your Fitness Clients
A workout doesn’t have to be lengthy or involve expensive equipment to be effective, fun, and functional. There are times when a no-equipment bodyweight workout [...]
Unintended Consequences of “Clean Eating” for Fitness Clients
"Clean eating" has become yet another fitness buzz phrase as of late. I frequently hear statements such as “how do I eat clean?” or “I [...]
Six Factors that Affect Health Separate from Body Size or Weight
When weight loss is the only goal for a fitness client, it’s natural for them to focus solely on the number on the scale. It's [...]
How to Leverage NEAT to Help Fitness Clients Burn More Calories Throughout the Day
Teaching clients how to leverage NEAT may be the missing piece to the puzzle of weight loss they have been searching for. Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis [...]