Using Technology to Empower Your Fitness Business
Whether you’re just starting or you’ve been at it for years, fitness technology—and the many trends associated with it—has created a fiercely competitive landscape for [...]
7 Tips to Reduce Swelling After Running a Marathon
There’s no denying that the fitness prep for a marathon is challenging. However, often it’s the aftereffects of a race that catch up with a [...]
Fitness Age Gauges for Older Clients
Medicare-aged folks comprise a notable and possibly growing segment of our NFPT clientele. Their calendar years may or may not reflect “gym or fitness age.”1 [...]
Fitness Product Development: How To Make Your Invention A Reality
You think you've come up with the next best fitness equipment sensation. Where do you even start to make your fitness product come to life? [...]
Intermittent Fasting: Choosing the Best Approach
It’s no secret that the health and fitness community is fraught with misinformation and fad diets. Most people are looking for an elusive miracle diet, [...]
Jumping Rope: Benefits and Implementation
Whether you're looking to expand your personal training repertoire or want to offer group fitness clients more options, or maybe just want a way to [...]
How Different Sources of Protein Function in Protein Powders
It sounds simple enough. People want to add a protein powder to their daily routine in order to supplement their protein intake. So buy a [...]
Working Out At Home: Creating an Environment for Success
With gym closures and social distancing protocols in place nationwide, worldwide, working out at home has become the only solution. Virtual fitness classes and living [...]
PNF and Assisted Stretching Therapy Benefits
Personal trainers can employ many different training techniques to boost performance, improve strength and flexibility, mold appearance, and prevent injury. Learning as many techniques as [...]
Shin Splits: Why Your Lower Legs May Hurt and What to Do
Shin splints, or as it is clinically referred to, medial tibial stress syndrome, affects one percent of the population per year, but what is it? [...]