How to Handle Difficult Clients
Most of the time we have different types of clients who are easy to work with, who try their best. There are many personality traits [...]
Grip Strength: Helping Your Client to Get a Grip
There’s more to getting a grip than just getting your act together. Strengthening grip is important in the fitness world, and often doesn't get the [...]
The Value of Sweating and Hydrating
Sweating is our body’s natural cooling system. It keeps our temperature in check working on an automatic internal thermostat. I like to think of our [...]
Cupid Countdown: How Trainers Can Teach Clients to Appreciate Their Bodies
Valentine’s Day is approaching and love is in the air. Love yourself. Love someone else. Either way, you can use exercise as your elixir. Instead [...]
Client Motivation: How Trainers Can Help
Who chooses a personal trainer and why? Most always, it’s someone motivated toward improvement. Whether it’s fitness, health, weight loss or an overall self-esteem booster, [...]
Recommending Proper Footwear for Fitness Clients
I’m often asked what brand of exercise shoe I prefer. While I’m loyal to ASICS, I know plenty of fans of Brooks, Adidas, Puma, Nike, [...]
Making Exercise Fun for Clients
We are all more likely to keep doing something if we enjoy it. As fitness professionals, we have already discovered the fun in exercise. Carry [...]
December Exercise Challenge for Clients
The holidays get crazy busy with hectic schedules. Clients stay on the run with holiday shopping, parties, and festivities. Maybe folks don’t eat like they [...]
The 10 Easiest Ways Your Client Can Add Activity
Wouldn’t it be great if our clients exercised religiously between training sessions? Unfortunately, many clients are short on time, but want to see results. Good [...]
Gym Fails Your Clients Can Avoid: Teaching Gym Etiquette
Gym fails are often the errors that make someone clearly appear not to know gym etiquette--the irritating things that gym-goers do that are out of [...]