Boosting Your Confidence in the First Year as a Personal Trainer
It can be intimidating starting a new career and especially the first year of being a certified personal trainer. It may be helpful to take [...]
Eliminating Barriers for Clients Who Say They Don’t Have Time For Fitness
At some point, almost every client may use the excuse "I don't have time for exercise," and every fitness professional should be prepared to handle [...]
Women’s Bodybuilding Categories: Choosing the Best Competitive Division
For anyone who still believes that fitness is a male-dominated sport, you may suggest they attend a bodybuilding competition and take a gander at the [...]
What is Mobility and Why Does it Matter?
If you’ve been in the world of fitness more than 10 minutes, you’ve most likely heard the terms mobility, stability and flexibility thrown around a [...]
Top 10 Ways to “UN” Motivate Your Clients
In celebration of this UN-holiday, I thought it appropriate to share a top 10 list of how to best UNmotivate personal training clients! The goal [...]
NFPT Blog March 2019 Favorites
March ushered in more than just spring-- our blogs this month hit the hot topics of anatomy, mobility, taxes and research! Do those buzzwords not [...]
Mindfulness Challenge: Better Connect with Yourself and Your Clients
For clients and trainers alike, working out is often a time to disconnect from the outside world and reconnect to the moment by tuning into [...]
5 Tips on How to Critique Fitness Articles and Research
It can be mind-numbing for a fitness professional to know how to critique and draw conclusions from the constant barrage of information we are exposed [...]
Yoga Essentials for Fitness Professionals
Personal trainers can incorporate yoga into a fitness program and more easily navigate the many asanas (yoga poses) by studying the history and essence [...]
NFPT Blog February 2019 Favorites
The shortest, coldest month of the year just might be the hottest on the NFPT blog. From folks getting fired up about ketogenic controversy to [...]