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Time Off: When Clients Return from a Break in Fitness

By Keleigh Hall|April 20th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Client Relationships, Exercise Programming|

Your client took time off and it was more than they intended, one week turned into two, two weeks turned into a month and all [...]

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Oxidative Stress: Fighting the Free Radical Damage

By Cathleen Kronemer|April 16th, 2021|2021 June Self Test, Advice to Personal Trainers, CEC Articles, Physiology|

Both scientific and anecdotal evidence consistently indicates that more active individuals tend to experience greater longevity and a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, [...]

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Meal Prepping For Success

By Cathleen Kronemer|April 9th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Nutrition|

Prudent planning ensures the best possible outcome when embarking upon affordable, nutritious and tasty meal prep. The time invested pays off tenfold! Follow these steps [...]

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Hints for Beginner Clients to Maximize Training

By Kim Becknell Williams|April 5th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Client Relationships|

Beginning clients usually don’t know what to expect with training sessions. They invest their time, their money, and their energy. Why not get the most [...]

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Avoiding Burnout – Know When It’s Time to Take a Break

By Erin Nitschke|April 2nd, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers|

Fitness professionals are astutely aware of the need to program rest days for their clients, but how likely are they to do the same for [...]

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Chew on This: Why Mastication is Important for Fitness Clients

By Shay Vasudeva|March 22nd, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Nutrition|

For most people, the topic of mastication is about as sexy as watching Phoenix grass grow in the summer! But there may be more relevance [...]

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Themed Training Sessions

By Kim Becknell Williams|March 17th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Exercise Programming|

Themed training sessions provide a refreshing way to manage training sessions. Essentially, leg day is a theme, but this is totally different approach. It changes [...]

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6 Personal Training Myths

By Erin Nitschke|March 6th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Personal Training Business|

As with any profession, there are misconceptions and misperceptions of what it’s like to actually be a professional in a specific field. It’s easy to [...]

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5 Things Worth Tracking for Fitness Clients

By Erin Nitschke|March 5th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers|

Fitness clients want to see progress; that’s often why they seek the services of an exercise professional. Progress means different things to each client (and [...]

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Training For Longevity

By Andrew Gavigan|March 1st, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Exercise Programming, Health Behaviors and Psychology, Injury Prevention and Treatment, Special Populations|

Of the many varied, personal, functional, and subjective goals that our clients strive for, we generally hear “strength”, “fat loss”, or “performance”. But of equal [...]

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