Why The Psoas Is Significant
The terms "psoas" and "hip flexor" are common jargon in the health and fitness world, but getting an intimate handle on the specifics may help [...]
How to Avoid Toxic Positivity when Communicating with Fitness Clients
Establishing rapport is the first step towards developing successful and sustainable relationships with fitness clients. Rapport indicates a mutual trust and respect is present within [...]
How To Create a Supportive Fitness Community
Social support provided by friends, family and peers is a significant predictor of success in the achievement of health and fitness goals. For our clients [...]
Buddy Benefits – The Pros and Cons of Exercising with Others
National Friendship Day is this week! Having life long friends and community connections has numerous proven health benefits. Likewise exercising and participating in strenuous activities [...]
NFPT Blog July 2019 Favorites
We got a bit technical this month at the NFPT, exploring the osteokinematics (how the bones move around the joints) of text neck and hip [...]
Intuitive Eating: The Anti-Diet
Perhaps the answer to difficult weight loss rests in not dieting at all. Novel concept? No, not really. But you wouldn't know it today with [...]
To Belt or NOT to Belt?
As a former queen of "ab day", having taught 30 minute abs-only classes and putting out a 30 minute video called "Ab Shredder", I may [...]
PRP Therapy: How It Works and Why I Tried It
What exactly is PRP Therapy and how did it come about? You may recall from the first article in this series, that PRP stands for [...]
Why Most Dieting Advice Fails
As professional fitness trainers, we’ve either heard the same dieting advice or have been guilty of repeating these maxims over and over again. “Eat less [...]
Content Creation Hacks for Personal Trainers
Social media is the way to connect with people these days, especially if you desire to expand your professional presence. It’s free. It’s varied. It’s [...]