Well, it’s that time of year again. Yes, there are presents and seeing family and pretty lights. But it is also when we release the…
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Holiday Travels and Your Fitness
Bill McGinnis is an NFPT-certified Master Fitness Trainer, and trains exclusively at the University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Field House on Galveston Island, TX.…
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BE the Resolution: Focus on People
What does “BE the resolution” really mean? It can certainly mean the obvious: A cliché type of saying we use to imply that you should…
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BE the Resolution: Patience is a Virtue
Patience my dear Watson! Continuing from Tuesday’s post, Focus on People, here’s another good saying: “Patience is a virtue”. I say it’s more like a…
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What’s the Role of a Certified Personal Trainer?
Understanding clearly the role of a certified personal trainer can help mold and shape the future of your career. Although questions like “Why do you…
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Making Certain Your Clients Can Understand You: Speak Their Language
“Alright Mrs. Parks”, the instructor begins, “When optimizing caloric expenditure and there is a consequent adipose tissue volume reduction during steady state aerobic exercise performance,…
READ MOREMaking Certain Your Clients Can Understand You: Using Analogies
Last week we discussed the importance of taking out all the scientific jargon when talking with your clients. It is easier for them to understand,…
READ MOREKeeping New Clients as a Personal Trainer
After 24 years in our business, and some 4,500 clients later, I still love every part of my job. I am always fully booked with…
READ MOREResearch Techniques for Personal Trainers
Being an effective personal trainer requires constant education. Exercise physiology and nutrition, which represent the core knowledge of an efficient personal trainer, have always been…
READ MOREResearch Techniques for Personal Trainers: Evaluating Scientific Journals
Last Wednesday we talked about some very basic research techniques to stay up-to-date in the fitness world. Today I’d like to discuss how to distinguish…
READ MORESenior Fitness is Job Security for Personal Trainers
Over the past 25 years in the Fitness profession, I’ve seen 95% of trainers not only have no older clients but also NEVER speak to…
READ MOREYour Duty as a Certified Personal Trainer
Joe American, 35 years old, wakes up one morning stretching and moaning, belching and farting. He firmly places both his hands on the bathroom sink…
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