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…
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Category: Advice to Personal Trainers
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…
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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…
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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…
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What To Do When Fitness Clients’ Goals Aren’t Met
Setting goals is a necessary first step in the process of personal growth and achievement, and certainly integral to programming for personal training clients. But…
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Tips On Falling Safely And Injury-Free
There are valuable tools a personal trainer can add to a client’s repertoire that will improve overall functionality and resiliency, among which falling safely is…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month: What Personal Trainers Can Do
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, I thought I would marry my background in psychology with my experience as a personal trainer to address…
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Overcoming “Gymtimidation”: Boosting Fitness Client Confidence
“Gym-timidation” is a real phenomenon and occurs when a client feels uncomfortable in the gym, intensifying any personal insecurities. First-time exercisers may also feel uncomfortable…
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Combating Fitness Clients’ Negative Self-Talk
Our fitness clients frequently have negative thoughts about body image, performance, or even self-worth that may often manifest in negative words spoken. As personal trainers,…
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What Fitness Enthusiasts Want in a Fitness Professional
It’s easier for other fitness professionals to come up with the qualities that make a great personal trainer than to directly ask your clients (and…
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Five Fitness Phrases That Need To Go
Encouraging and motivating fitness clients with the “right” words go with the territory of being a health and fitness professional. While there are many inspiring…
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How To Handle Embarrassing Client Moments
We’ve all been there–your client does something he or she finds embarrassing and you must handle the moment with grace and aplomb. If you are…
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