When anticipating a morning workout, the timing of nutrient intake ranks as one of the most hotly debated issues in fitness. Whether one exercises in…
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Category: Advice to Personal Trainers
Real-Life Skills Transfer to Personal Training
Transferable skills refer to those actions that we can apply across various industries and roles. Whether we acquire these skills from working in another gym,…
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5 Fitness Myths That Need to Die
As with any field of study there are overstatements, assumptions, misinterpretations of evidence and science, and general “flabby facts”. Fitness myths related to nutrition, exercise,…
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The Difference Between Pain and Discomfort
“That hurts!” We’ve likely all heard our clients express some experience of pain or discomfort. They might say an exercise hurts, or that it is…
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The Customer Journey: What is It and How Can It Boost Your Business?
When marketing your business, it is essential to understand that there is a beginning, middle, and future of your client’s experience with you. In order…
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Five Things Never to Say to a Personal Trainer
If you’ve been in the fitness industry long enough, you may field questions that would make any professional bristle. The following gems may seem somewhat…
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Diet Culture Lies Debunked
Diet culture is loud. It’s pervasive. It’s promoted and celebrated by individuals who are (mostly) not heavily credentialed and who make a linear connection between…
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The Magnitude of Experience: What We Can’t Learn in Books
Studying and passing exams, getting our continuing ed creds, and completing extra certs are all a part of our jobs as personal trainers. There’s one…
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How Toxins Can Cause Cellular Damage
Cellular energy is a must for athletic performance. Challenges to cellular energy include medications, work-every-day, and environmental toxins. Health depends on restoring cellular integrity and…
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How to Support Cellular Health: The Five “R’s”
Materials in our environment can have an alarming impact on our health: our food, our water, even home and personal care products all might be…
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5 Tactics to Get Fitness Clients Excited to Move
Motivation changes from day-to-day. Our clients (and we) all experience dips in motivation and there are days we just “don’t feel it”. That’s ok. It’s…
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Rules of Workout Programming that Social Media “Fit-fluencers” Don’t Know
Oh, the world of social media. There’s great content out there, but there’s also a lot of flabby science and quackery. Mostly, it’s promoted by…
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