How many times during a day, week, month, or year, do you make decisions for your fitness business? The fitness industry is a fast-moving one…
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Category: Health Behaviors and Psychology
Coaching Fitness Clients Toward Behavior Change
The process of changing human behavior is challenging and complex given that it is an ongoing, nonlinear process influenced by a number of different factors…
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Mindset Shifts for Weight Loss Success
Putting in an hour at the gym two to three times per week is arguably the easiest part of trying to get fit. This is…
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Fears and Frights – Addressing Your Fitness Clients’ Biopsychosocial Barriers
October is traditionally a time for beers and fears, but while Bavarian festivals abound and horror movies play on loop, it’s easy to forget in…
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Sneezin’ Season: Should You Exercise When Sick?
Have you been suffering too many colds this season? Is your “healthy” exercise program compromising your immune system? Or is exercising while you are under…
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Harnessing the Power of Eustress
Stress, distress, eustress…These buzz words are getting attention right now, but how can they be leveraged and used to fuel your passion for…
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Scope of Practice for the Fitness Professional: Counseling Clients and Mental Health
Fitness clients aren’t just clients; they are individuals who are juggling many responsibilities and fulfilling multiple roles in their lives. It’s not unusual for a…
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Laws of Attraction: Scarcity vs. Abundance
One of the biggest things we face in our business is burnout as we try to reach the needs of many. We are faced with…
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How Naturopathic Medicine Can Alleviate Pain Or Chronic Symptoms
Naturopathic doctors can be an asset to a personal trainer’s network, especially when it comes to working with clients that suffer with chronic pain. Chronic…
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Alleviating Clients’ Holiday Guilt
This time of year is notoriously harried, fraught with culinary delights, and sparse on physical exertion–for most, that is. We’ve certainly accounted for the…
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Healthy New Year Resolutions With a Twist
As personal trainers we’ve probably all heard this resolution 1,00 times over: “I want to be healthier this year,” but what exactly does that mean? …
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How to Make New Year Goals a Reality
Setting goals of any kind during the start of a new year is exciting, but creating a plan for success and following through is a…
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