List people you trained or mentors/teachers as references. If you have none, it’s time to start personal training friends and family to build experience. Offer them…
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NFPT Trainer John Starts an in-home Gym
After the gym I worked at closed I took a job at a preschool as a maintenance man. I let my ISSA certs expire. I…
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How to Get Hired at a University Fitness Center and Succeed
I received a forwarded email from Alexia Cervantes in regards to our UCSD Personal Training staff/program. I currently supervise our personal training staff and have…
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Assessing Cardiovascular Risk with Fitness Clients
Prioritizing and investigating clients’ health history according to recent research and recommendations to minimize risk and identify potential unknown risk factors is part of the…
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2. My Top 3 Recovery Tools (No batteries required)
– Sure, everyone and their grandma has a massage gun, but this is all about Kinesiology Tape, Gumdrops, and Myofascial Rollers– Lacrosse balls are for…
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Risks Associated With Excessive Weight Loss
The idea of rapid weight loss can be tempting. For many, the prospect of strict short-term restrictions seems more achievable than committing to long-term, sustainable…
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Fitness Assessments: How To Do Client Intake Sessions
Any personal training or fitness coach relationship will start with a comprehensive fitness assessment. Conducting a great fitness assessment, or client intake session, is a…
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Maximizing Hypertrophy With Tempo
If you have been in the fitness field for a while, it’s likely you’ve seen (or prescribed) strength training sets with four numbers associated with…
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Fat vs CHO vs PRO
The Macronutrient, Fat tends to get a bad rap. One of the main reasons for this is because 1g Fat =9 calories whereas 1g of…
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Coaching Body Awareness for Personal Training Clients: A Secret to Success
What has helped me to be successful as a coach from the beginning of my 20+ years career as a personal trainer, despite inexperience or…
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