Health and physical assessments are integral to the personal training experience. When working with clients, it is not possible to overcommunicate or overprepare – especially…
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Tackling Fall Time Change and Sleep Habits
Clock time is changed by one hour, twice a year in 70 countries and most of the states in the U.S. By turning the clocks…
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How Fit Pros Can Leverage Commitment Devices to Promote Healthy Behaviors
Committing to a healthy lifestyle delivers its obvious benefits that most won’t argue with, yet most of our fitness clients wrestle with this commitment daily.…
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Christina Irwin–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Christina Irwin, NFPT-CPT and NFPT Fitness Nutrition Specialist, 58 years young, a mother of four, and a fitness studio owner. In addition to her…
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6 Tips for Supporting Personal Training Clients During the Holidays (Plus Bonus Challenge!)
The holiday season often means one thing to most clients: “avoiding weight gain” or “not losing the progress I’ve made.” As personal trainers, we see…
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Training Load, Injury, and Athletic Performance: Mastering the Trifecta
When training an athlete toward peak/competitive performance whether post-rehabilitation or from current ability, training load must exceed capacity. With carefully planned increases in load, the…
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How Personal Trainers Can Handle Injured Clients Return to Exercise
As trainers, a lot of our work involves doing all we can to prevent injuries from occurring. Unfortunately, injuries still happen both under our watch…
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Outdated Nutrition Advice Personal Training Clients Should Ignore
Personal trainers can clearly see how trends in nutrition come and go as swiftly as trends in fashion. A quick internet search or social media…
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Supporting Senior Clients: Cultivating a Sense of Belonging
As fitness professionals, supporting senior clients with the skills and tools at our disposal is an important obligation. It is vital that we help our…
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5 Strategies to Improve Workouts for Our Fitness Clients
Just as we can become bored with our own workout programs, our clients can, too! It’s important to keep things fresh, fun, and innovative –…
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Is Your Client an “Active Couch Potato”?
Through dedicated data collection, research professionals have arrived at distinct categories of “exercisers” within our population. As we might predict, the subtle variations in their…
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