Kelly Bianco has been a high school teacher for 26 years and a NFPT personal trainer for the past 18 years. She has owned Bianco’s…
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Help Your Clients See Progress Off the Scale
Shifting your clients focus from weight to health can be challenging, but is possible. I know this to be true from my own exhausting and…
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4 Ways to Help Train Your Client for a Century Ride
Whether your client is one-and-done or if the plan is to do several centuries, there are things you can do to help their big day go…
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5 Ways to Enhance Rapport with Your Fitness Clients
Research has continually demonstrated that social support is a predictor of success in any behavior change program. You are a huge source of social support…
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Steal This Zero-Cost Boot Camp Routine
Keeping clients interested with little/no equipment might sound like a difficult thing to do, but really all you need is a solid routine, the great…
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Postpartum Fitness Goals – Guiding New Moms Toward Success
Although postpartum moms are generally cleared for activity after six weeks (longer for cesarean sections), the body has only begun to heal itself and work…
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Proper Form for Back Squat Exercise: Drop it like a Squat
Exercise Name & Target Muscle Group The back squat (commonly referred to as the squat) is a multi-joint compound resistance exercise that typically uses a…
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Personal Trainer Spotlight – Tim Kelly
Tim has been coaching, personal training and leading group exercise classes for over twenty-five years. In the mid 1980’s he was helping young men and women…
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How to Get Hired at a Personal Training Studio and Succeed
If you can make it through this hiring process then you’re set to work anywhere – for anyone! The path to a position and success…
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Developing Positive Body Image: Using Psychology in the Gym
One challenge you can expect to face in your career as a personal trainer will be the disparity between clients who feel very confident in…
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Pricing for Personal Training Services
How much should a personal trainer charge per hour? How do you set your pricing structure? You can position yourself to turn a profit better…
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Personal Trainer Spotlight – John Rutnik
I was Lead Fitness Trainer at Anytime Fitness in Rotterdam NY. The job was mixture of being a gym employee and an independent contractor as…
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