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NFPT Live: How Sleep Deprivation and Disorders Affect Fitness – Ep 34
Quality of sleep is crucial for exercise to be beneficial. Just like eating right is critical for weight loss. Hone in on your client’s sleep…
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How to Break Client’s Momentum in Strength Training
“Cheating” with momentum while strength training may feel appropriate in the moment, but ultimately you are only cheating yourself out of long-term gains. As personal trainers,…
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Improve Client Flexibility With This Yoga Series
This 15-minute yoga series will do wonders for your clients. It targets every major muscle group and joint in the body. As professionals in the…
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Coaching the Low Compliance Client
If you’re in the fitness business, you know that clients’ traits, personalities, and abilities vary as much as the styles and philosophies of personal training.…
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Try This Full Body Workout With Your Training Clients
Address most of your clients’ needs with this full body workout. Anyone doing three days or less per week of strength training and most of the…
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NFPT Live: How to Get Energy Naturally – Ep 35
Exercise is a great way to boost energy – unless, you don’t have the energy or motivation to exercise in the first place. Elevate the…
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Flexibility Training is a Must for Personal Training Clients
We’ve all been there, working with a client who claims they’ve never been able to touch their toes. We’ve all done the internal wince, imagining…
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Three Phase Fat Loss Workout
When I turned 50 I decided to get back in good shape. I created a program that allowed me to go from my starting weight…
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Women and Weightlifting: The Good, The Bad, and the Truth
Knowing how to approach women and weightlifting can be viewed as a niche skillset in the fitness industry. Many women still fear building “muscle” when…
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Training Clients With Down Syndrome: A Mutually Rewarding Experience
Inclusion programs offered at gyms and community centers nationwide are gaining recognition as successful tools of empowerment for individuals with special needs. Down Syndrome, or…
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John Hughes – Personal Trainer Spotlight
John Hughes shifted from the shipping and receiving industry to fitness after his father got ill and he saw the personal benefits of an exercise…
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