Different approaches to strength training can facilitate different body responses, especially when taking a closer look at hormone levels. Most personal training clients don’t realize…
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Why Most Dieting Advice Fails
As professional fitness trainers, we’ve either heard the same dieting advice or have been guilty of repeating these maxims over and over again. “Eat less…
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Heavy Metals In Protein Powders: Are They Safe to Consume Regularly?
Clients often seek out their personal trainers’ opinions on the best protein powder to consume following tough workouts. This seems like such a harmless and…
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How to Be a Micro-Influencer on Social Media
Personal trainers are well-educated fitness professionals committed to bettering the lives of their clients. But that’s just one dimension of a personal trainer’s skill set…
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Gunnar Walcavich–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Gunnar: brimming with grit, determination, enthusiasm and confidence. And all this he hopes to cultivate in his fitness clients. Gunnar is a professional boxer…
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Liability Waiver Forms and Your Legal Position as a Personal Trainer
No matter how great your passion for fitness is as a trainer and despite your best intentions some clients may become injured during exercise, making…
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Fueling For Success: Pre and Post Workout Meals
In an effort to maximize energy stores during a workout, and ensure adequate recovery post-workout, proper nutritional fueling provides the key to success. Knowledge in…
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Fasting and Exercise
There are a number of dedicated gym-goers who prefer to work out on an empty stomach, perhaps because they like working out early but don’t…
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The Pelvic Girdle: How Personal Trainers Gain a Deeper Understanding of Anatomy
It’s helpful for certified personal trainers to understand the bone structure and joints of the pelvic girdle given how much movement takes place through the…
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How to Perform a Sumo Squat with Lateral Hip Rotation
When it comes to lower body development, the squat reigns supreme for hitting all the large muscles at once, and adding squat variations to your…
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How to Perform a Goblet Squat
A Goblet Squat is a variation of a conventional squat that can be useful for most personal training clients, but especially those with certain limitations.…
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Tempo Training for Endurance, Hypertrophy, and Strength: Creative Progressive Overload
Tempo training is one creative approach to progressively overloading your clients when they get stuck or bored. As personal trainers and fitness enthusiasts, we know…
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