Motivating Yourself Along With Your Clients: Two Sides of The Same Coin
A large part of being a coach/personal trainer is keeping your clients motivated, but motivating yourself to remain a vigilant and inspiring trainer is just…
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Leadership and Enthusiasm Make the Difference
As a personal trainer, you are constantly in a fishbowl. Your actions, appearance, and mannerisms, both in and out of the gym, are studied closely.…
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Exercise Prescription and Healthcare Professionals
Personal trainers hold the power to change lives. We embrace this fulfilling experience time and again by observing how introducing a healthier lifestyle to new…
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The Nutrisense Tool: Monitoring Blood Sugar
When it comes to helping clients get results that benefit them physically and mentally, it takes more than a discussion about calories in versus calories…
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Michele G Rogers – NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Michele G Rogers, NFPT-CPT, has a dynamic and ever-evolving presence in the fitness industry. She is NFPT’s new blog editor and publisher, she coaches clients,…
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The Key to Motivation: How to Keep Personal Training Clients Going
Motivation is a key ingredient in a personal training client’s program adherence. If a client is motivated to adhere to a program, he or she…
READ MORERetaining Your Personal Training Clients
When considering marketing strategies, it is all too easy to get caught up with attracting new clients. But, you will do a huge disservice to…
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Redirecting Non-compliant Clients
To a large extent, our daily lineup of clients often dictates our frame of mind. While we strive to uphold professionalism and treat each person…
READ MOREFitting Exercise into the Workday
Many people have long workdays – in many instances bookended by long commutes – making it a challenge to devote time just to exercising on some days.
READ MOREDon’t Fear the Weight Room
Some women still fear the weight room. The existing myth is that women who lift weights will end up with big bulky muscles and look too manly. Ideas like this are giving resistance training a bad name. We as trainers have to remember that men and women are physiologically different in the fact that the increase in muscle mass that is acquired by men is due to testosterone. Yes, women secrete and deliver testosterone just like men do, but at much lower rates and volume. This allows for women to build tone lean muscle and increase metabolism to enhance weight loss.
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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Jarrod Lacy–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Jarrod Lacy, a 29-year-old husband and father hailing from Pueblo, CO. Jarrod is a proud college graduate, former all-American, and a 2014 Division 2…
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