Goal-setting is a powerful tool, if it is applied and executed appropriately. To help identify personal training goals with your clients, you must be adept…
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Category: Advice to Personal Trainers
Exercise And The Common Cold Conundrum
Do you “Starve a cold, Feed a fever”, vice versa, or neither? I’m a big believer in trying to increase fluids to help rid an ailing…
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Helping Female Clients Develop a Positive Body Image
The majority of our clients come to us because they want to improve some physical characteristics they deem “imperfect” or “unacceptable”. A large part of…
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Career Foundations for New Personal Trainers
The first step you take after becoming a certified personal trainer is an important one. It sets the stage for your career. Will you get…
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Finding an Ideal Personal Training Position
Where you begin personal training is often where you stay for awhile, so choose this place strategically and mindfully. There are many options for personal…
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How To Get Hired At a Private Fitness Studio and Succeed
What does it take to be part of a personal training team like the one at TrainSmarter in Birmingham, AL? I talked with Susan Finley the…
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Prevent Drowsy Driving by Staying Awake the Healthy Way
Exercise can save your life in more than one way. It prevents disease yes, but also enhances alertness when done properly and combined with good nutrition.…
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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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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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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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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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Hypertrophy…Of The Brain?
A brief glance in the mirror during a strength training session clearly reveals a fairly accurate picture of what is happening to the body with…
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