From time to time, most people struggle with energy imbalances that keep them from functioning optimally. These imbalances can be displayed as boredom or tiredness,…
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Category: Certified Personal Trainers
Daniel Braun–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Daniel Braun is an NFPT Certified Personal Trainer and and a graduate of Lebanon Valley College with a BS in Exercise Science. He’s currently a…
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Temptation Bundling: How to Find Motivation to Exercise in Quarantine
Highly motivated individuals may have assumed that a global pandemic forcing them to stay home would be the perfect time to crush their fitness goals.…
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Virtual Training for At-Home Exercise: Adapting Workouts
Modifying exercises can be simple enough if you know what to look for. However, hosting virtual personal training sessions and then modifying exercises can seem…
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How Resilience Can Keep Clients Motivated During Quarantine
The textbook definition of resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity or a crisis…once it’s over. I got hung up on the second…
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May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Announcing some breaking news not revolving around the Coronavirus: this month, throughout the United States, we celebrate the importance of physical fitness. Don’t miss out…
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The Human Heart: Basic Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology for the Personal Trainer
The Human Heart: we all have one, but how fully do we understand their function? How necessary for certified personal trainers is this understanding to…
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Partner Workouts in the Virtual (or Social Distancing) World
Born out of necessity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual training sessions quickly became a saving grace in the fitness industry, and finding a way…
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Just One More
I remember a conversation I had with a bar owner a few years ago. I was in the bar for research purposes only, of course.…
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Benefits of a Barre Approach to Fitness
If you’re looking for an exercise approach that is easily implemented yet surprisingly challenging, I encourage you to explore adding barre workouts to your arsenal…
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Weighted Vests: Dressing For Fitness Success
The notion of wearing a weighted vest might occur to a fitness enthusiast for things like pushups and pullups, but what about for other goals?…
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Nerve Glides: Flossing Away Pain
Often we instruct our personal training clients to help work out muscular tension and pain with static or even dynamic stretching. When this doesn’t resolve…
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