Many clients are caught in a cycle of losing and gaining weight, also called yo-yo dieting, making weight maintenance a major hurdle. Yo-yo dieting can…
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How to Conduct a Quality Personal Training Consultation
The beginning of the year brings a flood of new gym enthusiasts, which means trainers are up to their ears in new member consultations. This…
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How to Do a Close-Grip Bench Press for Powerful Triceps
A close-grip bench press is a variation of a standard bench press that creates a different challenge for our personal training clients. When conjuring up…
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Mind, Body, Spirit: Breathwork and Meditation Anchor Overall Wellness
We are a large community of coaches who adopt different approaches and each offering a different primary focus. We all interconnect fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle…
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Good News for Runners: It’s Good for Your Knees
The sport of running has always carried with it the stereotype that it might damage one’s knees. New research aims to change that perception, suggesting…
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Designing a Functional Push-Up Routine
Push-ups feel so good. The work to your shoulders, arms, and back all the while working your core, toning glutes, lengthening our chronically tight iliopsoas/hip…
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Understanding Heart Rate Variability Training and How To Use It With Fitness Clients
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) training utilizes today’s available technology to assess a heart metric that can provide valuable information about how a client or athlete…
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Scope of Practice for the Personal Trainer: Goal Setting
Goal setting is an important aspect of personal training and the client-trainer relationship. Setting goals is crucial as they outline a road map of where…
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Legal and Ethical Scope of Practice for Personal Trainers: A Primer on Professional Conduct
With the lines of health and fitness professionals, including certified personal trainers, being continually blurred with all the cross-over, synergy, and holistic education programs/niches available,…
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Is Your Libido Losing to Your Workouts?
The majority of avid exercisers make the mistake of monitoring muscle soreness when deciding whether their bodies are ready for yet another tough workout. However,…
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The Success Triad: A 3D Approach to Setting Fit Pro Business Goals
At the start of a new year, as fit pros, we support our current list of clients to renew their goals. We encourage potential new…
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Helping Athletes Recover From Overtraining Syndrome
Personal trainers may occasionally work with clients who consistently push themselves too hard and too frequently. The ramifications of this habitual body-battering are far-reaching. An…
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