What a pretentious title, huh? What could possibly be so important that it is the most important thing to tell your personal training clients? Is…
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The Oft Overlooked Exercise Sliders
Exercise sliders, or sometimes called gliders, may appear underwhelming, perhaps overlooked on the gym racks, but are surprisingly versatile. This simple, lightweight duo can revolutionize…
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Mindset Over Everything
Mindset Over Everything You have probably heard a runner say that the miles you run is not the difficult part – it’s having…
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Supporting Fitness Clients through Lapses and Relapses
The journey of behavior change is a nonlinear process and clients progress and regress through several stages as they grapple with adopting new lifestyle behaviors…
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Medical Fitness Centers: Merging Fitness With Health Care
As more medical professionals recognize the importance of lifestyle in maintaining optimal health, a push toward blended approaches to wellness, medical fitness if you will,…
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Hernia Healing: Start With Prevention
Each year, hernias affect more than 5 million Americans. Unfortunately, many individuals either choose to self-diagnose/treat or ignore the symptoms, both of which can have…
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Fitness Product Development: How to Make Your Invention a Reality
You think you’ve come up with the next best fitness equipment sensation. Where do you even start to make your fitness product come to life?…
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Velocity Based Training: An Advanced Strength and Conditioning Technique
Velocity based training is a valuable tool for fitness professionals and advanced athletes seeking that ever-changing competitive edge or to enhance workouts for our daily…
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Accountability Coaching: An Additional Revenue Stream
Our world is still all topsy-turvy, even with gyms re-opening and many states attempting to resume life-as-usual, despite the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Personal…
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The Bear Crawl Does it All
The focus of the most effective training program personal trainers design should be on the movement, not the muscles. This is why you might see…
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Five Nutrition Mistakes Your Clients Could Be Making
To say our fitness clients are bombarded with multiple and often conflicting “healthy eating” messages would be a gross understatement. The topic of nutrition is…
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Mask Hygiene Guidelines
Face coverings, masks, layered cloth, or thin cotton…wear them or not? I’m not going to get into that debate for this blog. For many, the…
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