What Every Fitness Professional Needs to Know About Addiction
As personal trainers, we have a unique opportunity to work behind the scenes of the worst drug epidemic in our country’s history. You can positively impact individuals in recovery by teaching them how to use fitness as a tool for sobriety. As a bonus you’ll help communities grow stronger by strengthening the individual parts. According to […]
What Every Fitness Professional Needs to Know About Addiction
As personal trainers, we have a unique opportunity to work behind the scenes of the worst drug epidemic in our country’s history. You can positively impact individuals in recovery by teaching them how to use fitness as a tool for sobriety. As a bonus you’ll help communities grow stronger by strengthening the individual parts. According to […]
Help Your Pregnant Clients Sleep Better
Disturbed sleep is a common pregnancy-related issue experienced by 78% of pregnant women. If your client is not getting enough sleep, it leads to other issues that could make her pregnancy uncomfortable and almost unbearable. Plus, immunity weakens, concentration becomes more difficult, and moods fluctuate when sleep deprived. Help your pregnant clients learn about better […]
How to Scale Your Personal Training Business with Online Marketing
If you are looking to scale up your Personal Training business, this article is right down your alley. There’s no doubt that you can only reach so many people while only performing offline promotion or no promotion at all. In fact, if you do a decent job at online marketing, 80-90% of your clients will […]
The Ultimate Definition Diet
Bodybuilders work out to develop their maximum possible muscular size. However, to look most impressive, they must strip off the fat in order to see the separation between various muscles. Before a competition, they alter their diet by eating less and even use drugs which can be carried to such extremes that their physical and mental health […]
Get Workout Variety With These Simple Goal Ideas
Goals are what keep many of us going. Goals can sometimes seem in short supply or like there is no more progression possible. I realized this when a former distance runner who completed several full marathons as well as some half marathons mentioned how goals were one of her motivations for running. Due to a […]
The Path of Least Training Resistance
Even when attempting to build strength and push one’s limits some people look for the easiest way to reach their goals. This isn’t really the point of exercise. It’s meant to be work and effortful. Exercise can also be enjoyable and fun, but, there needs to be a method to the “madness”. Are popular exercises […]
Understanding Charley Horses and Cramping During Exercise
There is more than one way to approach muscles cramps. Massage is one way to help relax the affected area. Nutrition is another avenue to explore when seeking to relieve the tension. What is a Charley Horse? A Charley Horse is a miscommunication in the body. It is defined by spontaneous cramps that jut unmistakable […]
The Balancing Act of a Certified Personal Trainer
Being balanced and teaching balance in life and in health is easier said than done. Here are some ideas on how to implement balanced practices for your clients. As personal trainers, we are there to help individuals reach their goals, we are accountability partners, motivators and many clients look at us as drill sergeants. We […]
Outdoor Old School Workout
Shake up the training session with an “old school” approach to exercise. This is a fun way to get your client moving and eliminate boredom from a repetitive routine, especially if the client and trainer have been together for a long time. Rather than hitting the gym, hit the playground. This Old School workout is […]