Adrienne Ione–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Adrienne Ione, an NFPT-certified personal trainer residing in Tacoma, WA and serving the global community as a dedicated and curious geriatric integrative health practitioner. As a dementia consultant, personal trainer, trauma-informed yoga therapist, and health psychologist, she is passionate about the well-being of people ages 65 and older. When she is not working with […]
Stacey Mercure–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Stacey Mercure, a passionate fitness enthusiast with a remarkable journey spanning 21 years as a dedicated NFPT trainer. At the age of 53, she defied age stereotypes by becoming a competitive NPC Wellness Competitor. Her love for fitness led her to open her own fitness studio in 2006, where she continues to inspire and […]
Personal Trainer Social Media Incentive Program: How to Engage Your Clients
I just came across this great idea that will help increase referrals, and boost your social media campaign at the same time. It’s fun and the best part is your clients do most of the work for you. It’s called a social media contest. How It Works Get your clients to spread the good word […]
How to (Realistically) Change Careers and Become a Full-Time Personal Trainer
Transitioning to your new career in personal training from your current, full-time, bill-paying job doesn’t have to be as threatening as, say, walking a tightrope. But, there are some things that make tightrope-walking a proper metaphor for a career switch. In the move from one side the the other, both tasks need to be performed […]
How to (Realistically) Change Careers and Become a Full-Time Personal Trainer
Transitioning to your new career in personal training from your current, full-time, bill-paying job doesn’t have to be as threatening as, say, walking a tightrope. But, there are some things that make tightrope-walking a proper metaphor for a career switch. In the move from one side the the other, both tasks need to be performed […]
The NFPT Blog is Moving! (Re)Introducing PersonalTrainerToday.com
If you’re an NFPT-certified personal trainer, hopefully this is not the first time you’re reading a published blog article! Chances are you’ve utilized NFPT’s totally FREE CEC resources, which include educational, research-backed articles published for all, right here on the NFPT website. After reading our curated health and fitness-related articles, our trainers are encouraged to […]
Moment Arms in Exercise: An Idiot’s Guide to the Physics of Movement
For those of you who read the word “physics” and still opened this blog, I applaud you for being willing to challenge the breadth of your knowledge to learn a little more about how resistance forces impact the exercise selection for your clients. And if you’re not certified, but thinking you might want to become […]
Understanding Hip Rotation and Abduction
Those pesky ball-and-socket joints going every which way can really confuse matters of movement, even for personal trainers, can’t they? The hip, like the shoulder, can move in all planes of motion powered by any number of the 17 muscles that are responsible for its joint actions (21 if you break up the three major […]
Active and Passive Insufficiency–2 Concepts That Makes A Good Personal Trainer Great
The terms active and passive insufficiency are buzzwords in the fitness world as of late and for good reason: understanding the implications will help every personal trainer program exercises that are more efficient and less injurious. Both active and passive insufficiency are functional states that occur in multi-joint muscles only. Think about these muscles and […]