Growing Your Personal Training Client-Base in New Ways

As a personal trainer, you need to be aware of all the opportunities that surround you. Especially if you want to be in this business for long. You have to tap into untapped markets to gain new clients, which means you might have to change up your approach. For trainers looking to branch out and […]

Bettering Yourself as a Personal Trainer this New Year

With the New Year comes New Year’s Resolutions. They are great opportunities to be introspective about ourselves and our lives. Where can we improve personal? Where can we improve business-wise? How can I become a better ‘me’? As a personal trainer, you should be making some resolutions as well. What can you do to become […]

Connective Tissue Training: Strengthening Tendons and Ligaments to Prevent Injury

Personal trainers are well-versed in working muscles, but what about the tendons and ligaments that hold the muscles to each other and to bone? These structures are just as important to consider and program for when training a client; neglecting them can lead to injury. What is connective tissue training, why is it important, and […]

NFPT 25 Years in the Making: Kane Kelly

We have many amazing affiliates that we got to work with and talk to on a daily basis. Most fitness professionals will stay in the personal training aspect of the industry from 3-5 years. Here at NFPT, we have been fortunate enough to have a bunch of trainers maintain their certification with us for 20 […]

Exercise of the Week: Bicep Concentration Curl (Straight Bar)

Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the front of your upper arm (biceps brachii – peak). The secondary muscles stressed are muscles in the forearm and the front of your shoulder. Starting Position Grip the bar in the designated position (wrists straight). Squat down until you can rest your […]

Utilizing National Running Day as a Personal Trainer

National Running Day is held annually on the first Wednesday in June. It is a day when runners everywhere declare their passion for running. Since 2009, the country’s foremost running organizations have worked together to celebrate running with thousands of participants on the first Wednesday of June. The purpose of the day is to take […]

Stop ‘Phubbing’ Your Personal Training Clients!

Just last week we posted an article about texting and tweeting while with your clients. We’ve come to learn that this is a pretty common practice and the wonderful world of “The Internet” has coined a phrase for this all-too-common travesty: “phubbing”. You’re probably asking yourself, “What the heck is phubbing?!” Phubbing is the act […]