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 clients to get started on theirs. We know and have a sense of what they expect from us. This should also queue us to look at our own business goals […]

Tour the Grocery Store with Your Clients

Personal trainers and fitness coaches need not limit themselves to guidance in the gym alone. Opportunities to encourage lifestyle changes for our clients are vast! As health professionals, we may take for granted the healthy habits that are part and parcel of our daily routines. This may not be so for the average client. Taking […]

Trying Tai Chi: A Novel Approach to Staying Active at Home

With all that’s going on courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures like quarantine and fitness facility closures to ‘flatten the curve’ or slow its spread, have you considered at-home movement as a way to de-stress?  One way to do this is T’ai Chi Chuan (pronounced “tie chee chuwan”). Sometimes this practice is referred to […]

Prevent the Quarantine 15: Help Clients Avoid Weight Gain During Lockdown

When stress strikes and stay-at-home orders turn worlds and fitness goals upside down, it can become far too easy to loosen our normal standards of nutrition and exercise. We are more likely to buy more food with each grocery store order and visit to cut down on the frequency of leaving the house and probably […]

How Resilience Can Keep Clients Motivated During Quarantine

The textbook definition of resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity or a crisis…once it’s over.  I got hung up on the second part: Once it’s over. Probably because we are in a crisis right now and it’s NOT over yet. Having said that, resilience can be tapped into during a crisis or […]

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 decision’s been made by the powers that be. Here in Phoenix and many other states and localities, face coverings have been mandated. As such, there are specific rules and regulations […]

Fitness Masks for Fit Pros and Our Clients

With face covering mandates or recommendations pretty much standard across the board, how can we guide our clients into the healthiest approach to balance exercise and viral spread? If you haven’t seen them yet, fitness masks have hit the market alongside the various incarnations of face coverings to appeal to wide audiences. But are they […]

Blue Blockers to Prevent Eye Strain

Fitness trends come and go. Early on, I thought Virtual Personal Training was going to be one of those. But with many states still under shelter-in-place orders and continual advances in technology, it appears this is one trend is here to stay. With it may come a new host of problems to combat, such as […]

Acupuncture and Athletes

As a fit pro, I’m always looking for options my clients can use to keep them in great health in order to reach their fitness and wellness goals. I’ve recently started officially studying Acupuncture and am looking so forward to becoming a practicing Acupuncturist to further be of service to my clients. For those only […]

Turning Client Objections into Opportunities

As fit pros, we’ve all read the part in the NFPT Personal Trainer manual that advises us on how to overcome client objections, right? If we are successful, we’ve honed these skills in the field and pivoted away from using the word “objection” and instead, view such barriers as opportunities. These are opportunities to: Practice […]