What Personal Training Style Gets the Best Results?
Every personal trainer has his or her own personal training style, or typical approach, taken with clients, or perhaps, each trainer takes a different approach with each client based on differing needs and expectations. So how do you know what kind of approach will work with a particular client? Tough Love? “Is that all you’ve […]
What Happens When the Shot Stops? Coaching Clients Beyond GLP-1 Use
There’s a question more and more personal trainers are starting to hear at the end of a training session or over coffee after a client has achieved remarkable progress: “What happens when I stop taking the shot?” The “shot,” of course, refers to a GLP-1 receptor agonist. Whether it’s semaglutide, liraglutide, or tirzepatide, these medications […]
Igniting the Passion: Forging Fitness and Health Initiatives for Firefighters
Firefighters spend their days and nights carrying out one of the most vital of all community services: saving lives and saving the homes in which we live. However, many of these professionals fail to realize the potential incendiary health problems simmering within their own bodies. In this article, we will delve into the appropriate fitness […]
Finding Life’s Balance to Avoid Professional Burnout
In just about any aspect of life, dealing with high stress levels on a daily basis can generate a plethora of physical and emotional symptoms. Professional athletes, and even elite athletes at the recreational level, will at some point experience how overtraining aligns with a deterioration of immune function, increased negative emotions and overwhelming fatigue. […]
Future-Proofing the Workforce: Why Strength Training is the Next Frontier in Faculty and Corporate Wellness
It’s time to be honest about the future of workplace wellness. As faculty members face mounting cognitive demands and corporate professionals navigate digital fatigue and chronic stress, most institutional wellness programs remain anchored to outdated paradigms—step-counting, meditation apps, and hydration reminders. While helpful, these interventions have become the low-hanging fruit of wellness programming. They’re easy […]
Stevie-Lauren Pepple–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet NFPT-CPT Stevie-Lauren Pepple, another shining example of how much someone can accomplish before turning 21! She is 20 years old from Angola, Ind., and a full-time student at Purdue University Fort Wayne, slated to graduate in spring 2023. There, she is studying Elementary Education and plans to use her degree to become a Physical […]
Fitness Client Retention: 5 Reasons Clients Quit
Turning paying fitness clients into staying clients requires as much finesse as it does the appropriate application of science. Just because you get the client in the door or on the screen, is not a guarantee that they will stay with you for the long haul. Client retention is an important nonscience, human skill you […]
Post-Pandemic Gym Modification Rundown
For our clients who have experience working out in fitness centers pre-pandemic, they will likely see modifications since the pandemic. Trainers can assist clients with navigating through these new changes. During the pandemic, most gyms closed temporarily or, unfortunately for many, permanently. As the doors have started opening on those who had temporary closings, things […]
The Versatile Stability Ball
The stability ball, also known as a Swiss ball, physio ball, balance ball, or even Yoga ball, is a versatile piece of exercise equipment. While most gyms have a supply of them, it’s handy to have one at home. To be sure clients purchase the right type, there are a few things trainers can mention […]
Re-establishing Boundaries and Setting New Policies
Having policies in place as a fitness professional is vital to establishing boundaries early on when working with a client. But oftentimes, we learn as we go and don’t realize the need for a specific policy or boundary until something happens. In other cases, enforcement of these policies is loosened over time and longtime clients […]