Helping Clients Handle the Busyness of December
The last month of the year is upon us and it will be good to see this year from a rearview mirror. As we navigate through December, most of us face cooler weather, holidays, food indulgence, and celebrations (most likely scaled down due to the pandemic). Regardless, it is a month of busyness– perhaps the […]
Dominique Gruber–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Dominique Gruber! She is an NFPT trainer who grew up on the West Coast of Canada and now resides in the mountains of Montana. Here she enjoys trail running, skiing, riding horses, and exploring. Dominique is passionate about postpartum recovery and home fitness. As a mom of three young kids, a wife and a […]
Kicking COVID-19 Illness: How to Handle and Recover from SARS-CoV-2
As the majority of Americans are at risk of coming in contact with COVID-19 we all may ask ourselves, “How will my body respond if I get sick with COVID-19?”. While no one can predict exactly how the COVID-19 illness (SARS-CoV-2) will present itself in each individual, I would like to share my experience as […]
Pandemic Pivoting Tips from NFPT’s 2021 Spotlighted Personal Trainers
We’ve all seen the meme by now: “The moment you realize 2022 is really 2020, too”. I prefer to go into this new year with a bit more optimism and appreciation for some of the good things that came out of 2021. Like, getting to know some of our rockstar NFPT trainers and getting insights […]
Chris Person–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Chris Person, a veteran NFPT-CPT of 15 years. Chris is evidence that a formal college degree is far from necessary to guarantee professional success. Having not been the high school jock, he likes to describe himself as an adult-onset fitness enthusiast. When he quit some self-destructive habits at 31 years old, he needed something […]
5 Career Options for Certified Personal Trainers
For many starting out or considering a career in personal training, the perception that career options are limited to box-gym coaching still persists despite opportunities for fitness professionals to spread their wings into a number of different areas and venues. Contrary to what many think, certified personal trainers are found in a variety of settings […]
Become an Education Partner
Become an Education Partner Prepare fitness enthusiasts with the tools to embark on a new career. By adding NFPT’s easy-to-access educational materials to your existing program, you can provide your students the benefit of a highly regarded program and the potential of earning a certification to launch their fitness journey. What Your Students Get Students […]
Fitness Marketing: Building a Personal Brand that Resonates Today’s Clients
The concept of fitness branding involves defining and communicating what makes a personal trainer or coach’s approach to health and movement distinctive and unique. A fitness brand combines the professional’s methodology, experience, and expertise into a comprehensive identity/plan that resonates with a specific target audience, tapping into their deepest motivations and emotions. In this article, […]
FX-Sport VR1 Headphones
FX-Sport have brought to the market, a completely new way for personal trainers to train their clients remotely. They are also giving a limited time, exclusive offer on this item for qualified personal trainers [see below]. Their product, the “VR1 Programmable Personal Trainer Headphones”, allows custom made workouts to be uploaded directly onto wireless […]
5 Reasons Personal Trainers Quit
Are we no longer living the dream? We’ve all heard about, or witnessed, the high attrition rate among personal trainers and fitness instructors. We know the many reasons people study for certifications and look eagerly to the day that they can announce to friends and family that they are now Personal Trainers! Maybe one of […]