Harnessing BDNF: How Exercise Can Improve Brain Function
The effects of exercise are far-reaching when it comes to overall health and wellness, and science is revealing more and more every day. Most compelling is how much exercise, and specific ways of exercising especially, can impact brain functioning. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) is a protein that promotes the survival of nerve cells by playing […]
Working Out at Home: Creating an Environment for Success
With gym closures and social distancing protocols in place nationwide, worldwide, working out at home has become the only solution. Virtual fitness classes and living room push-ups have become the norm, at-least temporarily. But what’s really different between exercise at the gym and exercise at home? Gravity is the same, dumbbells can be purchased […]
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 […]
Jumping Rope: Benefits and Implementation
Whether you’re looking to expand your personal training repertoire or want to offer group fitness clients more options, or maybe just want a way to reboot your own fitness without having to venture outside, rope jumping is an excellent modality to explore. The Many Benefits of Jumping Rope Now more than ever, jumping rope—or skipping […]
The Benefits of Slow Jogging: Slowing Down to Speed Up and Improve Running Skills
The well-known fable of the tortoise and the hare has science behind it! Learn about the advantageous experience of slow jogging. Your running aficionado personal training clients may never race again! Dr. Hiroaki Tanaka, a health sciences professor from Japan’s Fukuoka University, wants to change our perspective on “the need for speed”. Tanaka co-wrote “Slow […]
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 […]
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 […]
Using Technology to Empower Your Fitness Business
Whether you’re just starting or you’ve been at it for years, fitness technology—and the many trends associated with it—has created a fiercely competitive landscape for personal trainers. But technology has also made it easier and more affordable than ever for you to provide incredible experiences for your clients. Never before has it been easier to […]
Practical Tips for Fitness Professionals in the New “Normal” Post-COVID-19
Before COVID-19 hit the world, the health and fitness industry was experiencing tremendous growth. Streaming workouts, virtual-live workouts, and virtual personal training and health coaching were all part of the landscape. Since COVID-19, the industry has continued to grow and reimagine the delivery of its existing services to meet the needs of clients in these […]