Exercise is a great way to boost energy - unless, you don't have the energy or motivation to exercise in the first place. Elevate the energy levels of your clients so they can cultivate a desire and attitude for implementing your exercise and nutrition guidance...
Beverly Hosford
Beverly Hosford, MA teaches anatomy and body awareness using a skeleton named Andy, balloons, play-doh, ribbons, guided visualizations, and corrective exercises. She is an instructor, author, and a business coach for fitness professionals. Learn how to help your clients sleep better with in Bev's NFPT Sleep Coach Program and dive deeper into anatomy in her NFPT Fundamentals of Anatomy Course.
NFPT Live: How Sleep Deprivation and Disorders Affect Fitness – Ep 34
Quality of sleep is crucial for exercise to be beneficial. Just like eating right is critical for weight loss. Hone in on your client's sleep habits, rhythms, and underlying conditions to address their health goals more thoroughly. In this episode we talked about:...
Tracking Income Like a Pro: Financial Planning for Personal Trainers
Personal training is the type of job that fluctuates in income because clients go on vacation, they get sick, and they sometimes quit. Until you obtain new clients or unless you have a waiting list, your income is affected; in this industry financial planning and...
NFPT Live: Fitness Passion or Obsession? – Ep 33
Are you passionate? Are you TOO passionate? Many people miss the mark when it comes to being healthy, while some of us might be a little over the top. There is a balance, let's talk about how to find it and all the joy that should come from being healthy. In this...
Personal Trainer: 1099 Independent Contractor or Employee
As a personal trainer, you can work as an employee, a 1099 independent contractor, or be self-employed. You can even work as all three if you work in multiple settings. An independent contractor is sort of the middle between an employee and being self-employed. What...
NFPT Live: Are You TOO Friendly with Your Clients? – Ep 32
Developing a strong relationship with a client is essential to form trust and influence change. How comfortable should you get and where is the line? Erik Hageman joins us to provide insight from a branding and marketing standpoint as well as bringing the client...
What to Do if you Get a Negative Client Review
Negative Facebook reviews. Negative Google reviews. They're going to happen. What are you going to do? This is a situation where Pain = Gain. A negative fitness client review online can actually help your business more than harm it. Even if someone tells you to their...
Ian Nimblett – Personal Trainer Business Owner Spotlight
Ian Nimblett is a personal trainer and owner at Premier Fitness in South Salem, NY. Premier Fitness is an 8300 sq ft functional training facility serving over 100 clients. Ian's first certification was with NFPT in 2009. Ian was Trainer of the Day for Men's Health in...
NFPT Live: All About the Boston Heart Tests – Ep 31
The boston heart tests examine 85 aspects of heart health from genetics to intake of fats. Getting this test run (even if you are "healthy") is a great way to expand your knowledge about heart health. Instead of following one-size-fits-all exercise and nutrition...
5 Personal Trainer Tax Questions Answered
Why does tax advice vary with different accountants? I don't think it's so much variability between accountants (this isn't a super-complicated area of tax law). Where I think the variability comes from is in the individual trainer's other tax facts and outside...
NFPT Live: 5 Client Questions That Influence Change – Ep 29
Get your clients committed to their fitness goals. Boost motivation too! Ask questions that push your clients to think about exercise differently. Finding out WHY they want to exercise is important and so are the answers to these five questions. In this episode we...
Maximize Triceps Muscle Exercises with Anatomy
What's the difference between doing triceps extensions with a pronated grip, supinated grip and neutral? This is a common question that arises about the many ways to strengthen the triceps. One of the exercises has more resistance from its antagonistic muscle group,...
NFPT Live: Growing Professionally with Seth Godin – Ep 28
Everybody needs a mentor. One of our new favorite people to follow this year is Seth Godin and this interview he did on Creative Live. Seth Godin is a best selling author and incredible mentor to many people, but what's really great about him is the way he SEES the...
Personal Training Pricing – How to Set Your Rates
Before you analyze your competition and current market prices there is one crucial foundational component of setting your rates to consider. Many personal trainers set their rates based on a list of factors outside themselves, such as demographic area, target...
NFPT Live: Five Steps to Setting New Years Goals – Ep 27
Setting goals and making resolutions is not as simple as raising a glass on new years and declaring your intentions. It's a skill that requires practice. Everybody can use a little help when it comes to envisioning their future. Set your own goals first and then help...
The Future of Personal Training
You are the future of personal training. Sounds cliche, I know. But seriously, what direction would you like to see the health and fitness industry go? To find out the future of fitness, observe what's happening right now. The future is truly just a series of present...
NFPT Live: What is the Ketogenic Diet? – Ep 26
Is the ketogenic diet another high protein, low carb diet? Not exactly. Join us for this episode of NFPT Live to find out what you need to know about this 2018 health and fitness trend. In this episode we talked about: What is keto, ketogenic and ketosis? How long it...
Understanding the Tibialis Posterior Muscle
When a client asks you, "What do you think about arch supports?" You can respond by educating them and connecting them to the tibialis posterior muscle. The tibialis posterior covers a lot of bone in the lower leg making it important to know about. Especially since it...