As personal trainers, we encounter a wide range of clients, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities, including menopausal women. This is a particularly important demographic that deserves serious attention and understanding. The transformative period of...
Jono Petrohilos
Jono is the Co Founder and Director at Fitness Education Online, one of the largest providers of online CEC courses for Fitness Professionals. Jono has been in the industry since 2009 and also a best selling author, a podcast host and a winner of the Fitness Australia Educator of The Year Award.. Fitness Education Online also have one of the largest Facebook Groups in the world for Fitness Professionals with over 15,000 members click here to join.
Osteoporosis and Exercise: What Personal Trainers Need to Know
Osteoporosis is a disease that affects millions of people globally and is characterized by weak bones and a high risk of fractures. As a certified personal trainer, it's important to understand the impact of this bone disease and how to best support clients who may be...
The Importance of Pre-Screening for Personal Trainers: A Comprehensive Guide
When you become a personal trainer, your primary objective is to ensure your clients achieve their fitness goals safely and effectively. An essential step in this process is pre-screening, which helps you gather crucial information about a client's health and fitness...
10 Tips to Land a Job as a New Personal Trainer
As a new personal trainer, landing your first job can be a daunting task. However, with the right approach and mindset, you can increase your chances of success. Here are 10 tips to help you land your first job as a new personal trainer. 10 Tips to Get Hired as a New...
The “Kettlebell 300”: Kettlebell Workout for Bootcamp
I’m a huge fan of using Kettlebells in Bootcamp type workouts. I’ve previously written a blog on the Kettlebell AMRAP, which is one of my favourites. One of my other favourite Kettlebell workouts for Bootcamp is the “Kettlebell 300”. Being Greek myself I love the...
3 Novel Group Fitness Class Ideas to Shake Things Up
If you’re teaching freestyle group fitness classes, it’s easy to always fall back on familiar formats such as circuits, HIIT, and Tabata. These approaches are all great, but if they are all you are doing, your classes may start to feel repetitive. There are ways you...
3 Chronic Age-Related Conditions Seen in Older Adults
Every year, more and more seniors are starting to exercise regularly. This is a great thing as we know exercise can improve mobility, balance, strength, coordination, and decrease the risk of falls. Working with older adults is also a great niche for fitness...
Burpees While Pregnant? Safety and Common Sense Advice
If you’re a Personal Trainer or Group Fitness Instructor it's important to know what exercises are appropriate for any pregnant women who may attend your classes or contract your training services. In this blog, we are going to address the question: “Can you do...
The Best Hip Mobility Exercises for Bootcamp
Mobility is still a fitness buzz word, and specifically, attention to hip mobility has increased due to its relevance in almost every facet of exercise. Traditionally, a bootcamp class is run as a very “smash and bash” type workout. The bootcamp instructor would...
Cardio Boxing Classes: The 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 Drill
In today’s blog, I want to cover one of my favorite boxing formats, The 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 drill. This workout not only incorporates a deceptively challenging cardio component, but participants will also improve core integration with their boxing technique. I’m a huge fan...
Can Pregnant Women Still Participate in Bootcamp Workouts
If you’re a Personal Trainer and you run Bootcamp-type workouts, chances are you have a greater percentage of women than men participating in your classes. It’s therefore extremely likely that sooner or later you, are going to have a woman who’s pregnant attend one of...
Boxing Workout Ideas: The “Punch, Run, Bodyweight”
I’m a huge fan of including Boxing Workouts in your Bootcamp / Classes! There are so many fitness benefits when it comes to boxing and this is a quick, fun, and easy one that requires little to no equipment - all you need are the gloves and pads! The "Punch, run,...
Online Nutrition Challenges
As Fitness Professionals, we all know how important nutrition is when it comes to health, fitness, and weight loss. We all should be reminded of the importance of staying within our scope of practice and not overstepping our roles regarding nutrition advice. How can...
Online Training Options
It’s no surprise that training clients online has seen a rapid increase over the past few years! Every year ACSM releases the top 20 fitness trends of that year and the last few have been dominated by versions of virtual or online training. In the ACSM Top 20 Fitness...
The Perfect ‘Boxing for Fitness’ Class Structure
I’m a huge fan of including boxing for fitness-type classes as there are so many fitness benefits to boxing! Plus, it's a lot of fun and encourages your participants to pair up, interact, and get to know each other--lending to a sense of community and mutual...
How to Start Training Clients Online: Creating an eBook
Have you ever thought about creating an eBook but didn't know where to start? Or perhaps you suffer from imposter syndrome and think you don't have enough knowledge or expertise to market published materials? The way the world is going, more and more people are...
Boxing Workout for Bootcamp: The “Agility Ladder Intervals”
When running a Bootcamp, Boxing Workouts are one of my favourite types of workouts to use! They’re fun, different, a great workout, and allow your participants to interact and get to know each other! Just add it to the list of the fitness benefits of boxing! Today,...
Bootcamp Workout Idea: The “10 to 1”
When it comes to running a Bootcamp, it's common for the instructor to refer to the traditional formats - either a traditional circuit or a HIIT class. Now both of these formats are great but if that's all the instructor does - the workouts can start to get a...