Psychological Skills Training or (PST) refers to a steady practice of sharpening mindset or mental acuity skills in order to achieve peak performance (Williams & Krane, 2015). Sometimes it's referred to as "Mind-Set Training" or "Mental Training". The concept has...
Shay Vasudeva
Shaweta “Shay” Vasudeva, MA (Psychology), MS (Kinesiology), NFPT-CPT, NASM-CPT-CES, THSA-CNT, and Tai Chi & Black Belt Karate Instructor is a teaching professional, speaker, author, coach, and cat lover! Her passion is to help people become the best version of themselves by using an interdisciplinary and holistic approach, bringing 10+ years of experience in Psychology, Personal Fitness Training, Corrective Exercise, Nutritional Coaching, Cranial Sacral Work, and teaching Karate & Tai Chi classes to her business, ShayTheCoach. Shay teaches classes at Maricopa Community College District as an Adjunct Professor. For more information visit her personal webpage: www.shaythecoach.com
How To Combat Decision Fatigue Using Simple Criteria
How many times during a day, week, month, or year, do you make decisions for your fitness business? The fitness industry is a fast-moving one and the future of fitness keeps evolving. Or better yet, how many seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks do you spend...
PRP Therapy: An Approach to Healing Pain and Injuries
When pain is great enough to impact exercise habits or even activities of daily life, clients may pursue medical interventions and burgeoning therapies to help alleviate or even eradicate their symptoms. Personal trainers who are informed on these topics can help...
What Fitness Enthusiasts Want in a Fitness Professional
It's easier for other fitness professionals to come up with the qualities that make a great personal trainer than to directly ask your clients (and potential clients) are looking for when they scout for a trainer. I recently spoke to 30 fitness enthusiasts about...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: What Personal Trainers Can Do
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, I thought I would marry my background in psychology with my experience as a personal trainer to address the unique position we are in to either provide emotional support when our clients need it or even recognize red...
Top 10 Ways to “UN” Motivate Your Clients
In celebration of this UN-holiday, I thought it appropriate to share a top 10 list of how to best UNmotivate personal training clients! The goal of this list is to make it so your clients will drop out of your successful fitness and wellness programs as quickly as...
5 Tips on How to Critique Research and Fitness Articles
It can be mind-numbing for a personal trainer to know how to critique research and draw conclusions from the constant barrage of information we are exposed to daily on fitness, nutrition, equipment, and so on. Here are 5 tips on how to be a "constructive consumer" of...
6 Misconceptions About the Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet is popular and effective even though a lot of controversy (and confusion) surrounds it. Before taking a firm stance or forming an opinion about it, take time to learn about it from credible resources. As fitness professionals, we do not prescribe,...
7 Tips to Get Back to Business after a Break
Getting back to business after a break can be overwhelming for both personal trainers and clients. You can come back to work after a break without getting swamped and wanting a second break. These tips can help you and your clients get back on a routine with ease. 1)...
Supporting Clients Through Potlucks and Parties
Keeping clients true and consistent to health and nutrition goals is possible during holiday celebrations. Convert a potentially challenging time into teachable moments for your clients. Here’s a list of 5 strategies that you can teach clients to use and leverage...
How to Study for Your Personal Trainer Certification Exam
Passing exams hasn't always come easily to me. Yet, I recently studied and passed the NFPT Certified Personal Trainer Exam! I hit some roadblocks along the way and want to share some suggestions with those of you who are on this journey. I've learned that regardless...