My experience as a health and exercise professional started in 2003 after graduating with my bachelor’s in Exercise Science and achieving my first certification (NSCA-CPT). Early on in this...
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Post-Pandemic Gym Modification Rundown
For our clients who have experience working out in fitness centers pre-pandemic, they will likely see modifications since the pandemic. Trainers can assist clients with navigating through these new...
Progress Preventers: Three Reasons Your Fitness Clients Aren’t Making Progress
Progress forward towards any fitness or health goal looks different for each individual client. That’s to be expected. No two clients are the same, therefore they will not respond the same even to...
Combatting February Backslide: Keeping Your Clients Engaged
The January resolutioners are out in full gym force for about a month or so. As February arrives in full winter mode, many gym-goers and clients fall off their health and fitness goals. While...
Help Clients Sustain Lifestyle Changes
Our clients often want a magic approach to make lifestyle habits surrounding diet, sleep, workout routines, and adequate hydration easy and attainable all the while never losing momentum. The new...
The Best Time for Your Clients to Workout at the Gym
Helping clients decide when they can train with you to best reach their goals and fit their lifestyle can be tricky. While there are physiological reasons to choose an ideal time, preferences and...
Help Fitness Clients Shift Their Mindset
The holiday season is fast approaching, and we are entering a time where fitness clients experience extreme “overeaters’ remorse”. With an abundance of food and drink options (many calorie-laden in...
Motivating Yourself Along With Your Clients: Two Sides of The Same Coin
A large part of being a coach/personal trainer is keeping your clients motivated, but motivating yourself to remain a vigilant and inspiring trainer is just as important. You want them to be...
Energy Vampires: How to Handle Personal Training Clients That Drain Your Life Force
A career in personal training is no doubt far more challenging than most ever expect it to be, and one of the biggest reasons for that is fielding and filtering the energy of our clients on a daily...
Motivational Messaging: Five Things Fitness Professionals Should Probably Stop Saying
As trainers, we are constantly looking for ways to encourage and motivate our clients, and one of the most common ways we do this is with our words. But, what if our words have the opposite effect...