Recently I overheard some clients commiserating about their “dreaded numbers on the scale.” This challenged me to troubleshoot the issue from many different angles until I saw a change. I decided to...
The opportunity for advancing the fitness journeys of personal training clients is front and center this time of year. Here are several ways to jumpstart the new year with new goals for further...
Developing close, personal relationships with clients can cause problems and awkward situations that you didn't anticipate even though getting personal is essential to your role as a trainer. There...
While it is tempting to set super-sized goals for the New Year, what your personal training clients might need most is to set habit-oriented goals to give them a super-sized lifestyle. When it comes...
You can do more than train fitness clients if you’re a certified personal trainer. Build your brand and expand the profession by finding new and creative ways to capitalize on your certified status....
Kick off New Year’s fitness goals for yourself and clients with a healthy body image in mind. Many people set new years goals like, “I’m going to lose 20 pounds, I’m going to get six pack abs, I’m...
Help clients reframe and rethink the holidays instead of just get through them. Have a conversation and find out what your clients are thinking about regarding the holidays. They might be anxious,...
Willpower and self-control are easier to talk about than to cultivate consistently. They are both stellar qualities to possess but aren't an ideal go-to gameplan for long-term behavior change. What...
Nothing serves as a better deterrent from sticking to fitness goals than the holidays. Whether it be the constant travel or irresistible mouth-watering meals. It is our job as fitness professionals...
Exercise alone lacks the ability to change body composition and health. Study after study shows that working out by itself has little impact on body composition change: fat loss and muscle gain. So...
