You can spill everything you know about a given topic when a client asks a question, you can make a guess if you don't know the answer, or you can take a clarifying and confident approach. Here’s a...
Advice to Personal Trainers
Apply a Hands-On Approach to Personal Training
Take the hands-on approach with clients to help grow your personal training business. Results are what drives your business and results come from proper instruction and execution. What type of...
Get Workout Variety With These Simple Goal Ideas
Goals are what keep many of us going. Goals can sometimes seem in short supply or like there is no more progression possible. I realized this when a former distance runner who completed several full...
Find Out If Your Clients Are Taking These Six Medications
The side effects of certain medications alter a client’s ability to perform. Even unsuspecting medicationss like aspirin, birth control, and cholesterol. Being aware of what your client is taking...
Get More Time as a Personal Trainer
What if you could get more time by spending a small amount of time reading? It seems counterintuitive but is actually possible. (Lack of) time seems to be one of the most (reported) limiting factors...
Can I Get a Personal Trainer Certification Online?
Some certification exams can be completed entirely online and you can print your certificate at home. These types of certifications are not accredited, they do not adhere to regulatory industry...
What is Wellness?
Generically, wellness is considered a dynamic process which “emphasizes self-healing, the promotion of health, and the prevention of illnesses rather than solely the treatment of symptoms of a...
Cautioning Clients Against Comparisons
When a personal training client tries to hold herself to unrealistic standards, the result will not be a satisfactory outcome. Comparing to others ends up with the client chastising herself for not...
Grow Your Clientele by Being flexible In Order to Meet Their Needs
The question comes up every so often? - Am I a good trainer? Am I trainer”ing” well enough? Personally, as a trainer, the bar that I have set and continue to set both for myself and clients is...
Fun Personal Training Session Ideas: Themes and Games
Theme-based personal training sessions or gamifying training can bring more fun into your workouts with clients. We all know the drill: Welcome the client, warm up, work out, stretch, schedule next...