The number of times a student or client has shared an article with me and asked “is this true?” is far beyond my ability to keep track. Fortunately, a friend and former colleague shared with me a...
Advice to Personal Trainers
Travel the World As a Personal Trainer
The word on everybody’s lips is “travel”. As a young fitness professional, I am excited to see more travel incorporated in fitness business. With fitness becoming more popular and more widely...
NFPT Live: Portion Control On and Off the Plate – Ep 20
Portion control is a hot topic around the holidays. It's one way to get through the season without over-doing it. Portion control applies to both food and life. We talk about a little bit of both in...
Personal Trainers and National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
As a certified personal trainer, maybe you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. If not, it's probable that several of your clients do and that they are impacted by the symptoms deeply. It may be...
5 Tips to Keep Personal Training Clients on Track During the Holidays
How do you limit the overindulgence associated with the holidays without being the Grinch that steals all of the fun out of the holidays? The holidays are meant to be a festive time of year. Life is...
The 4 C’s of Personal Trainers
If you were embarking on a new workout program, what qualities might you seek in a personal trainer? Does your current level of professionalism fit into such criteria? In other words: Would you hire...
NFPT Live: Sleep Secrets and Solutions for Your Fitness Business – Ep 18
What if a sleep habit is the one thing holding your client back from better health? Changing one small habit can sometimes be the root of all change. Getting a quality night of sleep positively...
Using Social Media to Keep Fitness Clients Accountable During the Holidays
There’s nothing like a few holiday buffets and travel plans to threaten clients’ progress towards their fitness goals. But what if we started using the most available and immediate tool we have to...
NFPT Live: Sleep Secrets and Science for Your Fitness Business – Ep 17
Lack of sleep can sabotage your efforts toward getting people healthy and your ability to run a successful business. Make sure you're getting the sleep you need and then check in on your clients....
NFPT Live: How to Fire a Personal Training Client – Ep 16
Somebody has to make the first move when a relationship isn't working. It's not always the client who bears the burden of walking away. Sometimes the personal trainer needs to be the one who cancels...