This month I officially became an NFPT Certified Personal Trainer. Even though I had my fair share of forehead slapping moments while preparing (I will share those in a moment), I really enjoyed the...
Taking the NFPT Personal Trainer Exam
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Advice to Personal Trainers
NFPT Live: Making Fitness Industry Connections – Ep 2
To date, Erin Nitschke and I have never met! In person that is. We met through email about a year ago, have talked on the phone, shared many ideas and created NFPT Live together. Making connections...
Why Clients Drop Their Personal Trainer
Why do clients drop their personal trainers? This question stays on the minds of new trainers everywhere. Some of the obvious reasons trainers get dropped are flirtatiousness, lateness, or a...
5 Ways to Mentor New Personal Trainers
Being a mentor can be casual or formal. It can take up a little time or a lot. There are many different ways to inspire trainers who are new to the field. Perhaps you still feel fairly new yourself?...
Look Back to Move Forward and Succeed as a Personal Trainer
I wanted to go from crawling to walking overnight during my first year as a personal trainer. What I mean by this is that I felt I needed to know everything pertaining to personal training...
Personal Training and Fitness Freedom
What does freedom mean to you? It's rings differently for each person. For some it's as simple as living in the USA. For others it's being able to work from anywhere in the world on a laptop. As a...
Gym Etiquette for Professional Personal Fitness Trainers
Find out if you possess any or all of the fifteen traits and values necessary for thriving as a personal trainer. Then see if you pass the three common tests of professionalism that every personal...
Continuing Education for Personal Trainers
What happens after the crisp and shiny “Certified Personal Trainer” certificate you’ve been waiting for arrives? You get down to business. Until it's time to renew your certification. Then, you're...
Preparing Clients for Summer Activities
Some people get carried away with exercise in the summer. Many sedentary people take up sports or decide to start jogging because summer is almost universally accepted as everybody’s favorite season...
Behind the Scenes of a Personal Trainer’s Workout
What if personal trainers could workout with each other more often? That would be fun! Enter in to my fitness training mind as I walk you through the way I think about my personal fitness, which...
