Advice to Personal Trainers

Incorporating physical activity into the work day is a good way to help shake off the winter ‘blahs’ and make good on any New Year’s fitness resolutions. Make sure to give your busy clients some...

Being a personal trainer and/or fitness instructor requires getting up close and personal. There are the after-class questions, the position correcting during boot camp, the enthusiastic students...

First of all, I think the term germophobe conjures up images of something negative or strange. But who does like germs? If I wear the germophobe label because I go the extra mile—pun intended—for...

Every fitness establishment represents an opportunity to instruct, but every opportunity won’t necessarily work for every instructor. Finding the right gym is as important as finding the right...

"Do you make up this workout as you go?"  (A client asked me this question mid-way through one of our regular sessions.) "No," I replied, slightly caught off guard. She continued, "How do you know...

The popular thing these days is to boast and brag about “keeping it 100!” But today I want to talk about how I keep it 75, and how dropping 25 off the realness scale can be a good thing. In fact,...

A sense of physical balance is an essential part of everyday life. One consequence of not being able to maintain our balance is a greater risk of fall and injury. For this reason alone, balance...

As a gym member, I have been with my current gym for 8 years now.  I am an entrepreneur and very focused on the companies I create and work at.  So, as I ended my last company, my mind started to...

To fake it or not to fake it? That is the question… There are two sides to every saying and this one is no exception… Years ago I got the advice, "fake it 'til you make it".  It's helped me...