Fitness articles related to health behaviors and psychology as it relates to motivation, sports psychology and other factors affecting wellness.
Most fitness clients have loosely defined, but well-intended, fitness goals that they hope to reach by working with a personal trainer. These goals are often centered on losing weight, building...
If we don't stop and think about the words we speak or even write, we may inflict harm we don't intend to, especially with regard to our clients' bodies and self-image. Words have power, and we can...
We are a large community of coaches who adopt different approaches and each offering a different primary focus. We all interconnect fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle into our practices. As varying...
Many clients are caught in a cycle of losing and gaining weight, also called yo-yo dieting, making weight maintenance a major hurdle. Yo-yo dieting can be defined as cycles of short term weight loss...
The cardiovascular system is foundational to exercise, and our understanding as personal trainers of how it works and how things can go wrong is critical for the performance, success, and safety of...
Setting goals of any kind during the start of a new year is exciting, but creating a plan for success and following through is a whole different beast. Consider these tools and methods for behavior...
As personal trainers we’ve probably all heard this resolution 1,00 times over: “I want to be healthier this year,” but what exactly does that mean? The obvious cliché assumptions attached to that...
This time of year is notoriously harried, fraught with culinary delights, and sparse on physical exertion--for most, that is. We've certainly accounted for the personal training clients that...
Naturopathic doctors can be an asset to a personal trainer's network, especially when it comes to working with clients that suffer with chronic pain. Chronic pain is any type of pain that lasts...
One of the biggest things we face in our business is burnout as we try to reach the needs of many. We are faced with demands that may not align with how we want to coach others. However, demand...
