What a pretentious title, huh? What could possibly be so important that it is the most important thing to tell your personal training clients? Is it to keep their backs straight and in a neutral...
Certified Personal Trainers
Access articles for established certified personal trainers to assist in their fitness training programming.
Consumer Psychology: What Fit Pros Need to Know
Personal training is a people-oriented business. Like any business that provides services to consumers, personal training relies on the professional’s ability to recruit and retain clients in order...
Functional Movement Assessments for Fitness Clients
Up until the early '90s, fitness assessments consisted of measuring body fat, upper/lower body strength, flexibility, and anaerobic capacity. As we learned more about the human body and how it...
Building a Strong Core Foundation
A house requires a strong foundation to remain standing. So, too, does the human body. Help your clients cultivate this all-important core foundation! As trainers, we often repeat to our clients...
Jenna Mastrouni–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Jenna, an NFPT certified trainer and yoga teacher. She's a 27 year old mom from Maryland, and recently became a business owner, with an untimely grand opening, which happened the week before...
Jumping Rope: Benefits and Implementation
Whether you're looking to expand your personal training repertoire or want to offer group fitness clients more options, or maybe just want a way to reboot your own fitness without having to venture...
Highlighting HILIT: High-Intensity, Low-Impact Training
As the population of fitness enthusiasts over the age of 50 continues to grow, trends must keep pace with the realities of aging bodies while accommodating an ever-increasing demand for creative,...
How Your Ears and Poor Hearing Affect Balance
A convenient place to tuck stray hair, holders to display chic jewelry, the means of hearing a symphonic orchestra…indeed, our ears serve a multitude of functions! Learn how a sense of balance also...
Nerve Glides: Flossing Away Pain
Often we instruct our personal training clients to help work out muscular tension and pain with static or even dynamic stretching. When this doesn't resolve the issue, the problem may actually...
No Gym Equipment? Three Training Strategies for Fitness Clients
Shelter-in-place orders have forced our clients to train away from their gym that may result in a decline in seeing results, or worse, unwanted weight gain. For most, this situation means no access...