Getting Hired As A Personal Trainer: Tips From Fitness Industry Leaders and Potential Employers
Getting hired as a personal trainer in the fitness industry can be nerve-wracking and confusing compared to some more straight-and-narrow career paths. The process may be more elusive as personal trainers often wear many hats and go by several titles including, but...
Health
Sports Nutrition Considerations for Athletes
Recently (2016) the American College of Sports Medicine, the Academy of...
Avoid Striking Out – Fueling Properly For Baseball
Help your weekend-warrior children fuel sufficiently for baseball. Kids have...
Exercise Science
How Toxins Can Cause Cellular Damage
Cellular energy is a must for athletic performance. Challenges to cellular...
How Exercise and Diet Influence Key Hormones and Metabolism
How physical activity and diet change our personal training clients' bodies is...
The Importance of Networking in the Fitness Industry: What Personal Trainers Should Do
Networking is a valuable tool in any business, such as tech, salesforce, education, and especially...
The Reality and Daily Struggles of Successful Weight Loss
As the rates of overweight and obesity continue to rise in the United States, an increasing number...
Fostering Empathy to Elevate the Fitness Client’s Experience
I always start the semester by engaging my personal training students in a discussion that prompts...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
All professionals, at some point in their careers, question their individual talents,...
What Are The Ideal Rest Intervals For Specific Training Goals?
Ideal rest is a vital component of exercise, not only between training sessions but also between...
Can Arnica Assist With Muscle Soreness and Injury?
Everyone experiences at least minor aches, pains and bruising, if not outright injury or trauma at...
The 4 Keys to Injury Prevention Programming
At some point in your fitness career, you will encounter clients who are suffering or who have...
Kim Becknell Williams–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Kim Becknell Williams, a certified NFPT trainer and blogger who has written for our own blog...
Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Upper Body Dysfunction
Upper body dysfunction (UBD) may appear upon observation as simple shoulder dysfunction, as has...
How Personal Trainers Can Build Clientele Without Spending Money
Building personal training clientele without spending money is possible by using some creative...
Ice or Heat for Pain?
As personal trainers, we have well-acquainted ourselves with the PRICE protocol; pressure and ice...
The Leg Raise: NOT An Ab Movement
If there is any move personal trainers have seen or even programmed quite frequently and largely...
