Beyond Anatomy: Preparing New Trainers to Tackle Common Client Questions
After receiving any nationally-recognized Personal Trainer Certification, most burgeoning fitness professionals feel prepared to take on the world…or at least their very first client. Seasoned professionals have already learned some of the best-kept secrets of the...
Health
Added Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight
Diet culture would have us believe that “sugar is evil” which is not accurate...
Outdated Nutrition Advice Personal Training Clients Should Ignore
Personal trainers can clearly see how trends in nutrition come and go as...
Exercise Science
Powering Through Perimenopause With Strength Training
Perimenopause, the transitional period before menopause, signals the lessening...
Trainers Can Go Beyond Exercise and Integrate the Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine into Client Workouts
Lifestyle medicine, a branch of evidence-based healthcare emphasizing disease...
Training Menopausal Women with Expertise: A Guide for Certified Personal Trainers
As personal trainers, we encounter a wide range of clients, each presenting unique challenges and...
Gut Health, Weight Loss, and the NU-AGE Mediterranean Diet
Personal trainers preach that healthy insides, accomplished through clean eating, lead to improved...
Understanding VO2 Max and the Altitude Challenge
When starting a fitness client on a new exercise program, personal trainers must decide on the...
How Combined Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions Greatly Impact Health Outcomes
As an ACE Certified Health Coach and NFPT-CPT, I spend a considerable amount of time talking and...
Plyometrics: The Whys, the Do’s and the Don’t’s
Plyometrics can be beneficial for both athletes and general personal training clients. On the flip...
Importance of Proper Form and Cueing in Personal Training
"Proper form first." This core concept should be the driving force of our training methods with...
Pelvic Floor Training: Men need it, too
Certified Personal Trainers may work with women and men who discreetly share that they can't sleep...
Selling Value and Quality Service–Not Session Time
If, as a personal trainer, you get caught up exclusively in selling one-hour packages instead of...
Understanding Muscle Fibers and Function: The Foundation of Being a Personal Trainer
To become a personal trainer who is equipped with the knowledge necessary to be considered a...
Understanding Hypertrophy: Why Do Muscles Get Bigger?
If you want to become a personal trainer, its a good to know that muscles will grow, or...
Bioenergetics: Aerobic versus Anaerobic Energy Production
Bioenergetics is a complex branch of biochemistry that focuses on how cells transform energy,...
Adolescent Obesity: A Growing Epidemic of Poor Diet and Inactivity
Obesity is a deeply concerning health issue in the entire world, for both adults and children--an...
