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Crunches? And Other Fitness Myths Debunked

This is the recording of a great Webinar presented by Brad Schoenfeld for the thePTDC Inner Circle. He's arguably the top dog when it comes to hypertrophy research and spoke about the much-discussed "to crunch or not to crunch" debate (a topic which he published a paper on). He was also the 2011 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year.

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The 5 Best Ways to Email an Old Client to Get Them Back

How to get old personal training clients back in the gym by writing emails the proper way.

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How to Get the Buy In

The buy in is the moment in a clients training cycle when they realize that they want to train for the long term. As a trainer, it's a great moment to get to. Here's how to get the buy in.

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5 Tips for Converting a Free Consult Into a Sale

5 great tips that any trainer can implement to have more effective consults.

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10 Bad Questions Every Personal Trainer Asks

Through writing two books on personal training and running this site, I get a lot of questions. And most, frankly, are bad questions.

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101 Reasons to Exercise [Infographic]

[Infographic] 101 Different reasons to exercise. Includes a free poster to download.

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The Biggest Threat Facing the Personal Training Industry

Supplements are ruining the integrity of the personal training industry. Here's what you must do...

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How I Lost a Personal Training Client

I lost a personal training client not because I didn't listen to him but because I didn't read the signs properly. Learn from my mistakes...

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Cueing Beyond the Physical

Increasing strength and performance levels requires a psychological element--it's not just physiological.

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Core Training - Do You Know About These 3 Things? (Many Don't)

Do you know about core training? Not the core training where you do hundreds of sit ups a day, but the core training that's based off of science. Many don't..

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