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Metabolic Conditioning: Don’t Say It Unless You Understand It
Metabolic conditioning is incredibly popular, but few trainers understand how it works. Here’s what you need to know to use it effectively. Read More... -
Five Basic Exercise Principles Every Good Personal Trainer Must Know
Whether you train clients online or in person, you need to understand energy systems, force vectors, and human behavior, and why they matter Read More... -
What’s the Difference Between a Fitness Coach and a Personal Trainer?
Are you a personal trainer or a fitness coach? There is a difference. How you distinguish yourself will greatly affect your career. Read More... -
The Ten Commandments of Personal Training
Follow these rules, and avoid these temptations, to have a long and prosperous fitness career. Read More... -
10 Myths Your New Clients Probably Believe
A new year means new clients who come to you with old views about fitness and weight loss. Good results sometimes require debunking bad ideas. Read More... -
How to Make Sure You Aren’t One of the Bad Trainers Ruining Our Profession
Fitness pros have to stop abusing the power they have over their clients. Here are better ways to serve those clients, and improve the industry in the process. Read More... -
A Letter to My Younger Self: Five Lessons from 10 Years of Personal Training
How do you handle a toxic client? Avoid burnout? Get the right kind of attention? After 17,000 coaching hours, here’s what one trainer wishes he could’ve known when he started out. Read More... -
Stop Training Your Clients Like CrossFitters, Bodybuilders, or Powerlifters
No matter how well your favorite training style works for you, few clients share your goals. Even fewer are ready for such advanced workouts. Read More... -
Is Your Fitness Programming Good Enough? Read 7 Principles to Stop Getting Laughed at By Clients and Trainers
Here’s what a program is and isn’t, along with seven principles that create the best workout routine and maximize your clients’ results, including the HIDDEN VARIABLE to change in all great programs. Read More... -
8 Ways to Get a Fully Booked Client Schedule
Many personal trainers struggle to build a full, consistent client list. If that’s you, stop everything you’re doing and try these non-obvious strategies instead. Read More...
