by Biray Alsac, MS
As a personal trainer you get asked many health- and fitness-related questions from clients who rely heavily on your expertise. You have to remain on top of the news and trends. Reading research articles and trade journals, following online fitness forums and health websites, evaluating training textbooks and DVDs/videos are assignments that come with the job.
Although you can&rsq...
by Kay L. Cross, MEd
After lining up the perfect coaching plan with your target clientele, creating a sound lesson plan, organizing your packages and procedures and devising great materials and tools, what do you do next? The last step in carving out your coaching niche is often the hardest—supporting clients in maintaining the changes they have made and helping them continue to progress. What should yo...
by Todd Durkin, MA
Do you often feel that you have a million things you must do, a thousand things you’d like to do and no time to do any of them? The feeling of having too much on our plate can rob us of the precious energy we rely on. Time management is an essential key to success for any busy fitness professional. Between training clients, designing programs, responding to phone calls...
by Joy Keller
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training is a requirement for reputable fitness certifications and has been recommended by the American Heart Association for healthcare professionals and the general public for more than 35 years. About 900 Americans die every day from sudden cardiac arrest, so it is always advisable to keep track of suggested changes in the CPR protocol. A recent stud...
by Ryan Halvorson
The newly certified personal fitness trainer (PFT) is much like a college student soon after graduation day. The anticipation of finally being “set free” to move toward carefully crafted hopes and dreams quickly dissipates and is replaced by the fear and anxiety of “What now?”
The road has been arduous—loaded with studying, workshops, practical appli...
This very specific problem should not be approached by the novice trainer. Any personal trainer who works with diabetic clients should have advanced education and/or certifications for training this special population.
Diabetes can cause damage to the nerves through their prolonged exposure to high glucose levels in the blood. Symptoms of this damage may include loss of strength, ...
by Tom Terwilliger
As personal trainers, we may tell clients that in order to adjust their calorie-burning capabilities, they need to reset their “metabolic thermostat.” In a similar way, in order to change the level of success in your life, you may need to reset your “success thermostat.” Chances are that where you are in your career at this moment is exactly where your success thermos...
I am very fortunate to work with an awesome staff. We work as a team, a fact that has reduced conflicts to almost zero. I think that the key to resolving conflicts with other trainers is to remember that we are a team committed to delivering quality training to our clients. My integrity as a trainer depends on this team concept.
In the past, I worked at a gym where trainers...
by A. Durrett
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by April Durrett
Lessons Learned From Improv Comedy
Enhance your life by using principles from improvisational performance.
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Have you ever watched in awe as improv comedians made up hilarious scenes in TV shows like Drew Carey's Whose Line Is It Anyway? or in live theater? In improvisational ("improv") comedy, performers get suggestions from the audience and then create a scene t...
