Archive for March 2013
A Better Way to Determine Class Value
Class value is in the eye of the beholder. Depending on where you’ve worked and what you’ve learned over the years, the metrics you use to review, modify or cancel a class can vary significantly.
Read MoreMembership Sales or Program Advisement?
Traditionally, many fitness facilities employ a “membership team.” These individuals are often referred to as “membership sales advisors,” “membership sales specialists” or “membership sales representatives.”
Read MoreManaging Multiple Locations
Have you ever noticed that the most successful facilities are full of enthusiastic employees who radiate happiness? How does that happen? It starts from the top down, with leadership.
Read MorePurchasing Used Fitness Equipment
Exercise equipment ranks high on the list of fitness facility costs. From navigating the maze of manufacturers to negotiating price and financing options, purchasing equipment for your club is a complex process.
Read MoreFound on Pinterest: Top 5 DIY Fitness Ideas
Pinterest has a lot of fitness ideas and do it yourself projects, so we thought it would be fun to combine them and find the top 5 do it yourself pins for fitness.
Read MoreTop 5 Delicious Power Bowls
Power Bowl via Michelle Donald. Michelle describes her bowl as being a chop salad with cucumber, tomato, spinach, celery, kidney beans, shrimp and seed crackers.
Powerbowl via Jennifer Pruden. Jennifer describes her bowl as having spinach, peppers, cucumber, tomatoes, olives, roasted chick peas, raw sunflower seeds, green onion, fresh basil with a balsamic lime dressing.
Read MoreTop 5 Motivational Fitness Quotes
Here are the top 5 motivational fitness quotes to get your moving!
Read MoreIntroducing the GYROTONIC® Method to Pilates Instructors
As movement teachers, we’re eager to learn more about how to live comfortably in our bodies. How can we transfer this ability to our clients and students?
Read MoreUpper-Body Progressions on the Reformer
Developing upper-body strength and stability is often a challenge, especially for female clients. Balanced strength, stability and range of motion are critical for everyday movements.
Read MoreThe Magic Circle
The Pilates magic circle is a versatile, portable and affordable piece of resistance equipment. Originally designed by Joseph Pilates himself, it can enhance just about any workout routine.
Read MoreUniting the Industry: Transformation Stories
Few conditions are more common for Pilates students than knee and hip problems—and few solutions are more effective than Pilates exercises. Here are two successful stories of client transformation.
Read MoreFreekeh Out!
It’s so tempting to say, “Freekeh Friday,” but freekeh is actually good for you any day of the week. An ancient grain (mentioned as early as the 13th century), freekeh is made from green wheat that’s sun-dried, roasted, thrashed and then further sun-dried.
Read MoreHow Can Vegans Get Adequate Protein?
Answer: The importance of protein in our diet cannot be understated, especially when we are engaged in an exercise regimen. Luckily, we can obtain protein from a variety of animal and plant sources.
Read MoreRev Up Your Metabolism!
By Martina M. Cartwright, PhD, RD
Winter is nearly over, but is your metabolism still in hibernation? Even if your metabolic rate is slower than a snail climbing a hill of molasses, there are ways to ignite your calorie-burning machine. The key to a supercharged metabolism is stoking the metabolic engine with exercise, food and lifestyle habits that boost energy expenditure.
Read MoreQ & A With Chef Bobby Flay
Chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and media personality Bobby Flay has turned his intense focus onto a new project: Bobby Flay Fit, a seven-episode Web series in which he serves up recipes, workouts and tips based on his own experience and philosophy on healthy eating and fitness.
Read More5 Tips for Successful Online Communication
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Read MoreGoing From the Inspired to the Inspirer
client: Carina | personal trainer: Mike Z. Robinson, owner, MZR Fitness | location: San Luis Obispo, California
Serendipity. Carina, a 34-year-old health reporter for television station KSBY starts her day while most people are waist-deep in sleep. She rises at 2:00 am so that she will be alert and presentable by the time she arrives at the studio an hour later. Carina had been only a sporadic exerciser, but her life began to change after she received a call from an eager personal trainer with an interesting story.
Read MoreElusive Boundaries for Nutrition Scope of Practice
It’s a source of perennial confusion in our industry: Clients ask fitness professionals for nutrition advice daily, but it’s hard to know how much we can give without straying onto the turf of professional nutritionists and dietitians. Can our answers get us fired from our jobs—or even charged with a crime for violating state licensing…
Read MoreFirst-Session Success
“I’m terrified of change, even if it will improve my life.”
“I hate asking for help or admitting that I do not know something.”
“I avoid environments that are unfamiliar or that make me feel out of place.”
“I don’t believe that my own personal shortcomings are a source of my problems.”
“I will defend what I believe, even though it may not be right.”
For many people, those statements are true.
Read More“Do any of your clients have type 2 diabetes? How do their workout regimes differ from those of apparently healthy clients?”
I’ve worked with many clients with type 2 diabetes, ranging in age from 30 to 85 years old. Even though age and ability are different in each case, the challenge remains the same: Develop a safe and effective program that will be vigorous enough to improve muscle strength and provide cardiovascular benefit without inducing complications from the diabetes.
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