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In what way, if any, have you modified the services you provide to adjust for the impact of COVID-19?
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A great opportunity exists for health and wellness coaches ready to embrace the online/virtual environment through telemedicine and online coaching.
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Whether it’s been a few weeks or a few months, personal trainers must update programs to fit clients’ current status, not their pre-coronavirus fitness levels.
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Dr. Barry McGlumphy notes that “many of the techniques used with professional football players can be applied to most physically active people.”
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Muay Thai Personal Trainer is an innovative new program providing skills for personal trainers to add to their toolbox and receive CEU’s.
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Since the risk of spreading COVID-19 is lower in outdoor settings, have you developed new outdoor workouts or moved indoor workouts to an outdoor venue?
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Fitness tech is fast becoming the new norm. For trainers and entrepreneurs, remaining competitive in this new digital age means embracing change.
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As a fitness professional, you can leverage your expertise by incorporating suspension fitness into your overall training programs.
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In an industry that strives to help people improve health and fitness, there is still a significant amount of judgment and stigma toward people with obesity.
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Are you or any of your facility’s trainers offering streaming programs?
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Are you offering a variety of interval training programs? For example, are you putting programs in the pool or offering combinations of HIIT aerobic and resistance training, reduced-exertion options, or programs of different lengths (e.g., 30 or 45 minutes)?
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During challenging times, supporting client fitness, health, and wellness is vital. As a personal trainer, it’s increasingly more important to ensure that your clients are empowered to stay strong, motivated to continue training remotely, and have the tools needed to stay connected to you. As the innovator and leader in sports and fitness technology, Polar has several solutions to help personal trainers connect to clients beyond the club walls.
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Join ISSA for our free webinar where you’ll not only find out how to become a Certified Personal Trainer, but how you can develop the perfect health and fitness plan for your client based on their DNA – all completely online – by becoming a certified DNA-Based Fitness Coach. In a world that’s looking for answers, don’t let your client’s health and wellness program be one of them. Learn how becoming a DNA-Based Fitness Coach can help you create a custom-tailored health and fitness program for your client’s individual needs based on their DNA results, even in a virtual setting.
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Jack Welch, American businessman and former CEO of General Electric, once said, “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” This is the reason the IDEA World Convention exists—to bring together some of the brightest people in the fitness industry so they can grow into greatness and inspire that growth in clients, students, athletes, co-workers and staff.
Comprising more than 330 sessions led by top coaches, entrepreneurs, and fitness, nutrition and wellness professionals, IDEA World offers the full spectrum of education you are seeking for instant and ongoing career growth, regardless of your position in the industry.
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As a trainer, you’ve likely had clients say things to you like, “I just look at food and gain weight” or “I’m doing what you’re telling me to and not seeing results.” It’s beyond frustrating for a coach to feel like they can’t help a client. But here’s the thing: It’s not your fault. Without insight into your client’s genetics, you’re left with trial and error to find his or her optimal diet and exercise program.
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As we begin to prepare for spring, are you offering any conditioning programs or injury prevention programs like the FIFA strategies outlined here? Do your programs take place indoors or outside?
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Health and wellness coaching has hit an important professional milestone. The AMA has officially recognized the role of health and wellness coaches as nonphysician healthcare professionals by approving procedural codes for tracking health and well-being coaching services. This means that health and wellness coaches who are certified by either the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) or by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Inc. are recognized as Category III healthcare professionals.
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Here’s more good news for pregnant exercise enthusiasts. East Carolina University researchers found that women who did 50 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise three times per week during pregnancy had babies with better neuromotor skills at 1 month old than babies of mothers who did not exercise.
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What do you hope to do next in your fitness career? Make the transition from part-time trainer to full-time business owner? Discover new profit centers to beef up your bottom line? Refresh your program design strategies? Deepen your understanding of the latest behavior modification techniques?
Learn how to do all this and more at the 2020 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute, the most comprehensive and impactful fitness event for personal trainers, fitness facility owners, and managers and program directors.
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What activities or equipment-based program trends are you seeing in the new year? Are you boosting promotion of any particular programs like high-intensity interval training, indoor cycling, yoga or barre? Or are you offering shorter class times or opportunities for virtual training? Please share your success stories.
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December 2019
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