Help Your Clients Achieve Real Resolve, Not Just Resolutions

Let’s cut to the chase here. New Year’s resolutions, which 45 percent of Americans make, are a waste of time. After all, only 8 percent ar...



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Christmas Morning Workout

‘Twas the morning of Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse. The health club is closed…how do...



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7 Legal Mistakes of Fitness Professionals

When it comes to being a fitness professional, it can often be difficult to know what you can and can't do. For example, do you really need insurance?...



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Strength Train Your Way to a Great Race Day

Many runners’ resist resistance training and many weightlifters run away from running. Alas, there are great benefits from hitting the road AND ...



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Working Around Low-back Pain: How to Approach LBP With Clients

Working around an issue may sound counterintuitive to finding solutions for a specific problem. But with low-back pain, “working around” t...



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5 Reasons Why Personal Trainers Should Consider Sharing Clients

Admit it, you’ve had those days—teaching early-morning clients, trying to fit in your own workout in the late morning, maybe teaching a lu...



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The Yoga Injury Debate

To yoga or not to yoga seems to be a common question for individuals. The debate is heating up in both trade and consumer publications, each explainin...



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Slide Your Way To A Stronger You

As trainers and coaches, we have endless options to choose from when it comes to equipment. A Google search reveals literally thousands of different t...



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Create Your Own Military-style Boot Camp

Boot camp-style workouts are all the rage because they are highly intense, target all your muscle groups, require little or no equipment, and burn a t...



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15 People Worth Following on Twitter

Social media such as Facebook and Twitter are changing the landscape of communication. You no longer need an expensive marketing campaign with targete...



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Recovery Redefined: Post-workout Nutrition

The biggest error in the common view of nutrition is the focus on small details. This error is evidenced by questions like, “How much protein, c...



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Time-saving Workout Ideas for Busy Clients

As fitness professionals, we make a living by helping clients pursue healthier lifestyles. While we generally see our clients for an hour at a time, w...



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Five Creative Ways to Use a Stability Ball

The stability ball is a great tool for strengthening the core, but there are so many other exercises you can do with it. Here are five fun exercises t...



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Herbal Supplements: Less Effective Than One Might Think

Are you one of the many Americans who take herbal supplements in an effort to improve your health? If so, you may want to reconsider buying your nex...



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Give T.H.A.N.K.S for Your Health!

As you sit down around the table and give thanks for your family and friends, be sure to also give thanks for your health. Whether you have lifestyle ...



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The Holidays: When You Are Needed Most

It may be the most wonderful time of the year for many, “…with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer.” ...



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Just You and A Hill

I love the latest and greatest fitness gadgets that come on to the market every year. The more toys and tools that we have at our disposal to help o...



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The Food Lies We Tell Ourselves

As registered dietitian nutritionists, we get a firsthand look at some of the lies clients tell themselves when it comes to rationalizing what they ea...



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The Inaugural Obesity Week: What Does It Mean for You?

This week kicks off the first-ever Obesity Week. Inspired by the convening of one conference for both The Obesity Society and the American Society for...



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5 Steps for a Successful CrossFit™ Experience

1. Take the introductory course offered by your CrossFit affiliate. Newly released ACE-sponsored research confirmed that CrossFit can be a great way ...



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Snack Like the Pros

Snacks are notorious for derailing healthy-eating efforts, but a well-chosen snack can actually enhance your training and support your nutrition goals...



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Workout Wednesday

You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday—now it’s time to starting thinking about Workout Wednesday. In an effort to help you...



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Get Results With Ropes

I’m always interested in learning about the latest fitness tools available. I try to keep an open mind and experiment with equipment before I pa...



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Recovery Redefined: How Much Rest You Actually Need

The reality of exercise is that you don’t make progress when you work out—you make progress when you recover from the workout. The workout...



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Halloween: How to Keep the Treats and Your Waistline

Halloween is always full of fun, but when it comes to your waistline, the holiday comes with more than a few challenges. Whether it’s on Hallowe...



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Association of Fitness Studios (AFS): A New Resource for Fitness Professionals

Small studio owners, as well as fitness professionals who are thinking about opening their own studios, have a new source of support in the industry&m...



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3 TRX Moves for an Effective Warm-Up

In the rush to Do Work, trainers sometimes allow clients and athletes to skip the warm up. Warming up serves several critical functions and skipping i...



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Aqua Cardio: Get Vertical

Unlike most forms of cardio, swimming makes it possible to work your body without the harsh impact to the joints. And, just like land-based exercise, ...



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Everything You Need To Know About ACE East

ACE East is right around the corner! In a few days we'll be meeting you for three days of programming and a packed exhibitor showroom. If you have n...



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Corporate Wellness: How to Seal the Deal With a Potential New Company

If you’ve been following the steps in the previous two articles in this blog series on How to Start a Program From Scratch and How to Find the O...



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How NOT to Impress Your Students: The Top 5 Things GFIs Do That Might Actually Be Backfiring

GFIs have ONE mission: Make participants feel successful so they’ll come back for more. We do this by providing safe and effective exercise, e...



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Metabolic Training: The Workout

Metabolic training is about getting the “biggest bang for your buck,” but is often misinterpreted as “work out until you puke.&rdquo...



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Yoga for Clients Who Are Overweight or Obese

Throughout the years of managing hundreds of staff from all various backgrounds, I have come to realize that we teach and preach based on our individu...



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Chain Restaurant Favorites Get a Healthy Makeover: P.F. Changs Chicken Fried Rice

Eating out used to be an occasional treat, but for many people it is now part of their regular routine. Unfortunately, that often means trading sound ...



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Take High-intensity Interval Training to the Pool

The fitness industry is seeing a surge of interest in high-intensity interval training (HIIT). Buzzwords include tabata, max and turbulence training. ...



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TRX® Rip Trainer™ Workout with Creator Pete Holman

Have you tried the TRX Rip Trainer yet? ACE Personal Trainer Pete McCall chats with creator Pete Holman about this versatile training tool and demon...



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Advances in Aerobic Training: How to Apply the New Heart Rate Formulas

Science and technology advancements mean that our knowledge of fitness is constantly evolving. What was once standard practice, such as calculating ...



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10 Reason to Come to ACE East

Still trying to decide whether ACE East is for you? We have 10 reasons to help make your decision easier. Join us on October 17-19 in Orlando for th...



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Two Underrated Exercises You Should Be Doing

There’s a constant focus on what is new, flashy and trendy. And, to a certain extent, that’s fine. But in pursuing the new, the cutting-ed...



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Chain Restaurant Favorites Get A Healthy Makeover: Chili’s Spinach and Artichoke Dip With Chips

Eating out used to be an occasional treat, but for many people it is now part of their regular routine. Unfortunately, that often means trading sound ...



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A Day in the Life of a Figure Competitor

Being a competitive fitness athlete is no joke. It takes a lot of time, money, support and, most of all, dedication. There is a notable difference bet...



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Corporate Wellness: How to Find the Organizations That Need Your Services

As the push toward keeping employees healthy and happy continues to grow, companies are becoming more interested in on-site workouts for their employe...



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IDEA: Inspiration, Development, Education and Awareness

How much learning, sharing and experiencing the cutting edge of a profession can be packed into four days? Leave it to Peter and Kathie Davis, co-foun...



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TRX® Workout with Inventor Randy Hetrick

Former Navy Seal Randy Hetrick, CEO and inventor of TRX®, explains the genesis of the TRX and leads a fast and effective workout that will get t...



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It’s Not Wrong, It’s Different: A Modern Approach to Yoga Asana

Updog with plantar flexion? Or updog with dorsi flexion? Tree with Namaste hands? Or tree with arms overhead? Yoga students attend classes from variou...



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How To Open Your Own Gym (Part 1)

Fitness is booming and with the ever increasing number of corporate wellness programs and health insurance incentives, opening a gym appears to be f...



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How to Keep Your Clients Coming Back Every Week

Turning new clients into repeat customers requires much more than just putting them through an intense workout— building rapport is equally, if ...



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What’s Your Weight Doing For You?

Strange question, right? It’s also strange how lots of people are seemingly obsessed with losing weight, while continually struggling to do so. ...



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Test Your Nutrition IQ

Do you feel like you’re pretty nutrition savvy and able to make food choices that will help boost your health? Put your knowledge to the tes...



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ACE Fit Tools for Fitness Pros

Throughout your career as a fitness professional, you’ll be exposed to numerous products and tools that can be used during client training sessi...



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