How to Help Your Clients Set Goals They Can Achieve

One of my favorite client exercises has nothing to do with weights or a cardio sweat session. In fact, it is more of a mental exercise—setting...



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Top Workplace Wellness Trends for 2015

More and more companies are participating in wellness programs. Whether a business is small or large, there are things that companies of any size ca...



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3 Things Health and Fitness Pros Can Do to Prepare for January

The world needs you. In a world that increasingly promotes unhealthy behaviors, health and fitness pros are the key to changing the future. And you ...



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Partner HIIT Workout: Pre-holiday Workout for Co-workers, Comrades and Couples

With the holidays approaching, there will plenty of time to work out, right? Wrong! We all know that when holidays approach, family events, work par...



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Amp Up Your Workout with These Metabolic Drills

It’s that time of year again…holiday parties, cookies, pies, eggnog, spirits, mass consumption. Even for those of us that make fitness ou...



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6 Ways Alcohol Affects Your Body

Evolution Nutrition was built for you—the fitness professional. With research showing that the combination of nutrition and exercise is much...



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4 Tips to Prevent Overindulging at Holiday Parties

With the holiday season upon us, eating healthfully probably isn’t the first thing on your mind. If you’re like many people, Thanksgivin...



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8 Reasons to Start a Career in Personal Training

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4 Superfoods to Look Out For in 2015

What is a superfood? Chances are you’ve heard of superfoods over the years and even incorporated them into your diet to boost your health and ...



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10 Fitness Trends to Look Out For in 2015

One of the most elusive traits coveted by humankind is the ability to predict the future. Based on the study of past events we can develop a hypothe...



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8 Health and Fitness Gadgets To Look for 2015

These eight apps and gadgets may very well change the way you approach fitness, nutrition and overall health in 2015. 1. ResMed s+ This system ess...



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How to Correct Form With Reactive Neuromuscular Training (RNT)

When correcting improper form, a personal trainer will usually verbally and/or visually cue the client to achieve correct form. Although the client ma...



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9 Things We Learned About Health and Fitness in 2014

The end of the year is a great time to review and reflect on areas of growth or achievement. For those of us interested in fitness, whether as profe...



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Top Exercises to Gain Thoracic Mobility

The thoracic spine consists of 12 vertebrate located between the seven cervical and five lumbar vertebrate. This region of the spine consists of a pos...



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The Do's and Don'ts of Flexibility Training

While research clearly indicates that joint range of motion is improved acutely and chronically following flexibility exercises, flexibility training ...



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4 Drills That Will Improve Your Agility

Agility is the ability to move quickly in any direction, particularly as you stop abruptly from moving on one path to start again on a different one...



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Benefits of Exercising before a Big Meal

The holiday season is in full swing, which means more parties, more food and a greater chance that a few pounds might creep on. Fortunately, you hav...



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3 Healthy Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

Thanksgiving—a day we typically associate with over-indulgence in rich foods—is often followed by a day of regret. This year, transform ...



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Total-body Circuit Workout

Integrate the five functional movement patterns into your next workout with this powerful circuit created by ACE. Squat, lunge, push, pull and rotat...



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Breathing Techniques That Can Enhance Your Workouts and Help You Relax

Never before have the applications of “fitness” been so vast in the realms of both group fitness and personal training. From restorative...



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How to Use Gliders for Dynamic Planks

Planks are essential for training core stabilization and promoting strength and stability throughout the scapulothoracic region. While it is common to...



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20-Minute At-home Bodyweight Circuit

For many trainers, the holidays can be a frustrating time. While there’s nothing better than going home for the holidays and spending time wit...



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7 Signs You’re Meant to Be a Group Fitness Instructor

Group fitness instructors (GFIs) pour their hearts and souls into their classes, spend hours creating well-planned workouts, and are in a perpetual ...



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Balance Training for the Glutes and Abs

Targeting the gluteals and abdominals in a training session is a popular goal for many fitness seekers, but what about training for balance? Do you re...



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Improve Your Skin Health with Exercise and Nutrition

As registered dietitians and personal trainers, we are intimately familiar with the health benefits that good nutrition provides for every part of t...



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Top Exercises for Strong Glutes and a Pain-free Back

Strong and well-developed glutes not only look great, but can help protect the lower back from injury during daily activities and sports. Biomechani...



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Obesity Weighing Down Military Recruiting Efforts

Taking action to reverse the obesity epidemic has never been more central to supporting our troops. Every day, our recruiting stations are forced to...



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Military Boot Camp-inspired Plank Workout

Military fitness training is, first and foremost, warrior fitness and focuses on four key components. Each of these components is necessary to devel...



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How to Create a Diabetes Intervention and Prevention Exercise Program

More than 29 million Americans have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, which means at some point in your career you will likely work with clients who suffer...



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Top Exercises for Pain-free Knees

Is there a secret to developing strong, great-looking legs without increasing the risk of painful knees? Biomechanics expert Justin Price offers his...



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4 Fall Superfoods Swaps

Spaghetti squash, apples, pumpkin, avocados.—it is officially fall and these delicious seasonal foods not only add delightful flavor to meals,...



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5 Things Fitness Professionals Should Know About Diabetes

When working with special populations, it is important to be informed of the variables that make each client unique. Given the increasing prevalence...



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How to Relieve Shoulder Pain Using Myofascial Release Techniques

Shoulder pain is a fact of life for many people, especially those who spend a lot of time sitting at a desk or driving. Corrective exercise expert J...



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5 Reasons to Grow Your Business With Online Training

Every day more and more business and commerce is occurring on the web, and why should the fitness industry be any different? Online fitness training...



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How Sugar Affects Your Body

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Spooky Superset Workout

Here’s a fun Halloween-inspired workout to get your blood flowing! This is a superset workout, so pair the exercises together with no rest in be...



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How to Relieve Lower-back Pain Using Myofascial Release

Lower-back pain is a fact of life for a significant number of adults, which means it is likely your clients will turn to you for help in relieving t...



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Core-strengthening Stability Ball Workout

The stability ball was originally used as a physical therapy aid for postural re-education and orthopedic rehabilitation. Today, you can find these la...



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10 Pilates Moves to Alleviate Back Pain

Pilates focuses on the strengthening and support of the core muscles, as well as proper postural and breathing techniques for optimal movement of the ...



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Why You May Be Hitting a Weight-loss Plateau

What is a plateau, really? It’s a levelling off. And when it comes to health and fitness, plateaus have a universally negative vibe to them. T...



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Add Variety to Your Diet with These Plant-Based Protein Sources

Vegetarian diets can take on a number of forms, depending on the type of animal-based products one chooses to consume. Ovo-lacto Vegetarians: Plant...



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How to Build Explosive Power in Clients of Every Age

As a culture, we are attracted to power—we love powerful cars, powerfully fast technology, powerful leaders, powerful speeches, powerful equipme...



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How to Relieve Food Pain Using Myofascial Release

Foot pain affects nearly all people at one time or another and it can negatively affect one’s quality of life and ability to enjoy workouts an...



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Health Coaching: Empowering Clients Through Behavior Change

The modern-day health coach brings together the principles of fitness, nutrition and emotional-behavioral balance to enhance an individual’s w...



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How to Determine What to Charge for Your Services

Congratulations! You’ve studied hard, passed the exam to become an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and are now ready to start helping others ch...



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Will Small-group Training Replace One-on-one Training?

We have experienced a major shift in the fitness industry that is creating dramatic change in how the average fitness consumer interacts with certif...



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The ACE Integrate Fitness Training® (ACE IFT®) Model for Obesity

The ACE IFT Model for Obesity was designed to help trainers know how to effectively start training an obese client based on his or her current movem...



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Yoga-inspired BOSU Workout for Tight Hips

Chronically tight hips not only can make certain yoga poses difficult to execute, they can also cause chronic discomfort. Although the reason varies, ...



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The Importance of Strength Training as You Age

When it comes to our health, we are bombarded with so much conflicting information, particularly when it comes to strength training. Strength traini...



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The Psychological Benefits of Strength Training

There’s no question that strength training has a ton of great physical benefits, but the mental benefits are just as, if not more, important.&...



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