Common Signs Your Client May Have an Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are complex, clinically diagnosed conditions that can have serious physical and emotional complications. In the U.S. alone, there are...

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The Coaching Approach to Behavior Change

To coach a client in making sustainable behavior changes, it’s imperative to recognize that the course of behavior changes occurs in a predictab...

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7 Exercises to Create an Anti-Rotation Progression Sequence

Core strength is important for every movement and activity in life. Without core strength, our bodies become uncoordinated, weak or susceptible to inj...

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7 Reasons to Introduce Power Training Exercises to Your Clients

Elite distance runners can cover the 26.2 miles of a marathon in less than two-and-a-half hours. Top triathletes complete the Ironman distance (2.4-mi...

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ACE Medical Exercise Specialist Certification: A Pathway onto the Healthcare Team

The American Council on Exercise® (ACE®) is proud to announce the release of the ACE Medical Exercise Specialist Manual, the definitive resour...

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5 Steps to Becoming a Celebrity Personal Trainer in Your Own Community

When you think of the title “Celebrity Personal Trainer,” you most likely think of the trainers in Los Angeles or New York City, who spend...

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6 Functional Strength and Conditioning Exercises You’re Not Using With Your Clients

These seven highly effective functional strength and conditioning exercises not only challenge the body in new ways and can help break through fitness...

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5 Whole Foods to Replace Ergogenic Aids

Supplements are a significant component of the sports nutrition industry, and many manufacturers claim their products can assist with everything from ...

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Upper-body Explosive Training Workout

If you watch sports on a regular basis, you may hear an announcer praise an athlete for being powerful. While strength is the physical ability to gene...

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Heart-pumping Plyometrics Workout

It is widely accepted that two of the most efficient ways to burn fat and get lean are strength training and high-intensity interval training. Plyomet...

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The Impact of Flexibility Training on Performance

Being holistically physically fit means much more than just being able to run a mile or ride your bike for 30 minutes. Complete physical fitness means...

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5 Foods That Get a Bad Rap

There are some foods out there that are notorious for doing in diets. Labeled as “bad” or “off limits,” these foods have earne...

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8 Hormones Involved in Exercise

In the movie Fletch, released the same year that ACE was founded (1985), comedian Chevy Chase plays the role of Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher, a...

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How to Make Group Exercise Accessible to Everyone

In my years of teaching group fitness, it seems as if many instructors try to attract more participants by making their classes harder than other teac...

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Low Carb vs. Low Fat: Which One is Best for Your Client?

It is a question asked again and again by clients seeking weight loss: Is a low-carb or low-fat diet best for results? As a trainer, you may have a pe...

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Making the Shift From “Educator” to “Facilitator”

In my 15 years as a registered dietitian, ACE Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor, countless clients have asked me for the “...

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How to Develop Programs for Clients with Scoliosis

Scoliosis is a postural deviation indicated by a lateral curvature of the spine greater than 10 degrees. There are two primary categories for scoliosi...

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An Arnold-inspired Workout

As a Gen-Xer growing up in the 1980s, I was motivated to start working out by the action heroes in the summer blockbuster flicks. Larger-than-life mov...

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Prenatal Workout Recommendations

In part 1 of this two-part series, prenatal precautions and specific exercises to counteract some of the common physical issues of pregnancy were pres...

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Steady State Vs. Interval Training: Which One is Best for Your Clients?

Which of the following is a more effective strategy for traveling from one place to another in the shortest period of time: (1) adding miles to your t...

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The Impact of Flexibility Training on Performance

Being holistically physically fit means much more than just being able to run a mile or ride your bike for 30 minutes. Complete physical fitness means...

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5 Foods That Get a Bad Rap

There are some foods out there that are notorious for doing in diets. Labeled as “bad” or “off limits,” these foods have earne...

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8 Hormones Involved in Exercise

In the movie Fletch, released the same year that ACE was founded (1985), comedian Chevy Chase plays the role of Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher, a...

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How to Make Group Exercise Accessible to Everyone

In my years of teaching group fitness, it seems as if many instructors try to attract more participants by making their classes harder than other teac...

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Low Carb vs. Low Fat: Which One is Best for Your Client?

It is a question asked again and again by clients seeking weight loss: Is a low-carb or low-fat diet best for results? As a trainer, you may have a pe...

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Making the Shift From “Educator” to “Facilitator”

In my 15 years as a registered dietitian, ACE Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor, countless clients have asked me for the “...

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How to Develop Programs for Clients with Scoliosis

Scoliosis is a postural deviation indicated by a lateral curvature of the spine greater than 10 degrees. There are two primary categories for scoliosi...

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