Beyond the Class: How to Connect with Participants and Expand Your Reach as a Health and Fitness Pro

One of the biggest mistakes health and fitness professionals can make is to think that what they do in class is the only thing that keeps participants...

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Body Awareness for Beginners

Body awareness is a form of mindfulness that helps you take better care of yourself, maximize exercise time and minimize risk for injury. The more in ...

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Lower-body Exercises for Dynamic Balance

Incorporating balance training into exercise programming is essential to improving stability and mobility in the kinetic chain. Proper balance and mov...

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Hidden Sources of Protein

Protein is vital to many aspects of health. In addition to its structural, mechanical and transport roles in the body, protein helps maintains fluid b...

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How to Manage a Difficult Client

You became a personal trainer to help others lead a healthier life. On the surface, one might say that you work primarily with the physical side of th...

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Answers to 5 Common Client Questions About Activity Trackers

As a health and fitness pro, you might be engaging in conversations with clients about the popularity of activity trackers and their features. Clients...

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Plateaus Rule! Why a Plateau Can Be the Best Thing to Happen in Your Pursuit of Fitness

You summon the strength to lift your foot one more time. Your leg feels like it is made of lead. Your foot collapses to the ground and you’ve ta...

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Heart Opening Yoga Sequence

February is American Heart Month—a great time to learn more about behaviors that can keep your heart strong and healthy. It’s also th...

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The Secret to Aging Gracefully - Get Moving!

ACE Advocacy and Outreach   Though you can’t prevent yourself from aging, you can slow down its effects and ward off potential health t...

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Tips for Couples Training Together

During this romantic time of year, it’s common to see an influx of “partner workouts” and “why couples should train together&r...

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Using MyFitnessPal to Help Your Clients

How many clients do you have who train and train and train, yet make no progress with their weight-loss goals? With a mere two or three hours of per...

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Try This One Week Meal Plan to Boost Your Immune System

Cold and flu season is upon us and you’re probably hoping you don’t catch some nasty bug that will have you down and out for the better pa...

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The Missing Link in the Health Care System: Agents of Behavior Change

ACE Advocacy and Outreach   This year, millions of adults in the U.S. will visit their doctors for a routine check-up. Two out of three Ameri...

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5 Full-body BOSU Exercises Favorited By Master Trainers

The BOSU Balance Trainer offers much more than its name implies. This versatile piece of exercise equipment—which has become a staple in gyms ac...

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10 Ways Exercise Helps to Protect Your Heart

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. While there are some risk factors for heart disease that we can’t control, ...

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5 Creative Body-weight Exercises

If asked, most of your clients would agree that there are a lot of options for body-weight exercises. And they would most likely be able to rattle off...

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