Originally appeared in the spring 2019 issue of the American Fitness Magazine. I was sweating profusely before I trained my first client, and it wasn’t from a workout. I was a nervous wreck, continually second-guessing what I was supposed to do. Would I ...

Objectives Explain COVID-19 and its impact on society and our industry. Describe how to limit and mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Outline options for fitness professionals to advance their skillset and education during this crisis. Provide plenty of ...

  Originally appeared in the spring 2018 issue of the American Fitness Magazine. Some fitness professionals see the word “core” as gimmicky and replace it with words like “trunk,” “center” or “column.” Others resist the term because they feel it lacks a ...

 

When I was young and thought about flexibility, it would conjure up images in my mind of Jean-Claude Van

My years of corporate education in the fitness industry have proven over and over again, to me, that people are afraid of the word "SALES." Many people wanting to become trainers have called foul on this ominous word and have cried: 1) "I did not get ...

When I first entered the realm of personal training I had no idea how to "pick up" clients, and yet that was the focus and intent of my job. There was so little guidance that I apprehensively approached my fitness director and asked him to help me. His ...

The psoas has been a target of much accusation and blame for causing altered movement patterns in the realm of human movement science, and for good reason. We are a hip flexed people, product of a chair-borne society. Until the societal paradigm shifts ...

Is online virtual personal training the next frontier for fitness? IHRSA (International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association) is the leading trade association for health and sportsclubs (aka gyms). We can pull all sorts of great data from this ...