Life can be unpredictable; with the sudden disruption to daily life, many personal trainers are scrambling to find ways to deliver workouts to clients while practicing responsible social distancing safely.

Originally appeared in the winter 2015 issue of the American Fitness Magazine. Grow your groups and keep your clients coming back with this challenging, high-energy Group Personal Training Specialization (GPTS)–based routine. The beauty of small-group ...

Here are two great workouts in two convenient time-frames that can be performed just about anywhere and will help to you and your clients stay active and moving. And if you hadn't heard, NASM has a free course on designing optimal at-home workouts. And a ...

Have limited space and even less equipment to workout? Consider these three Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) workouts that you can do almost anywhere.

Originally appeared in the winter 2015 issue of the American Fitness Magazine. Body-weight workouts are getting big buzz right now as people discover that the only equipment you really need to get fit is with you all the time. Want to give your clients a ...

Some fitness trainers 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 clear definition. Here’s an easy, if slightly disconcerting, way to visualize the ...

Functional Movement and Training That Are Totally Accessible Originally published in the summer 2016 issue of the American Fitness Magazine. To earn 2 AFAA/0.2 NASM CEUs, purchase the CEU quiz ($35) and successfully complete it online. Many certified ...

See the NASM Weight Loss Specialization course for more information on this subject! A quick online search for weight loss strategies reveals a plethora of “hormone-balancing” diets, supplements and medications. The premise behind these products is that ...

Have you ever wondered why your upper back is "stiff" or wish that someone would grab your shoulders and give you a quick shoulder massage? Well, if this is you, you are not alone.

The Supplement Industry Supplements are big business. The global nutritional supplement market was valued at 132.8 billion US dollars in 2016, and it has been projected to reach almost 300 billion US dollars by 2024. Let's compare this to the ...