Most of us are creatures of habit when it comes to our diets. We buy the same groceries each week, we eat at the same restaurants, and we order the same coffee every day. However, every once and a while, our routines get disrupted, and we are forced to ...

With the state of our world and industry in flux with the effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, the NASM-CPT Podcast and host Rick Richey wanted to help in the way we know how - by talking about it and offering advice.  

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 published in the winter 2017 issue of the American Fitness Magazine. To earn 2 AFAA/0.2 NASM CEUs, purchase the CEU quiz ($35) and successfully complete it online.

  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. If you find these workouts useful, we compiled a hub of information and resources for body ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine that you have a new client who is feeling overweight. As a personal trainer,  would you have them sit in a sauna and sweat out five pounds, or teach them how to lose five pounds of fat? This is similar to the sort of advice you may receive when ...