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Top 5 Reasons to Become a Personal Trainer

Kinsey Mahaffey
Kinsey Mahaffey |
Passion and purpose collide when a fitness enthusiast makes the decision to become a Certified Personal Trainer. How would you like to get paid to do what you love? If fitness is your passion and you have a desire to help others on their personal health ...
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A Q&A with Fitness Leader and NASM Global Ambassador Louise Hazel

Jacqueline Kaminski
Jacqueline Kaminski |
From an Olympic athlete to becoming a successful entrepreneur and CEO, London-born Louise Hazel has been “slaying” the game of life. Louise is an English track and field athlete from the United Kingdom who’s competed in four major international ...
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Personal Training FAQs

Kinsey Mahaffey
Kinsey Mahaffey |
Whether you’ve been working out for years or worked out a day in your life, hiring a certified personal trainer (CPT) could be exactly what you need to help you reach your goals and take your fitness to the next level. To help you better understand the ...
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Back to Basics: Personal Trainer FAQs

Nicole Golden
Nicole Golden |
While many believe the only function of a Certified Personal Trainer is to help clients lose weight and get six-pack abs, the true job of a trainer is to fix movement dysfunction and help your client adopt healthy behaviors that improve overall health. 
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CPT

Clean Bulking Mistakes to Avoid

Brad Dieter
Brad Dieter |
Bulking is a term that is used to describe the process people utilize to build/add muscle tissue. Except in rare situations, being in a calorie surplus (meaning you consume more calories than you expend) is required to build muscle. The other requirement ...
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Reducing Stress and Improving Mindfulness for Athletic Performance

Kinsey Mahaffey
Kinsey Mahaffey |
Mental health is a hot topic these days, and for good reason! According to the American Institute of Stress, about 33 percent of people report feeling extreme stress, 77 percent of people experience stress that affects their physical health, and 73 ...
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What Is an “Ideal” Static Pelvic Posture? That’s Kind of a Tilted Question

Ryan R. Fairall
Ryan R. Fairall |
One of the most important things a certified personal trainer can do is build out their new clients’ unique workout and training programs before diving in. These assessments help the trainer seek out opportunities for growth while also understanding ...
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Here Are the Top Fitness Trends for 2023

Kinsey Mahaffey
Kinsey Mahaffey |
If there was one word to sum up the fitness trends for 2023, it would be: Technology. Over the past couple of years, the shift to virtual training opened many opportunities for anyone to get fit anywhere.  This year, new tech innovations, like virtual ...
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The Benefits of Circuit Training

Jacqueline Kaminski
Jacqueline Kaminski |
New year, new you! With that fresh mentality to set new intentions and new goals, finally committing to a long-term fitness plan might be high up on your list. But with all those other goals on your list, you may find yourself crunched for time, and the ...
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Are Partial Reps A Waste of Time?

Brad Dieter
Brad Dieter |
In the world of training, there are a lot of different ways to execute a given exercise. For example, a single exercise like a squat can have an almost infinite number of variations even though it may always be considered a squat. There are regular back ...
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