As I typed this title, I was struck by the fact that 20 is a rather large number when you compare it to a lifetime. It represents half my life (nearly); I’ve invested half of my life to being a health and exercise professional. …

For many starting out or considering a career in personal training, the perception that career options are limited to box-gym coaching still persists despite opportunities for fitness professionals to spread their wings into a number of different areas and venues. Contrary to what many think, certified personal trainers are found…

As personal trainers, we would love it if all clients we work with were “easy” in terms of communication, adherence, motivation, and commitment. However, we are serving people, not robots. Turns out, this is a good thing. We learn more from climbing difficult mountains than following a smooth and clear…

Why choose a career in personal training? The easier question to answer is, why not a career in personal training? A career as a certified personal trainer opens more doors than you might imagine initially. …

Mindset. It’s a powerful predictor and determinant of how your day will be. This doesn’t mean that you need to be toxically positive and firmly believe that everything is a gift or that every moment in every day is stress-free. That simply isn’t how life happens sometimes. Many things are…

When preparing for any personal trainer certificationexam, it’s important to bear in mind that there’s both an art and science to test-taking — especially multiple-choice test-taking. I have taken several certification exams during my 20-year career, and I learned something new with each experience. …

In the health and exercise space, we are fortunate to have a multitude of personal training and coaching software/platforms/apps to select from. Software and applications range from basic to highly advanced (which comes with a higher price tag). That said, you have the option to research and select a software…

Finding personal training client recruitment strategies that work for you is key to staying in the fitness business. Many times, fitness professionals overcomplicate the recruitment process and/or overextend themselves financially in trying to advertise their services in every conceivable space and place. Sometimes, more is just more — and not…

It’s no surprise, many personal training clients seek our services to lose weight and/or lose fat, and they can experience frustration when their goals appear slow going or totally stalled by apparent fat loss resistance. Realistically, we can expect fat loss to occur at a rate of 2.7–5.9% over the…