“Practicing What You Teach”, an obvious “play on words” of the common phrase “Practicing What You Preach”, has two primary meanings to me. On one hand, fitness professionals should “walk the walk” and engage in the activities that they are promoting. It always concerns me when I see people making their living in the fitness […]

I recently had the pleasure of teaching at the AAAI/ISMA fitness conference in Baltimore MD. It was a lot of fun and a time to catch with a lot of people who I have not seen in a long time. While I had a lot of interesting conversations with people while I was in Maryland, […]

There are many people that could use the skills and knowledge of a good personal trainer but frequently go about it the wrong way. When you are hiring someone that you are entrusting with your health and well being a little background check and vetting is a good idea, don’t you think? So where to […]

Successful trainers know that running a thriving fitness bootcamp, while a lot of work, can be very rewarding both financially and personally. You are basically getting paid (oftentimes paid VERY well) to help change people’s lives. Doing what you love to do is a great thing indeed. The problem however is that getting and maintaining […]

UPdate 11/28/20. Ahhh, the joys of training a fitness boot camp class… Hearts thumping.  People sweating.  And all of your boot campers giving you those “I hate you looks” as you put them through their workout.  But you just smile because you know your people  are getting the one thing they really want: RESULTS! But, […]