Did you ever go the gym and see someone wearing a strap on their forearm near their elbow? Ever wonder why and what is going on? Well, most likely that person has tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis. Did they get tennis elbow playing tennis? Probably not. In this review, I’ll help educated fitness professionals – […]
[Continue reading...]Interview With Online Trainer Krystina Gorman
Krystina Gorman has been a personal trainer in South Jersey for over 10 years as well as a Health and Physical Education teacher. In this interview, I talk to Krystina about how she got into personal training -and now online training. Along the way, she shares her insights about how others can break out of […]
[Continue reading...]Can You Get an Online CPR/AED Certification?
If you know me personally, you know how much I harp on the importance of all fitness trainers being CPR/AED certified. With that in mind, recently, I received this email from someone: “I’m studying for a personal training certification and I want to know if I can get my CPR cert online? This was something I […]
[Continue reading...]NASM CES Certification Review
The Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) certification offered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) is one of the most popular personal training certification’s out there today. For those who are interested in taking this certification, I sat down with April James, a self employed personal trainer in Titusville New Jersey about how she prepared […]
[Continue reading...]Do Gym Trainers Need Personal Trainer Insurance?
As a new year comes upon us, many personal trainers start to think anew about their business and what they can do to make it better. Some consider new exercise equipment to buy while others think about different ways they can get clients (tip: see my trainer marketing book for more on that). One area […]
[Continue reading...]How To Pass The ACE Certification
One of the most popular posts on this site is the interview I did with an ACE certified personal trainer, and how he prepared for the exam. Because of that, I wanted to do another ACE review to help people get another perspective. In this review, I interview ACE personal trainer and author of Beating […]
[Continue reading...]Do Tight Hamstrings Cause Heart Disease?
Is it possible that a simple fitness test you can do right now in you home, might predict your risk of heart disease? That’s what some people are saying in light of an interesting study that was published a few years ago and it even got some publicity on the Dr. Oz Show too. The […]
[Continue reading...]How Many Steps Per Day Is Best?
I was at the gym recently and noticed a woman walking on the treadmill. She was probably in her mid 40s and pretty overweight. She wasn’t walking fast, but after a few minutes she was so tired that she literally had to get off the treadmill and take a breather. A while later, I watched […]
[Continue reading...]5 Marketing Lessons From Planet Fitness
If you are a personal trainer, my guess is that whenever someone brings up Planet Fitness, you probably laugh and tell jokes about them. Maybe you even recount a story of someone who set off the “Lunk Alarm.” Well, I’m here to say you should not laugh at Planet Fitness because they are eating the […]
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