The answer might seem almost obvious to most people. If someone was trying to lose weight, do you think people would do better drinking water or drinking diet soda? Some might say water while others might say it doesn’t matter – since they both have zero calories. You’d think this would be an easy issue […]
[Continue reading...]Online Personal Trainer Review
Have you ever wanted to know how to become an online, virtual personal trainer? You’re not alone. I’ve gotten several questions from personal trainers who’ve wanted to expand their business into online training and so to help you, I sought out several people who are doing virtual training and asked them several questions about their […]
[Continue reading...]Tennis Elbow: Insights From A Physical Therapist
Update 7/27/20. 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 […]
[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...]Personal Trainers: Are Online CPR/AED Certifications Good?
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
Update 9/5/20. The Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) certification offered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) is one of the most popular personal training certifications’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 […]
[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 buying new exercise equipment while others think about different ways they can get clients (tip: see my trainer marketing book for more on that). One area of […]
[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...]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 […]
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