When people think bone health, they automatically conjure up ideas of taking calcium and vitamin D supplements. Fewer might also have heard of the value of potassium and vitamin K too. But those are supplements. What about foods to help bones stay strong? Well besides milk, what else is there? Well, it turns out many […]
[Continue reading...]How Young Can A Personal Trainer Be?
So, you’re under 18 and want to be a personal trainer. Can you do this? Recently, I was asked if it was OK if a 16 year old attended a personal training certification class I was teaching. That got me to thinking if there were other young people out there also wondering if they can […]
[Continue reading...]Personal Trainer With a Criminal Record?
Can you be a personal trainer with a criminal record? This is a question I’ve seen asked quite a bit online but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it discussed in any fitness publications. While I’m sure some might think the answer is obvious, I don’t think it necessarily is. I think for some people, […]
[Continue reading...]Do Personal Trainers Have To Look Perfect?
This is more of a rant than anything else and originally started out as something I send to those getting my newsletters. But, it generated so much response, that I wanted to open it up to everybody. It’s about an email I once received from a woman who told me of her desire to become […]
[Continue reading...]The AAAI/ISMA Personal Training Test
I get a lot of questions about the AAAI/ISMA personal trainer test. It makes sense as this is the most popular class I teach. I want to help you if you are trying to pass this certification test. What I’d like to do is tell you about how the AAAI/ISMA certification works and try to […]
[Continue reading...]NSCA or NASM: Whats Better?
Have you ever wondered what’s better, the NSCA or the NASM certification? Odds are, more than one person thinking about how to be a personal trainer has pondered this because both NASM and NSCA are heavy hitters in the personal trainer certification game. I started thinking about this question after I got an email from […]
[Continue reading...]Gym Emergency Procedures: What Would You Do?
As a certified personal trainer, let me ask you a question. What will you do, if― God forbid ―one of your clients dies right in front of you or is seriously injured while working out? What would you do if ANY member of the gym you worked at died or was injured? This question often […]
[Continue reading...]Ab Circle Pro Does It Work? (UPDATE 2018)
Does the Ab Circle Pro work? The Ab Circle Pro is another in a long series of “amazing” “breakthrough” abdominal machines touted to help you lose weight. Here is how it’s supposed to work: You swing your body back and forth in an arching motion. This, they say actives the abs and obliques to burn […]
[Continue reading...]Save Supplement-Geek.com
Some of you have been asking what’s going on with my website, Supplement-Geek.com. Previously I had sent a message to those getting my newsletter explaining the situation and what I have been dealing with but in case you didn’t see that, I wanted to post this so people understand the legal problems I’ve been having […]
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