What is a “Master Personal Trainer”?
[Continue reading...]Do Prunes Help Bone Health And Osteoporosis?
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...]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...]Foods That Decrease – And Increase – Inflammation
Inflammation. Everybody is talking about it because too much is thought to cause to disease. More than that, people really want to know how to reduce inflammation. Can you take a supplement? Well maybe, but what about food? What foods reduce inflammation? Odds are, they are in your kitchen right now. In this review, let’s […]
[Continue reading...]Sexual Harassment In The Gym: What To Do If It Happens To You
Almost every day we hear allegations of sexual harassment. Truth be told, this is nothing new. Unfortunately harassment like this and other forms has been going on for many years. While we often hear only about incidents involving celebrities, Hollywood directors and politicians, I wanted to discuss sexual harassment in fitness centers. The fitness industry […]
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