Common Myths vs Realities of being a Personal TrainerMyth: Being a Personal Trainer keeps you fit
Reality: A good Personal Trainer will observe their client from all angles while they exercise in order to correct technique. This is close to impossible to do while we are exercising ourselves, so most of the time we are at work we are standing, kneeling or crouching in order to help our clients get the most out of their exercises – not working out! Fitting in our own workouts around a busy...
The benefits of good sleep for exercise and fitnessYou don’t grow in the gym; you grow in recovery. You also get faster, leaner and stronger whilst you recover, so it is perfectly reasonable to prioritise recovery in a training program. And recovery doesn’t mean simply drinking a protein shake, it means rest, and there is no better way to rest than to sleep.
Numerous studies have shown that increasing sleep quality and duration leads to increased performance and mental well-being....
Personal Trainers: How to Motivate Your Clients22 April, 2025As a personal trainer, training a client is the easy part. Knowing your anatomy, exercise technique and instruction will become second nature after a while.
The hard part is trying to figure out how to motivate your clients to show up to training, then being able to motivate them throughout their workout. There is no black and white answer here; every person is different and if you want to be successful as a PT; you will need...
Strength training for women over 50“It’s as critical to your health as mammograms and annual doctor visits.”
– Holly Perkins, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
What is strength training?
Strength training (also called resistance training or weight training) involves applying resistance to muscular contraction to build your muscle strength and endurance, using free weights, weight machines, resistance bands or even your own body weight. An effective program will have you...
What can be done to keep business booming when it gets wet and cold?
In the months before the summer period and after the hype of New Year’s resolutions, demand for qualified, skilled and successful personal trainers soars beyond belief. There is no doubt that in anticipation for the hot summer months and the prospect of a promise, personal trainers have no trouble keeping their business booming.
However, it is the mark of a smart and responsible personal trainer to look beyond these...
7 tips on how to stay motivated in your trainingWhether you are an elite competitor, casual gym goer, weekend warrior, recreational runner, health and fitness buff, or newcomer to sport … all of us will experience a lack of motivation from time to time. It’s all part and parcel of a regular workout routine.
What is motivation?
Motivation is an internal process or reasoning that makes you behave in a particular way, to move towards a goal. Given that your thought processes will actually...
How to travel the world as a Personal TrainerIn order to travel the world without a serious amount of money saved up, you’ll need to work throughout your trip. You might think that in order to work in other countries you’ll need to be prepared to work in hospitality or some other menial job, or perhaps be a writer or designer that can work from a laptop anywhere in the world. I’m going to tell you this isn’t the case. More and more people are taking their skill set abroad and finding work....
Start rounding up new Personal Training clientsAre you a newly qualified Personal Trainer? Are you an experienced Personal Trainer with some space for new clients? Do you want some more new clients? Do you want to start a new bootcamp? If you answered yes to any of those questions, now is the perfect time of the year to put some extra effort into signing up new clients.
For many people, the new year includes resolutions to become fitter and healthier. In order to make this resolution a...
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