Train Your Clients to Get Down and Dirty

By Pete McCall, M.S.

Mud runs and obstacle-course races are hugely popular and attract a wide range of participants. Learn how to capitalize on this growing trend by offering profitable small-group training programs designed to help clients train for specific events throughout the year.

Training Recovery: The Most Important Component of Your Clients’ Exercise Programs

Lance C. Dalleck, Ph.D.

You know that adequate recovery between workouts is absolutely essential to your clients’ performance and continued improvement. But exactly how do you determine the optimal amount of recovery time for each client? Learn the science behind recovery and how to apply these principles.

How to Overcome the 4 Most Common Challenges Faced By New Personal Trainers

By Carrie Myers

Top-level personal trainers offer their professional opinions on the most common challenges new trainers are likely to face and, more importantly, how to successfully overcome them. Here is your opportunity to learn from their experience and, hopefully, avoid some of the mistakes they made early in their own careers.

A Calorie Is Just a Calorie…or Is It?

Conventional wisdom says that losing weight and keeping it off is simply a matter of consuming fewer calories than we expend. A new study, however, challenges that nutritional dogma and suggests that the type of diet we follow may have a profound effect on the number of calories we burn each day.

What the Pros Know: How to Keep Your Clients Coming Back for More

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.

Do you find yourself struggling to keep your clients motivated to continue their programs? Here is a pragmatic, levelheaded and real-world approach that can help you inspire even the most adherence-resistant clients.