AFPA Graduate Spotlight: William Ramsey, Sports Conditioning Specialist
During the last 30+ years, we’ve certified over 130,000 professionals. Meet our featured grad, William Ramsey, an AFPA Sports Conditioning Specialist, owner and trainer at Ramsey Performance Training.
8 Client “Field Trips” to Make Training More Fun
As a personal trainer, your mission is to help clients reach their goals while making the task of living a healthy lifestyle fun, interesting and sustainable. Client “field trips” are a great way to show clients that they can work toward their goals and maintain a healthy body outside of the gym. It’s also an […]
15 Ways to Show Your Training and Coaching Clients You Appreciate Them
As a health and fitness professional, you know it is imperative to offer the highest quality of service possible to your clients. Competition is fierce, and your customers have plenty of choices for where they spend their personal training and health coaching budget.
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12 Tips for Starting a Successful Personal Trainer Business
Newly-certified personal trainers or personal trainers who want to revamp their business have multiple challenges and opportunities ahead of them.
6 Fitness Tips & Tricks to Keep Clients Motivated
We believe that transforming a person’s body will ultimately lead to a transformation of that person’s life – and we want to help you make that transformation a reality for your clients. But with millions of tips to cull through on the internet, as well as in magazines and other fitness resources, how can you determine what ones will be […]
How to Prevent Injuries During Marathon Season
It’s that time of year again. Marathon season is in full-swing, and whether you’re planning to conquer one of the most physical and mental challenges around, or you’re advising your client on preventative measures, we have four tips you should consider before lacing up your running shoes and taking on those 26.2 miles.
The Ultimate Running-Music Playlist for 2015
How many times has one of your clients wanted to give up during a workout? What about you? Well, according to health expert Gretchen Reynolds in contribution to The New York Times, you both are certainly not alone. In fact: “Intense, highly demanding exercise has many health benefits and one signal drawback. It can be physically unpleasant, […]
10 Things to Avoid in Your Strength Training Workouts
At AFPA we truly believe that there is a science behind everything; especially when it comes to fitness, or more specifically, strength training. To get the most out of any workout you need to focus on form, posture and what each individual body can handle. If you’re looking to improve strength training for you or your […]
How to Give Clients in Poor Health the Inspiration to Exercise
Eating healthy and working on staying physically fit may sound like a breeze to you, but some of your clients may need convincing; especially if they are just realizing the risk of poor lifestyle choices. Whether your client hopes to lose weight or just live a healthier lifestyle, we have compiled a set of tips […]
Under, Over, in Between? Facts on Healthy Weight Management
Too overweight, too underweight, not toned enough… Society puts a huge amount of pressure on the image we’re “supposed” to see in the mirror. But what really constitutes a healthy weight and how can one achieve it? Perhaps the first thing you should know is anyone can lose weight and achieve his or her goal—with […]