AFPA Graduate of the Month: Kayla Jury, Holistic Health Coach
During the last 30+ years, we’ve certified over 130,000 health, nutrition, and fitness professionals. Each month, we recognize one of our distinguished graduates who use what they have learned to inspire others and make a difference.
8 Ways Personal Trainers May Design Healthier Post-Pandemic Weight Loss Programs
An Overview of Weight Loss the “Healthy Way” A program targeting weight loss helps clients decrease overall body weight. Further, this bodyweight change ideally and intentionally focuses on losing fat but can also unintentionally consist of protein, muscle, and other bodily substances.
Postpartum Fitness: Exercising After Pregnancy
The postpartum recovery period comes with its own set of physical changes.
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6 Marketing Dos and Don’ts for Health and Wellness Entrepreneurs
Health and wellness entrepreneurs often have mixed feelings about marketing.
Coach Resource: Prevention and Treatment of Pregnancy-Induced Diastasis Recti
A woman’s abdomen expands significantly over the course of the 40 weeks of pregnancy—it stretches and widens to make space for a growing baby, the placenta, and the fluids that will nourish and carry the baby to term.
7 Tips for Researching Your Competition and Setting Your Health and Fitness Coaching Rates
A vital component of effective market research for your health and wellness business is researching your competition.
How Exercise Impacts Anxiety and Depression
Exercise is generally considered an activity that primarily benefits our physical health. From improving muscle strength, balance, and oxygen flow, there are dozens of fitness-related reasons to stay active throughout your lifetime.
Plant-Based Diets + Type 2 Diabetes: What the Research Says
Few chronic diseases are studied more than type 2 diabetes.
5 Tips for Building Confidence When Working with Clients as a Health & Wellness Professional
It’s no secret. When you are confident in your coaching abilities, you inspire a sense of trust in your clients.
Health Coach Resource: How to Reduce Exposure to 10 Common Environmental Toxins
Environmental toxins, or chemical pollutants, are chemicals that are found in the environment due to natural processes or pollution resulting from manufactured products and processes. Sometimes, they are called environmental chemicals since they are only toxic once they reach certain levels in the body and start affecting normal biological processes.