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AFPA Graduate Spotlight: Andrew Schuth, Personal Trainer

During the last 30 years, weโ€™ve certified over 130,000 professionals. Meet ourย featured grad, Andrew Schuth, an AFPA Personal Trainer, who’sย been certified with us for 10+ years and has used his certification to build a successful group fitness and personal training business.

What is Intuitive Eating?

New diets are continuously emerging onto the health and wellness scene. The latest and greatest, however, is not so much a diet but more of a non-diet and a lifestyle choice. This most recent trend to show up has, in actuality, been around for decades but thanks to social media, wellness experts and influencers turning […]

How to Name Your Nutrition Coaching Business for Real Results

Weโ€™ve mentioned before that your website functions as the digital waiting room for your nutrition coaching business. Following that analogy, your business name is the front door. Before your potential clients enter the waiting room to get more acquainted, your business name greets them and tells them who you are, what you do, and how […]

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25 Things To Know About Plant-Based Nutrition

Weโ€™re kicking off our quarter-of-a-century celebration with 25 things you need to know about eating a whole-foods, plant-based diet. While everybody (and every body) is different, a plant-based approach to eating is scientifically proven to improve health, lower the risk of disease, and much more. Hereโ€™s everything you need to know about taking the plant-based […]

11 Steps to Incorporating Video Into Your Fitness Coaching Strategy

Letโ€™s face it, there is so much to juggle as a fitness coach. From communicating with clients and developing programs to advertising and growing your businessโ€™s reach – it can be a lot. Adding video to your marketing strategy on top of that may seem overwhelming, especially if itโ€™s not a medium youโ€™re used to […]

5 Best Personal Trainer Books to Round Out Your Career

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published July 2017 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Taking the fast road to being a knowledgeable and successful personal trainer is not as hard as you may think. A trick that the most well-known trainers have adopted is quite simple. Itโ€™s reading. ย Reading […]

5 Exciting Careers in Nutrition That Pay Well

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published September 2017 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. When it comes toย exciting careers, health and wellness is a fast-growing, future-proofed profession that offers a way to change peopleโ€™s livesโ€”both clientsโ€™ and your own. A major part of that momentum is nutrition, especially as […]

10 Tips for How to Beat Chronic Bloating

Does your stomach look distended no matter what you eat? You might be dealing with chronic bloat, an inconvenient digestive condition that can impact your quality of life. Bloating can be challenging to address unless you understand whatโ€™s causing your symptoms in the first place, so this article will dive into the details of gut […]

5 Fitness Jobs You Can Pursue with a Certificate

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published September 2014 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Have you always been passionate about a career in fitness but uncertain of how you could pursue it? Whether you recently received a health-related degree, officialย certification, or you don’t see a future at your current […]