AFPA Health and Fitness Blog

What is on the horizon in 2023 for the health and wellness industries?  

Over the course of 2020, AFPA published over 100 original articles; 10 downloadable e-books and guides; and shared hundreds of summaries of cutting-edge health, nutrition, and fitness research publications through our newsletter and blog. 

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published December 2014 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. If you’ve been considering a career as a fitness trainer, now is the time to get started. People are more interested than ever in taking charge of their health, and that’s causing a continued boom […]

Whether you’re in the midst of a fitness certification program or just developing an interest in health, wellness and personal training, we want to help you evolve your knowledge and expertise. Sorting through different resources can be overwhelming, especially when you’re new to the field. But not to worry, we’ve narrowed the search and found the […]

At the end of each year, cultures have different traditions for reflecting on the year past and welcoming the year to come. Here at AFPA, we spend some time reflecting on one of our favorite ways of communicating with our graduates and followers: our weekly blogs.  

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published August 10, 2016 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Numerous bloggers and food writers dispense nutritional advice with ease, and some don’t even cite any particular studies or research, they just seem to be coming up with these “insights” on their own. But […]

Both recently certified health and wellness coaches and experienced health coaches may find themselves in situations where they feel resistance from a client to change. 

Instagram recently launched a brand new feature called Instagram Reels—and it might be a game changer for your fitness brand’s marketing strategy. 

The rise of chronic disease across the globe over the past several decades has caused public health professionals to raise the alarms to improve people’s health and wellbeing through professional health services, more equitable food and health systems, and research and entrepreneurship opportunities for those passionate about individual and community health and wellness. 

This Editor’s Note: This post was originally published January 2018 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness.