AFPA Health and Fitness Blog

What are the Responsibilities of a Nutritionist?

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published July 2015 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. As a nutrition consultant, you have a unique opportunity to help your clients develop better eating habits, achieve their weight-loss and fitness goals and ultimately maintain healthy and fulfilling lifestyle changes. “Proper nutrition is essential to healthy living […]

How to Generate New Client Leads with Social Media

Business website up and runningโ€”Check!  Selection of your primary social media channelsโ€”Check!  Steady content creationโ€”Check!  Those wins may look small on paper, but entrepreneurs know the amount of work that goes into checking all of these off.  

6 Key Questions Personal Trainers Should Be Asking New Clients

As a personal trainer, it’s always important to get to know your prospective clients as much as possible before determining that they’d be a good fit for your services. All too often, however, personal trainers don’t understand the right questions to ask to get a true feel for a potential client. In general, there are […]

How Do I Become a Certified Pilates Instructor?

Pilates is one of the most popular methods of exercise in the world, and for good reason. Since its creation in the early 20th century, Pilates has become a favorite workout for health-minded individuals who want to build strength, lean muscle tone, and flexibilityโ€”all with a focus on the core. In 2017 alone, more than […]

6 Ways You Can Encourage Healthy Habits for Life

We are all guilty of saying that we will commit to something that we eventuallyย push to the side or lose theย motivation to seeย all the way through. But when it comes to dramaticallyย changing our lifestylesย we need to maintain momentum in order to be successful and ultimately reap the benefits in the short- and long-term. The truth […]

5 Tools to Make Your Job as a Certified Personal Trainer Easier

Train clients. Get results. Thatโ€™s your main objective when youโ€™re a certified personal trainer. Nevertheless, being a personal trainer involves much more work than what your clients see in the gym. Youโ€™ve got to manage your schedule, develop programs, bill clients for training sessions, run marketing campaigns, and keep clients motivated to help them achieve […]

An In-Depth Look at 4 Jobs in Nutrition

As consumers rapidly become more health-conscious and the demand for more nutritional information continues to rise, we’ll see the market continue to dominate. With the stability of the market and an increase in related trends, it’s clear that a healthy and active lifestyle is becoming an essential piece of our evolving culture. As a result, […]