Ways to Make Money as a Health Coach
With the growing awareness and appreciation of embracing a healthier lifestyle, the demand for health coaches has skyrocketed. According to Precedence Research, the global health coaching industry is projected to hit nearly $26 billion by 2030. It’s safe to say, this fast-growing industry has opened up a new world of money-making opportunities for health coaches.
5 Areas to Explore When Deciding the Best Fitness Plan for Your Client
Every client is different. They come to you from diverse backgrounds, harboring varying fitness goals, knowledge, skills, and even levels of motivation in following the fitness plans you’ve designed for them.
5 Essential Items to Enhance Your Gym Experience
Having a good workout routine is a key part to staying healthy and losing weight. Having the right gym items is important to making sure your workout is as effective as possible. Here’s a list of the 5 essential gym bag items that are must-haves if you want to enhance your gym experience. 1. Protein […]
12 Health Coaching Prompts That Will Help Clients Feel Appreciated and Motivated
Health coaching can be a transformative experience, helping clients to achieve their health and wellness goals and live their best lives. But it’s not always easy for clients to stay motivated along the way. That’s where coaching prompts come in. By incorporating prompts that show appreciation and foster motivation into their coaching practice, health coaches […]
3 Pilates Exercises to Help Seniors Improve Balance & Mobility
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published October 2014 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. For the past ten years, Pilates has become more and more popular in the fitness community. Whether you’re young or old it’s a perfect way to improve balance, mobility and strengthen the core. At AFPA […]
6 Benefits of Exercise Beyond Weight Loss All Fitness Coaches Should Know
Thinness equals health and moral virtue. That’s diet culture in a nutshell. But as a fitness coach, like a Certified Personal Trainer or Yoga Instructor, you’re probably familiar with how misguided diet culture beliefs are.
Do You Need a Certification to Become a Health Coach?
People across the world are increasingly prioritizing their health. Unfortunately, “prioritizing health” isn’t quite the same as actually living a healthy lifestyle. Take this 2016 study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, for instance. Researchers found that an average of only 2.7% of Americans met four basic qualifications of a healthy lifestyle. What’s behind this disconnect? […]
What is Post-Rehabilitation?
Managed care has created a need for patients/clients to seek alternative care for the management of their injuries/disease.Cut backs on reimbursement of services to traditional medical providers (e.g., physicians, physical therapists, and chiropractors) have provided an opportunity to develop medically supervised fitness programs or post rehabilitation.
Over-training: The Natural Body Builder’s Nemesis
What is progress? How do you define bodybuilding progress? What types of changes are occurring within the body? Do we define change from oxen to automobile to jet aircraft progress? Can speed and efficiency the criteria of progress? Man’s clothes have changed, his food has changed, his toys have certainly changed! Athletes in the 2000’s are bigger, stronger […]
15 Top Motivational Quotes for Fitness Professionals
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published October 2016 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Personal trainers are in the business of helping people make positive changes in their lives. And a lot of their day-to-day activities revolve around teaching people how to exercise and eat healthy. But there’s a […]