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Should Personal Trainers Recommend Supplements?

April 9, 2012

  Good nutrition and personal training go hand-in-hand, but what about supplements? Should personal trainers recommend supplements to their clients? I know many do this, but I advise caution. To illustrate my reason for saying this, I would like to tell you about the most notorious personal trainer / supplement incident of all time. This [...]

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Rhabdomyolysis and Personal Training Facts You Need To Know

December 30, 2011

It’s ironic that most people have never heard of rhabdomyolysis, even though you’ve probably seen it mentioned on TV every day!  Rhabdomyolysis is a condition that results in the death of your muscle cells from a stress (like exercise) that overwhelms the body’s ability to adapt.  Basically the muscle cells rupture and release their cellular [...]

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Fitness Job Interview Steps To Success

October 26, 2011

So you’re a personal trainer looking for a job.  You have a personal trainer job interview coming up and you don’t know what to expect.  If this is you, you’re not alone, but don’t worry.  I’ve interviewed personal trainers before so let me try to demystify the job interview process so you are better prepared, [...]

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AAAI Fitness Recertification Questions

September 28, 2011

Ok, so your certified by AAAI/ISMA and your fitness training instructor certification is about to expire.  How do you maintain your cert and get recertified by AAAI/ISMA?  This is the question I want to address and along the way I also want to give you some tips to reduce the odds of you letting your [...]

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Is Anna Kournikova a Certified Personal Trainer?

September 23, 2011

Anna Kournikova is a personal trainer?  That was news to me when I heard that Anna Kournikova was hired to be one of the personal trainers on the Biggest Loser.  Most people know Anna Kournikova as a tennis player, but is she a certified personal trainer?  I looked into this just in case you too [...]

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Am I Too Old To Be A Personal Trainer?

September 14, 2011

Am I too old to be a personal trainer?  That was the question asked by someone at a fitness website I like to frequent.  It’s a good question and one I’ve heard before from others who decide to be fitness trainers, later, after they have already worked in another field and decide they want to [...]

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Personal Trainer Resume Tips

August 23, 2011

Ok you’re a certified personal trainer.  Now what?  How do you get a job?  Even before that, how do you present yourself to your future employers in a way that helps you get head of all the other personal trainers?  One of the easiest ways to jump ahead of the pack is to have a [...]

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The Best Personal Training License

August 15, 2011

I see a lot of people online asking “what’s the best personal training license” and almost as many fitness experts blogging about “the best personal training license” too. Let me try to add my 2 cents to this question and hopefully get you on the right track.   In America, there really is no such [...]

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The AAAI/ISMA Personal Training Test

August 9, 2011

I get a lot of questions about the AAAI/ISMA personal trainer test.  It makes sense as this is the most popular class I teach.  I want to help you if you are trying to pass this certification test.  What I’d like to do is tell you about how  the AAAI/ISMA certification works and try to [...]

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