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Personal Training and HIV AIDS

December 12, 2011

One of the more challenging areas that personal trainers may deal with one day is working with somebody infected with HIV – but it doesn’t have to be.  What I’d like to do is cover some issues to be considered when working with somebody who has HIV/AIDS as well as exercise guidelines to help people [...]

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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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Jack Lalanne The Biggest Name in Fitness History

August 13, 2011

Personal trainers need to know who Jack Lalanne was.  But, if your under 30, Jack Lalanne was probably the guy you saw selling juicers on TV.  Jack was more important than Arnold.   Jack was more important than Joe Weider and Ronnie Coleman.  Jack was the Captain America of fitness. While Jack passed away in [...]

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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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