Careful nutrition choices are key to improving your client’s health and fitness – but uninformed decisions might stop them getting the results they want. Nutritional advice is given so readily these days that it can be quite difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. But by not knowing the truth, your clients could be depriving…
Healthy body, healthy mind, as the saying goes – and it’s far from just a throwaway figure of speech. There’s a wealth of deep-rooted scientific evidence to support this statement. Sure, regular exercise is good for the body – but it’s also one of the most effective ways of improving and stabilising a person’s mental…
The margins between success and failure are very fine when it comes to exercise. So, a motivational song can be just the boost you need to maximise performance, keep your heart pumping and stay in the zone. Music’s ability to give you the edge during a workout has been extensively proven. A study from Dr…
With Spring well and truly sprung, and Summer just around the corner, more and more of us are choosing to exercise outside instead of in. But it’s not just those without a gym membership who should be making the most of it. There are lots of benefits of outdoor training, and if you’re a sports…
There isn’t a single personal trainer or fitness instructor out there who doesn’t want more clients. Fresh faces mean busier timetables, new goals, varying training schedules and of course, more income. New clients keep the job interesting, exciting and ultimately, rewarding. However, many personal trainers struggle to find more clients and are often left scratching…
Just like getting out of bed in the morning, the motivation to drag yourself to the gym can be lacking even on the best of days. But when it’s your job as a personal trainer to motivate people and keep their “eyes on the prize”, there’s simply no way you can have an “off” day.…
Jo Cooper, a fitness instructor and model based in Crawley, West Sussex, has quite the fitness pedigree. With credits including two front covers of Fitnorama magazine, data capture for Xbox’s Zumba Fitness World Party as well as a whole host of television appearances for programmes such as ITV’s Daybreak and Channel Four’s Sunday Brunch, Jo…
Traditionally, Christmas is a time of excess. A period of a few weeks, during which many people allow themselves to overindulge and then worry about the consequences in January. However, if your clients have been making great progress or are training for a specific fitness challenge, it can be difficult to keep them motivated to…
As the winter months descend, many people lose the motivation to exercise and this can be a time when clients start fading away. However, it is important to communicate to them that there are many benefits to exercising in winter – especially if they suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Research has shown that keeping…
