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Are Your Clients Judging Your Appearance?

This personal trainer was hyper-focused on her looks, obsessive about food, and miserable. Then she embraced these seven mindsets.

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7 Common Traps (and How to Avoid Them) When Launching Your Online Personal Training Business

You work hard but your effort never pays off—and your online “business” feels more like an expensive hobby. This is why.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Online Personal Trainers

The difference between trainers who achieve their goals and those who don’t is their habits.

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5 Reasons Every Personal Trainer Needs a Fitness Coach (You Too!)

If you want to get better at something, you hire somebody better or smarter than you to teach you. Here are five ways a fitness coach can help you improve.

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[The Best] Disordered Eating in the Fitness Industry, and More

Two fit pros open up about their personal experiences. Plus: Helping clients look for progress beyond the scale, and what it takes to become a successful strength coach.

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[The Best] Why It's Important for Trainers to Admit When They're Wrong, and More

When admitting you're wrong can be right for your career, low-bar squat tips, email blunders, and the real story behind Dr. Oz.

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[The Best] Why the Soft Skills of Coaching Matter, and More

Discover why you should try harder at soft skills, how to do reps for better results, why we should stop hating on keto, and expert tips for building your fitness business.

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The Honest Truth About Personal Trainer Education

Don’t ask if you need a college degree to become a personal trainer. First decide what you want to know and the best way to learn it.

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The 10 Most Controversial Topics in Exercise Science in 2023

Before you jump into a debate about one of these polarizing fitness topics, read this to make sure you know what you’re talking about.

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10 Straight-Up Wrong Things People Still Believe About Fitness and Nutrition in 2023

For some reason, when it comes to fitness, science keeps getting ignored.

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