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Is “Saying No” Really the Difference Between Successful and Very Successful Fitness Pros?

Is Warren Buffett’s “say no to almost everything” good advice? For whom? When? Here’s how to decide.

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Best Fitness Articles -- April 15, 2018

From Jon: Each Sunday The PTDC publishes a list of the top articles from around the web in 4 different categories: General Health, Fat Loss, Strength Training, and Career.

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A Letter to My Younger Self: Five Lessons from 10 Years of Personal Training

How do you handle a toxic client? Avoid burnout? Get the right kind of attention? After 17,000 coaching hours, here’s what one trainer wishes he could’ve known when he started out.

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How to Help a Client Who Wants to Gain Weight

It’s not just the opposite of losing weight. To build solid muscle, you need a solid plan, a lot of patience, and occasional reminders to be careful what you wish for.

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Best Fitness Articles -- April 8, 2018

From Jon: Each Sunday The PTDC publishes a list of the top articles from around the web in 4 different categories: General Health, Fat Loss, Strength Training, and Career.

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10 Tips for Training Clients in Recovery

Advice and affirmations that work for most clients may have the opposite effect on a recovering alcoholic or addict. Here’s what you need to understand, from someone who’s been there.

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What Are the Rules for Training Older Clients?

Are there exercises you should never do? Equipment you should never use? Here’s how to sort through conflicting views to find the best training practices for your clients.

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Best Fitness Articles -- April 1, 2018

From Jon: Each Sunday The PTDC publishes a list of the top articles from around the web in 4 different categories: General Health, Fat Loss, Strength Training, and Career.

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A Trainer’s Guide to Building Muscle

From sets and reps to post-workout protein timing, here’s what the latest science tells us about muscle hypertrophy, and how to apply it to your clients.

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How to Help a Client Who Has Type 2 Diabetes

A doctor explains why you don’t need a medical degree to improve the health and fitness of a client with diabetes … as long as you remember the limits of your expertise.

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