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Whether you want to maintain your current weight, build muscle mass, or lose weight, obtaining assistance from a personal trainer is a great step towards achieving all of your fitness goals. Personal trainers have the unique ability to help you reach your fitness goals in an effective and efficient manner while also providing you with some much needed accountability that can be lacking without the help of a trainer. Despite all of the benefits provided by a personal trainer, you can find yourself disappointed with your experience if you happen to choose a personal trainer that you just don't match ...
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Blog post written by Sheila Olson from FitSheila.com When you’ve decided to become healthy and active on a more regular basis, it’s a good idea to set goals. A critical part of setting fitness goals is making an action plan that includes a big-picture perspective, as well as advice or recommendations for day-to-day choices. Here are a few detailed decision-making tools that can make the day-to-day more manageable. Portion Control An article from Harvard Health Publishing mentions that perceptions about what constitutes a portion have changed and can be affected by social or cultural norms. Additionally, eating out can skew our ...
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Original Post written by Nashley Mattocks, Certified Personal Trainer in Houston, TX Each day that you get up, you make a choice. This time, choose to start over again. How? Start a new day again with new accomplishments, new obstacles, new interactions, new choices, new activities, and new memories. Thanksgiving is rounding the corner and as November is flying, December is inching closer and closer. Thanksgiving seems like a benchmark on the calendar for so many random reasons; it’s not the beginning or ending day of the week, but it definitely marks what feels like the end of Autumn. The rush of ...
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Malachy Owens is a Certified Personal Trainer in Chicago, IL. Get to know this week’s RightFit Personal Training featured trainer, Malachy. Malachy discovered an affinity for Kinesiology through his studies and while playing college soccer. His mission as a personal trainer is to provide a product that will give clients a newer, fitter version of themselves! His programs will utilize all modalities of training from body weight to resistance training techniques with different methods like circuit training, interval training, and more! Why did you become a personal trainer? After I stopped playing sports, I continued to workout to stay in the shape that I was in when I ...
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Original Post written by John Dorosario, Certified Personal Trainer in Chicago, IL When clients of mine say that they are going on a vacation or going to visit friends and family for the holidays and they want to work out. I recommend that they Think Small. Think Small Workouts Think Small whether on vacation on the beach or at your family’s Thanksgiving dinner plan for a workout of 15 - 30 minute duration. Sometimes it is hard to take out an entire hour to get your pump on!  When you Think Small, you can plan a workout and not stress all day ...
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Have you ever thought about pursuing a career as a certified personal trainer? If the answer is yes, you most definitely are not alone. With fitness as one of the fastest growing industries in the country, opportunities to work as a personal trainer or group exercise instructor seem endless. While you might be super passionate about health and fitness, consider the following before making the plunge. It takes a while to make a decent living A typical salary for a personal trainer falls somewhere between $42 - 73K, but it ranges across the board. As a trainer who does the majority of his work in ...
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Written by Krista King, MS, RDN, LDN, CHC, CPT, Owner of Composed Nutrition. I see clients all the time that feel like they have tried all the things but cannot seem to achieve their health goals. They exercise consistently, attend every HIIT class the gym has to offer, and strip away foods from their diet one-by-one. The problem: something isn’t clicking and the results they are striving for are not happening. They want to feel vibrant, full of energy, with a balanced mood, toned body, and confidence in their health. But they feel exhausted, depleted, confused, and wondering why all ...
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The people of Denver like to stay fit and active and often make health a priority. Lucky for them, Denver is filled with some of the best certified personal trainers who can help them meet their fitness goals, and really take it to the next level. A personal trainer can help them meet these goals and add a ton of value to a person’s fitness, but of course will come at a cost. Many people when just starting out, are trying to stick within a specific budget, so are looking for ways to find an affordable personal trainer in Denver ...
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