Like all athletes, fitness is a fundamental part of the tennis player’s craft. It keeps them going towards the end of a game or match when skill alone isn’t enough. Where the fitter player will often be the victor. Being physically fit can make such a huge difference to your ability to perform at your…
Start rounding up new Personal Training clients
Are you a newly qualified Personal Trainer? Are you an experienced Personal Trainer with some space for new clients? Do you want some more new clients? Do you want to start a new bootcamp? If you answered yes to any of those questions, now is the perfect time of the year to put some extra…
How to keep your New Year’s Resolution
The majority of us start the New Year by making a list of New Year’s resolutions. A list that will help us change our undesirable behaviour and adopt more desirable behaviours. For many people that list will include a healthier lifestyle and a new career path. For many of you reading this, that healthier lifestyle…
Strength training for women over 50
“It’s as critical to your health as mammograms and annual doctor visits.” – Holly Perkins, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist What is strength training? Strength training (also called resistance training or weight training) involves applying resistance to muscular contraction to build your muscle strength and endurance, using free weights, weight machines, resistance bands or even…
Personal Trainers: How to Motivate Your Clients
As a personal trainer, training a client is the easy part. Knowing your anatomy, exercise technique and instruction will become second nature after a while. The hard part is trying to figure out how to motivate your clients to show up to training, then being able to motivate them throughout their workout. There is no black…
Personal Training for different personality types
A big part of being a Personal Trainer is connecting with your clients, and believe it or not, each and every client has their own unique personality. It is up to you, the PT, to adapt your approach to get the most out of your clients and to develop the PT/client relationship. Here is a…
Common Myths vs Realities of being a Personal Trainer
One of our ambassadors, Shelley Lask of Body Positive Health & Fitness, has pulled together some common myths of being a Personal Trainer and walks us through the reality, check it out below: Myth: Being a Personal Trainer keeps you fit Reality: A good Personal Trainer will observe their client from all angles while they exercise in…
A Day in the Life of a Mobile Personal Trainer
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a real life personal trainer? Check out “A Day in the Life…” by our fantastic AFA Ambassador – Shelley Lask.