When it comes to your clients’ health and fitness goals, there are a lot of different ways for them to achieve the same results. At Northwest Personal Training, we host an annual Spring Makeover Challenge when our clients and trainers compete against each other using different approaches to maximize fat loss in a 6 week period. So…
Our annual Spring Makeover Challenge allows our clients to participate in a fun, friendly team competition to help them shed that extra winter layer that most of us put in because it’s colder, darker and days are shorter. Each of our trainers have teams and we all compete against each other to see who can…
There are a lot of different ways to achieve the same results. That’s why during our annual Spring Makeover Challenge, our trainers and their teams compete against each other to see who can shed the greatest amount of body fat in 6 weeks using different approaches. So far in this series, I’ve shared with you 2…
Last week, I shared our trainer Derrick DeLay’s “Interval Diet” approach to maximizing fat loss during our Spring Makeover challenge. Derrick basically asks his weight loss challenge team members to consume a super healthy, low calorie diet Monday through Friday and then eat whatever they want on the weekends in combination with some cardio and weight training….
In the colder climates, it is common over the winter months to gain a little weight. The days are shorter, it’s cold outside and we just don’t get as much activity and access to local healthy fruits and vegetables. It’s one of the reasons that every spring we launch our annual Spring Makeover Challenge to help our…
Last week I provided you with some of the latest & greatest fitness tips from the fitness industry’s top experts. Here are just a couple more that I hope you can use when working with your clients. Michol Dalcourt on the Anatomy of the Foot and Ankle: ¼ of the bones in the body are in the…
Hey Fit Pros, I recently attended the International Personal Training Summit in Seattle and wanted to share with you some of the highlights from the event in case you weren’t able to be there…. Dr. Len Kravitz on Exercise Conditioning: The biggest difference been sedentary couch potatoes who were lean or those obese was not…
Fit Pros…this is a blog post that I wrote for our client blog a couple weeks ago. I have received great feedback and support from this blog post so I thought I would pass it on to you and hopefully you will pass it on to your clients. Such an important message! “Moms, Be careful…
I wanted to share one last bit of information with you regarding the introduction you give to clients that are starting your weight loss challenge (or really just starting to work with you in general). Below is an excerpt from our Fitness Results Manual (which you can have and make your own…go HERE for more…
The American Council of Exercise (ACE) asked 17,000 personal trainers what was the one exercise they couldn’t do without…the 7 exercises personal trainers can’t live without when designing programs for their clients and the winners were: Lunges, Squats, Push-Ups, Abdominal Exercises, Running, Walking, and Yoga. Do you agree with these top 7 exercises? I would…
