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HOW TO BECOME A PERSONAL TRAINER IN 2024

If you're passionate about fitness and enjoy helping others achieve their goals, becoming a personal trainer may be the perfect career choice for you. But where do you start? Here are some tips and advice on how to become a personal trainer.

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5 SIMPLE WAYS TO STRENGTHEN REMOTE RELATIONSHIPS

What’s the difference between these successes and failures? Strong relationships with their clients. If you’ve ever coached in person you know the importance of coach-client connection. But how do you build and maintain these same quality relationships through a remote medium?

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3 REASONS YOU NEED TO ASSESS

By conducting a thorough assessment both the coach and the client get a clear understanding of what the client is capable of. This will quickly ground any fantasies goals the client may have and enable a focused conversation on goals, progression, and appropriate timelines and trade-offs. The assessment is the coach’s chance to help the client fall in love with the long game and the progress they will make over time.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXERCISE AND NUTRITION

Exercise and nutrition go together like peanut butter and jelly. You cannot have a conversation about health without including the two. As coaches, it is our job to educate our clients about the relationship between the two. But more importantly, we need to understand it ourselves.

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