Fitness Training
5 Great Post-workout Snacks
Health-conscious individuals can spend a lot of time planning and scheduling their workouts to get the greatest possible benefit. But an intense workout also requires focusing on your post-training nutritional needs, which includes when and what to eat to replenish your body’s energy stores, while also supplying the nutrients to rebuild and repair […]
How to Help Your Clients Develop a Positive Self-Image
Ahhh, summer is almost here. Newspapers and magazines, in fact the entire media, seems to have found a seasonally sensational way to fill space…and your client’s heads. Articles about the “Hottest Celebrity Beach Bodies of 2014” and “How to Get Your Beach Body On in One Month” help fuel unhealthy expectations about bodies, […]
6 Great Pre-workout Snacks
Eating regularly throughout the day is essential for providing your body with appropriate fuel. But individual nutritional requirements can be quite different depending on your daily activities and exercise routines. Nutritional demands also differ based on workout duration and intensity (Mayo Clinic, 2010). One of the critical times to pay attention to your nutritional […]
Customer Retention Tips for Personal Trainers and Fitness Studios
Current estimates throughout the business world, including the fitness industry, suggest that attracting a new customer is five times the cost of retaining existing clientele. When times get tough, maintaining a steady relationship with current customers increases exponentially in its importance. Here are the four best ways to retain customers: 1. Continue […]
Bikini Boot Camp: Arms Workout
Summer is just right around the corner and that means it’s time to start strengthening and toning up for the season. In this three-part workout series, exercises for the arms, core and legs will have you looking your best and feeling confident in your swimwear, party dress and summertime attire. This Bikini Boot […]
Metabolic Conditioning Wedding Workout
June 6, 2014, 12:00AM PT in Fitnovatives Blog | In this third and final installment of this series, I provide a metabolic conditioning workout that you can share with your clients who want to shape up for their wedding day. The Workout After a five- to 10-minute cardiovascular warm-up, complete each […]
Why Fitness Pros Should Focus on Helping Each Other Instead of Competing with Each Other
Did you hear about the fitness professional who said he was banned from attending future classes at a SoulCycle studio. The reason? SoulCycle cited their policy against instructors from other chains taking their classes. According to ABC News (where the story first broke), they’ve been unable to confirm the policy or that this […]
3 Foods for Healthy Skin
June 2, 2014, 12:00AM PT in Fitnovatives Blog | Fresh, younger-looking skin is something everyone can appreciate. And with summer around the corner, many of us are turning our attention to what we put on our skin to protect it from the elements. However, what we put in our body can be just […]
Lower-body Wedding Workout
May 30, 2014, 12:00AM PT in Fitnovatives Blog | Your wedding day is creeping closer and closer and you’re determined to be prepared and fit. Unfortunately, many brides resort to extreme measures to lose the weight, which a) will not work; and b) will take all of the fun out of preparing for […]
How to Add Speed Training to Your Workout Routine
For a very long time in fitness, when you did weight training, it was always at the same speed. And it was not a quick one. When I first got certified in the late 1990’, weight training was always done at “normal” speed on the lift (usually about 1-2 seconds), and a “controlled” speed […]