Male fitness instructors have had a reputation for being flirts and girlfriend stealers. How true is it?
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Male fitness instructors have had a reputation for being flirts and girlfriend stealers. How true is it?
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Many people find it hard to maintain an exercise routine on their own. Here’s how to select a personal trainer who works best with your personality and lifestyle.
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Therapists and gyms are working both brain and body as the full benefits of fitness are increasingly recognised
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After nearly nine years in the business and with a slate of new competitors, F45 Training has hired Gunnar Peterson, known for working with the Kardashians, Rebel Wilson and Tom Brady.
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Today, with the Omicron variant racing across the globe and many gym-goers pondering a return to online instruction, this trend appears to be here to stay. Or at least some version of it. Here's how to sort through the two options.
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A growing number of fitness apps use artificial intelligence software to personalise workouts.
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Physical movement is often an after thought for kids with disabilities, but a trainer wants to bring it to the forefront.
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Training clients with hearing loss requires fit pros to truly listen to their needs and ensure that they can hear you clearly.
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Alex Flint is currently putting a group of former All Blacks through their paces in TV3's Match Fit show. He joins the show to discuss the Match Fit experience and the positive impact the series is having on men -- both physically and mentally.
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At 58, with arthritis, a bad knee, a bad back and bad shoulder, Nick Fowler enrolled in Tafe to become a personal trainer – a job he now loves
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“I’m in for $31,000 a year,” a fashion consultant says. That covers a trainer, a nutritionist, an age management doctor and “tons of supplements.”
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“Alphabet soup” of credentials can be confusing.
Qualifications are one thing, but finding a connection with your PT is very important also. Someone who gets you and will be the one to motivate you to achieve your goals. Look for empathy, support and care. Someone who loves fitness and working with people, not just loves the look of their own body.
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What to do with a business that involves close physical contact with clients? Innovate and, if you’re lucky, grow — but at a distance.
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Doctors thought Steph Hammerman would never walk or talk. Now she has opened her own CrossFit gym.
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In August 2012, Bruce Geddes was working out with a personal trainer when he ruptured a disc in his back.
"I'm too old to be jumping off boxes," the 66-year-old barrister says. "I think [the personal trainer] didn't have an appreciation for the lack of flexibility of an older person."
One in three Australians who participate in sports will experience a sports related injury each year, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare statistics show. Where people are performing tasks their bodies are not used to, there is a particular risk of injury, regardless of their level of fitness.
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The fitness industry is making a motza, but we may be paying the wrong person.
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Hiring personal trainers is officially a trend for leading athletes -- which is both good news and bad news for their teams.
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Everyone knows about LeBron James and his fanatical workouts, but not many people know about the guy entrusted with keeping his billion-dollar body in shape.
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A 6'2 personal trainer with the lean physique and toned muscles of a basketball pro might seem an unlikely match for Charlene Nilsen. A homemaker from Occoquan, she is 77 years old - New Zealand Herald
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Is it really OK for personal trainers to compromise the safety of their clients?
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High standards improve the quality of professionals working within the fitness industry. This article provides steps that may help to increase income for personal trainers.
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With obesity levels rising and the fitness fad yet to reach its peak, there are plenty of opportunities for talented PTs.
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Some say they're a necessity; others a wasteful indulgence. Who's right?
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They're bullishly self-assured - to do what they do, they have to be - and they're not above making an audacious claim or two. Personal Trainers...