For our clients who have experience working out in fitness centers pre-pandemic, they will likely see modifications since the pandemic. Trainers can assist clients with…
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Category: Gym Etiquette 101
Grunting: Is it Gain or Strain?
Hang out in a gym, especially in a weight room, and you’ll likely hear some grunting. The guttural sound echoes from the gym walls. Is…
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Exercise Equipment Servicing Checklist
Investing in exercise equipment is an investment in our business as fit pros. It’s also an investment in our own health and fitness, as well…
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Redirecting Non-compliant Clients
To a large extent, our daily lineup of clients often dictates our frame of mind. While we strive to uphold professionalism and treat each person…
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Patience: Sometimes We Just Need It Spelled Out for Us!
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that patience is a virtue—at least if we want to retain our sanity amidst uncertainty.As more of…
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How to Convert Gym Members into Clients
While the start of 2021 has most gyms re-opened, they are still not at capacity in most states. Many folks have turned to in-home fitness…
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Gym Fails Your Clients Can Avoid: Teaching Gym Etiquette
Gym fails are often the errors that make someone clearly appear not to know gym etiquette–the irritating things that gym-goers do that are out of…
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Gym Etiquette for Professional Personal Fitness Trainers
Find out if you possess any or all of the fifteen traits and values necessary for thriving as a personal trainer. Then see if you…
READ MOREGym Etiquette 101: The Finish Line
Results from research and surveys on exercise and gym habits found that 98% of the respondents felt exercising was important. Some felt it was extremely…
READ MOREGym Etiquette 101: Strutting Your Stuff
Strutting, grunting and slamming down weights will get you noticed. Some use these ‘techniques’ on purpose, to get noticed. Fitness is about exercise and conditioning,…
READ MOREGym Etiquette 101: Handling Space Invaders
There are many ways to invade someone’s space at the gym or to have yours invaded. CONVERSATIONS Someone reading a book or wearing headphones and…
READ MOREGym Etiquette: Sweating and Hydrating
Sweat happens. An article published in the Huffington Post in August, 2013[1] said that each of us has two to four million sweat glands. That’s…
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