The Obamas are living in the right city if they want to stay buff. The Washington, D.C., metro area is the fittest city in the USA, ranking slightly higher than Minneapolis, Denver, Boston and San Francisco,... View More

Fitness Together Franchise Corporation, the world’s largest business of personal trainers, is working with the State of Texas’ Division of Economic Development’s office in Mexico City... View More

The following is a continuation of a subseries of Functionally Fit exercises aiming to boost lower back strength and also assist those with lower back problems. This week, Brian Schiff analyzes four different... View More

Imagine how successful you would be - as a trainer, spouse, parent, employee, business owner and friend - if you gave everyone who walked into the room as much genuine enthusiasm and love as your dog gives... View More

There are many kinds of personal trainers. We all have our specialties and our favorite clients to train. We also all have unique career aspirations and goals for our businesses and our lives. Some personal... View More

Coaches and fitness professionals often have trouble teaching athletes nutrition habits for optimal performance. The upcoming Sport Nutrition for Coaches (Human Kinetics, June 2009) solves that problem.... View More

Hydroxycut lawyers at the Johnson Law Firm have opened a Hydroxycut Injury Claims department to assist people who have Hydroxycut liver injuries and other serious injuries. Hydroxycut lawyers are available... View More

The findings, by an international team of researchers, suggest muscular strength is as important as staying slim and eating healthily when it comes to protecting the body against deadly tumours. The scientists... View More

The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) announced today their partnership with the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM); a division of Harvard Medical School’s Department... View More

According to a new position statement from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), proper management of acute spinal injuries on the athletic playing field is crucial, given that sports... View More

Nothing beats free marketing. And when it's great marketing and it's free - well, that's something worth sharing with the entire industry.The Internet has really served the fitness industry well.... View More

It's easy to sell personal training when a prospect approaches you, check-in-hand and committed to making a positive change in his or her life. The most effective (and well-paid) trainers, however, can... View More

They always say you shouldn't go into personal training for the money, but I think the reality is that most of us do. And why not? If you're an independent trainer that's booked solid at the industry average,... View More

Exercise helps increase insulin sensitivity and ward off diabetes, but taking supplemental antioxidants such as vitamins C and E actually blunts that benefit, researchers report. Exercise helps increase... View More

In the term "personal training", I think the word that gets lost a lot of times is personal. The personal dimension to what we do is very, very important. And this doesn't go only for the contact we have... View More

A new study has sounded the alarm that the majority of Canadian adults are inactive over their lifespan and don't exercise enough during their leisure time. Published in the International Journal of Behavioral... View More

Scan the breathless headlines at any magazine rack... Fight Flab in Minutes! Get Beach Ready! Add the skinny yet buxom model, and it should be no surprise that the average woman feels insecure if not downright... View More

Some advocate taking antioxidants like vitamin C and E to help protect the body from harmful chemical by-products it creates in breaking into a sweat. But German scientists now believe these "free radicals"... View More

President Barack Obama wants to get the fat out of the bureaucracy — literally. The president was holding a roundtable discussion at the White House on Tuesday with CEOs of companies that have found... View More

Sal Marinello, outspoken fitness authority and a personal trainer who has appeared on ESPN and other national outlets, claims that The Biggest Loser, a popular reality show about getting into shape, is... View More