By Topic: Career Development

PFP is excited to announce the Top 10 finalists for the 2013 Trainer of the Year, scheduled to be announced at Club Industry 2012 … Valorie Ness Valorie is the CEO of the award-winning Catalyst... View More

Valorie Ness was chosen from more than 600 highly-qualified professionals to be the 2013 PFP Trainer of the Year.Valorie is the CEO of the award-winning Catalyst Fitness Midtown, a 15,000 square foot facility... View More

As a fitness professional, you strive to inspire and motivate clients. What happens when you have a client who has suddenly been diagnosed with an illness or needs to undergo surgery? When a client comes... View More

Fitness professionals know how hard it is to getaway; you have clients to train, classes to teach and bills to pay. But if you could go on vacation while only working a few hours each day teaching classes... View More

Carol Michaels was chosen from more than 300 highly-qualified professionals to be the 2012 PFP Trainer of the Year. Carol owns Recovery Fitness in Short Hills, New Jersey and offers her cancer recovery... View More

Physiologically, our bodies prefer to be outside - it is our natural habitat. We spent most of the first two million years of our existence outdoors while our move to living, working and exercising in... View More

The time for on-site corporate fitness is now! In this article I'm going to share with you some of the key information that defines the critical differentiation you must have to set you apart from other... View More

The fitness industry, as the general public knows it, is undergoing rapid and exciting transformation. Being a fitness professional no longer means that you are stereotyped as an over-enthusiastic exercise... View More

It wasn't my fault. I didn't do it. Everyone else did it first. Those are phrases you'd expect to hear from kids when some liquid intended to go from container to mouth wound up in a puddle on a kitchen... View More

I was riding the escalator when a man and woman in warm-up outfits came trotting up the stairs behind me. "I was just telling my wife about your session." The wife jumped in, "We're going home with great... View More

As we march forward in time, technology brings us new products, new access, and new perceived "needs." As the ground rattles and the landscape changes, we can either rock with the rocks and roll with the... View More

You don't want to read this article, do you? What an awful way to start an article! Before I even asked you a question, I told you what you DON'T WANT to do! Now, if I personally think you'll benefit by... View More

Have you ever made the classic mistake of returning to a relationship that failed? You were in love, or lust or some variant of either, and after the sunshine and roses, you decided it best if you split.... View More

My daughter is playing in the pool with two friends on a beautiful Florida day and I'm seizing the opportunity to catch up on some work. The scene playing out in front of me is prompting a spark, or nausea,... View More

Anyone who signs up to follow PFP on Twitter (@PFP_FitPro) during the month of March will be eligible to win a prize giveaway including: > $100 gift card from Power Systems> Lebert Equalizer> Lebert... View More

How do you know if being a personal trainer is your true calling? Are you sure it is what you were meant to do? The following are 10 indicators that will help you answer these questions.1. You can't wait... View More

Today there are so many different opinions on how one should exercise. Which type of training should I be doing is the big question? Do I perform slow reps, fast reps, do I use a bench or a physio ball,... View More

If the thought of getting a new website online scares you, you are not alone. Finding a web "expert"â❠who speaks enough non-techie jargon to actually be able to communicate with you, arguing... View More

The law of average trainers usually reflects wishful thinking. On the flip side, anything but average trainers do what they know... View More

Growing our list of fitness clients is one of the most difficult challenges a leader can face in their career... View More