AFPA Health and Fitness Blog

Choosing to become a health coach can be an extremely exciting and lucrative career path. New coaches are entering the field every day, and this $2 billion industry shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

If you’re ready to take the leap and become a health coach, you’re in good company. Health coaches have the power to transform lives by changing behaviors so people can make healthier choices in order to battle chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. Your passion for helping others pursue and achieve their goals […]

With the rise in healthy living, the need for personal trainers, health coaches, and nutritionists is greater than ever before. While it’s an exciting time for successful business owners, the tremendous growth of the market also means more competition for entrepreneurs in the space.

What does it take to be a “good” health coach?  By nature, most health coaches work directly with clients who are looking for support from a professional to implement lifestyle changes that aim to improve their health and wellbeing. 

Black-owned health and fitness entrepreneurs and health specialists been transforming industries for the better as long as they have existed. As far back as Dr. James McCune Smith and Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler in the 19th century, Black Americans have made vital contributions to public health, medical research, health business, and health education, despite arduous […]

There are more than 350,000 personal trainers working in the United States and almost 110,000 health coaches. 

As health, wellness, nutrition, and fitness coaches, one of the primary skills that you develop during your training is how to guide your clients toward adopting behaviors that make them healthier. You help them to achieve physical, mental, and social wellbeing.

An Overview of Burnout and Ways to Overcome it Burnout is when your body and mind—which normally handle stress well—reach a limit on mitigating chronic stress and break down as a result.