The Science and Benefits of Consuming Locally Seasonal Produce
Eating local, seasonal produce has tremendous benefits for your nutrition, the environment, the local economy, and even your bank account.
Setting Personal Training Business Goals
Everyone knows the importance of setting goals. As personal trainers, we’re constantly revisiting our client’s health and fitness goals to establish the right plan and steps to get them where they want to be. But when it comes to our own personal and business endeavors, we often forget about the importance of setting goals.
4 Ways to Measure Your Client’s Exercise Intensity
There’s an art to managing your client’s exercise intensity.
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5 Question Types to Help Motivate and Engage Clients
Both recently certified health and wellness coaches and experienced health coaches may find themselves in situations where they feel resistance from a client to change.
How to Use Instagram Reels to Boost Your Fitness Brand
Instagram recently launched a brand new feature called Instagram Reels—and it might be a game changer for your fitness brand’s marketing strategy.
8 Health and Wellness Careers That May End Up Being Your Dream Job
The rise of chronic disease across the globe over the past several decades has caused public health professionals to raise the alarms to improve people’s health and wellbeing through professional health services, more equitable food and health systems, and research and entrepreneurship opportunities for those passionate about individual and community health and wellness.
8 Key Questions Holistic Nutrition Professionals Should Ask New Clients
This Editor’s Note: This post was originally published January 2018 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
Weight Training Modalities: Is there a Top Choice?
Physical training has become quite popular over the past few decades, and different weight training modalities have been used to accomplish various tasks. The purpose behind a workout is determined on what goals you have in mind.
How to Balance These 4 Hunger Hormones
Even though a lot of the time our bodies might feel a little bit out of whack, they actually function like a fine-tuned machine, with a huge variety of components and mechanisms working in harmony to help us breathe, move, function, and live. And one of the main mechanisms that influence how your body operates […]
What Is Ideal Body Weight and How to Calculate It
Ideal body weight, also called lean body weight, is a family of indexes that have been used for almost 150 years. It is used in emergency settings, and its use has been reinforced during the COVID-19 pandemic.