PERSONAL TRAINING

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  • How Great Coaches Speak: Practical Communication Skills for Personal Trainers

    In this session from the NSCA's 2023 Personal Trainers Virtual Conference, Jenny Rearick discusses what role your body language and voice play in how you and your message are received. She identifies three nonverbal communication skills to create connection, bolster your credibility, and decrease...

  • Hodge, Ashley - 23PT - Systematizing Glute Training

    In this session from the NSCA's 2023 Personal Trainers Virtual Conference, Ashley Hodge, MBA, CSCS and owner of Ashley Hodge Fitness, discusses program design considerations for optimally building the glutes and discusses the biggest mistakes in glute training and how to avoid them.

  • Johnson, Quincy - 23PT - Program Design 101: Strength and Power Training

    In this session from the 2023 NSCA Personal Trainers Virtual Conference, Quincy Johnson, Assistant Professor of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas, discusses how to develop an organized and systematic approach for testing, assessing, and setting realistic goals for ...

  • Body Composition: Measurement and Manipulation

    Todd Miller, PhD, CSCS, TSAC-F, FNSCA and professor at George Washington University discusses body composition measures and techniques and understanding body composition ranges and their effect on health and performance in this session from the NSCA's 2023 Personal Trainer's Conference.

  • Be Legendary: 10 Steps for Leading an Impactful Life

    Bert Sorin, President and Co-Owner of Sorinex Exercise Equipment, discusses his road map to staying relevant in a growing field of competition, provides alternate views of success and the long-term impact as a trainer, and offers insight into effective leadership qualities in this session from th...

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  • From Successful Trainer to Gym Owner – 9 Steps to Open Your First Facility

    Learn a nine-step plan for opening your own gym. In this session from the NSCA’s 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, David Crump shares his experience owning a facility.

  • Training the Postpartum Client - Working with Individuals Who Have Given Birth

    From the 2022 Personal Trainer Virtual Conference, Stephanie Paplinskie discusses the most recent evidence-based exercise recommendations & guidelines for training postpartum individuals. This includes understanding evidence-based guidelines to design safe and effective training programs for post...

  • The Secret Nutrition Language of Your Clients: What They Say and What it Means

    This session from the 2022 Personal Trainers Virtual Conference, Stephanie Mull explains why optimal nutrition is vital for exercise performance and progression. Identifies measurements of performance that could be connected to suboptimal nutrition, and highlights when a personal trainer needs to...

  • Sarcopenia and Aging

    From the 2022 Personal Trainer Virtual Conference, Robert Linkul outlines the devastating effects of sarcopenia and how detrimental it is to the aging body. He offers guidance about programming that will specifically assist older adults in gaining or maintaining muscle mass as they age, and highl...

  • Functional Exercise for the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine

    From the 2021 Personal Trainer Virtual Conference, Dr. Jeremy Snyder reviews relevant anatomy pertaining to the spine, presents normal and dysfunctional cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine kinematics, and demonstrates effective functional exercise to improve the mobility and stability of the spin...

  • Exercise Management Strategies for Clients with Comorbidities

    From the 2021 Personal Trainer Virtual Conference, Peter Ronai discusses designing safe and effective exercise programs for medically cleared clients with comorbid health conditions. He identifies exercise safety concerns/considerations and modifications for clients with specific conditions, like...

  • BridgeAthletic: Evaluate Movement & Prescribe Correctives with FMS

    Join us for this comprehensive webinar where you'll learn how to accurately assess an individual's movement capabilities, distinguishing between proficient, challenging, and painful movements using screening techniques. Discover the three-step approach of protect, correct, and develop, gaining in...

  • Bridge the Gap Practical: The Cognitive-Exercise Intersection

    From the 2021 NSCA National Conference, Brandon Stone helps coaches connect cognitive training and physical training to enhance sports performance.

  • TrainHeroic and Vernon Griffith: Build A Coaching Business You Love

    TrainHeroic is the personal training platform that gives you the tools you need to build a personal training business you love. Train lifelong clients from anywhere in the world, and never sacrifice your personal freedom or stability. Start your free 14-day trial today, and look like the pro you ...

  • An Interview with Robert Linkul, NSCA Board Member

  • Advanced Individualization: The Overhead Pattern

    In this 2018 Personal Trainer Conference hands on presentation, Dr. John Rusin demonstrates how he screens and assesses the upper body and shoulder complex, as well as discusses how to program horizontal and vertical pushing and pulling patterns accordingly.

  • ACL Injury Prevention Strategies, with Loren Landow

    In this Bridge video, Loren Landow, from Landow Performance, demonstrates exercises and techniques of various plyometric movements for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) strength and injury prevention.

  • Perfectionism and Performance

  • From Inspiration to Passion, the Five Constructs of the Motivation Process

    In this 2018 NSCA Personal Training Conference video, Mike Israetel describes how to create and develop motivation in your clients, and how to understand the process of motivation in people.

  • An Interview with LaDonna Reed, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer

  • Nutrition, Supplementation, Relative Blood Work, Gene Testing on Athletic Perf.

    In this session from the 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, Registered and Licensed Dietician, Dawn Weatherwax, provides a detailed look into the different variables that affect nutrition outcomes, body composition, metabolic testing, and supplementation for deficiencies, recovery, and optimal pe...

  • Recruitment Through Training, Building the Perfect Team

    In this session from the 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, Douglas Sheppard, Owner of J & D Fitness Personal Training Studio, discusses how hiring quality staff is one of the biggest challenges in strength and conditioning. He also discusses how he discovered where to find a good coach and how t...

  • Motor Control Training: It’s Not a Rep Counting Thing

    In this hands-on session from the 2018 NSCA’s Personal Training Conference, Brian Nguyen explains motor control with an emphasis on conscious breathing. Nguyen also demonstrates exercises and cues to improve overall stability, mobility, strength, and kinesthetic awareness for clients.