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Developing Your Simple Personal Training Marketing Plan

June 22, 2018by Ryan Ketchum

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There is a formula for attracting more clients into your gym and it can work for you if you commit to following the right steps. This article will explain how to set marketing goals, create a marketing action plan to bring in new clients based on your strengths as a trainer, provide examples of how to implement your marketing plan, and discuss why tracking the success of your plan is important.

Personal trainers Organization and Administration Professional Development

Physiological Variability and Training Considerations Across the Menstrual Cycle – Guidelines for Fitness Professionals

November 20, 2025by Kanchana Paromita Venkatesh, MSc, CSCS, USAW, and Meg Stone, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E, FNSCA*E

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This article from Personal Training Quarterly looks at training plans based on menstrual health to help personal trainers better support female clients. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance, health, and fitness.

Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development

Workload Dependence of Injuries

January 31, 2024by NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science

Article

This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science briefly explains workload and injury risk factors.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Professional Development

Raising Awareness about the Positive Influences of Strength and Conditioning Coaches

September 17, 2018by Dr. Andrew D. Gillham, PhD, CSCS,*D

Article

If the strength and conditioning field largely keeps to itself, or the knowledge base is not seen to transcend the training facility, it seems reasonable to think that this will present a problem for strength and conditioning coaches. This article examines some actions strength and conditioning coaches can take to increase the awareness of the good work they do on a daily basis.

Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development

Obstacle to Enhancement: How Overcoming Adversity in Troubled Times Can Lead to Improved Coaching

August 23, 2021by Dan Dalrymple, CSCS, RSCC*E

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From the 2021 NSCA Coaches Conference, Dan Dalrymple, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for New Orleans Saints National Football League (NFL) team since 2006, shares wisdom from his experience in the field. This includes the realities of coaching in the NFL and how he used the setbacks of the pandemic to drive positive change and opportunities.

Coaches Professional Development

Role of Hormones

June 7, 2022by Strength Training

Article

This excerpt from Strength Training, Second Edition briefly details hormones and their role in the human body.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science

NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 110: Christina Rasnake

Podcast

Christina Rasnake, Director of Sport Science and Analytics at the University of Delaware, talks to the NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about the budding future of sport science in college athletics. Topics under discussion include the staffing of sport science initiatives, effective communication across departments, and how technology and wellness surveys can support actionable change in the coaching process. Find Christina on Twitter: @Coach_Raz26 | Find Eric on Instagram: @ericmcmahoncscs or Twitter: @ericmcmahoncscs

Coaches Professional Development

Simplifying the Rules to Programming for Special Populations

June 20, 2018 - September 6, 2018by Tom Cormier, CSCS, CSPS, NSCA-CPT,*D, USAW

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By reviewing this simplified process of obtaining a client’s health history and physician release, designing an exercise routine with modified exercises, and providing exercises for paid clients versus general members, NSCA-CPTs can be confident prescribing a routine for those who suffer from chronic or temporary health issues.

Personal trainers Program design Testing and Evaluation

The Role of Resistance Training in Enhancing Mental Health and Self-Esteem in Youth – A Guide for Educators and Coaches

February 23, 2026by Josh McMillian, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D

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This NSCA Coach article summarizes key findings on coach-focused strategies to help educators use resistance training to support healthy youth development. Visit NSCA online to read more on mental health and youth sports.

Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
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