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12/01/2017

Ever wondered if Personal Trainers and health coaches are qualified to give nutrition advice?

It's a hot debate: Can personal trainers, health coaches, and other non-RD professionals give nutrition advice to their clients? You'll be surprised (and relieved) to hear: Yes, to a degree. Here's exactly what you're allowed to say, and why it's important to say it.

11/01/2017

With the abundance of information circulating online, it's difficult to know what and whom to listen to regarding your nutrition and training goals. This article aims to clarify this discrepancy.

By Nick Tumminello As someone who’s spent years training the...

09/01/2017

Although stretches aren't one size fits all, here are five that can potentially cause more harm than help.

Stretches aren't one size fits all, but here are five that are a time suck or that can potentially cause more harm than help.

08/01/2017

We're working on launching a simple way, at your convenience, to find and select a Personal Trainer that fits your preference. Discover the benefits of hiring a personal trainer below:

The image of a personal trainer yelling and pushing his clients until near collapse may scare some people away from hiring a trainer, but the benefits of using a personal trainer should be considered carefully. While some in the field provide "tough love" motivation, personal trainers typically work...

25/12/2016

Get started on your fitness goals early this year with this effective 20 minute workout!

In the episodes How To Lose Fat Quickly and How To Build Muscle, we learn that there is one distinct similarity between both fat-burning and muscle-building goals: They each require the use of full body, multiple-joint exercises that activate many muscles at the same time. When it comes to full b

21/12/2016

At BOW, we do the difficult work for you by ensuring that only the most qualified trainers are selected to meet your fitness goals.

The IDEA Health and Fitness Association reported 45 percent of individuals who claim to be certified personal trainers are not.

20/12/2016

Whether through skin calipers or bio electrical impedance, the methods for measuring body composition have not advanced in years. That said, with the help of mPod, this out-dated process has finally transformed!

Looking in the mirror or stepping on a scale can tell us much about our bodies and wellbeing, but not with the greatest precision. Now, a Sydney,..

20/12/2016

At first, you don't have to believe in yourself. Just believe in your personal trainer.

You don’t have to be a rich celebrity or a contest on an extreme weight-loss TV show to hire a personal trainer. Although the popular image is of muscular men and women clad in track suits barking orders at exhausted, obese clients clawing their way to weight loss on souped-up treadmills -- there’s…

12/06/2016

Do you think gamifying fitness will make training more appealing?

12/06/2016

Fitness trackers are not only changing the fitness industry! There are people using fitness trackers in a unique way!

Many individuals are using fitness trackers, like Fitbits®, to monitor their daily activity. Some farmers are also using this technology in a unique way. See how a dairy farmer in Thorp, WI is usin...

12/06/2016

A mirror with 3D technology to track your fitness in real time!

Anyone who's ever tried to lose more than a few pounds knows the harsh raw power of the bathroom mirror and the bathroom scales. For some of us, weighing in every day and looking at ourselves naked is all the motivation we need to hit the gym and eat bette

12/06/2016

The best fitness gadgets

15 Mar 2016 The best fitness gadgets Previous slide Next slide 1 of 10 View All Skip Ad Fitbit Blaze This "smart fitness watch" records all the standard parameters, including steps, heart rate, sleep and floors climbed. It also has a multi-sport function designed to track specifics related to types…