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  • December 8, 2025

    What’s Next? Beyond Personal Training Certification and CECs
    You took that step and got your personal training certification. Now you’re wondering what’s next? One of the greatest benefits of personal training is the
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  • December 3, 2025

    How does the TFM Course Make You Better at Programming?
    Recovery is an essential tool and separates elite trainers from average. The TFM course includes the best practices from Fascial Stretch Therapy, Muscle Activation Techniques,
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  • November 26, 2025

    Knees Over Toes: Tips for Squats
    “You shouldn’t let your knees go over your toes.” A common fitness belief that has been around for ages. It’s easy to be inundated with
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  • November 19, 2025

    Leveraging Body Mechanics: Comprehensive Look at Sumo vs. Conventional Deadlifts
    Introduction: The world of deadlifting is rife with discussions comparing Sumo and Conventional styles. Amidst the noise, a misconception often crops up, alleging that Sumo
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  • November 12, 2025

    The Universal Language of Skill: Technique Carryover
    As a fitness professional or someone who enjoys fitness, the pursuit of mastering various skills and techniques is a constant. Learning new skills, modalities, and
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    November 5, 2025

    Why Your 20s Workout Doesn’t Work Anymore (and the Simple Tweak That Will)
    Let’s be honest. As we get older, our priorities and responsibilities change. The way we approached fitness in our 20s usually doesn’t stick in our
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  • October 27, 2025

    Trainerize: The Future of Personal Training
    The fitness industry is infamous for its notoriously quick pace of innovation. Jazzercise took the industry by storm in the ’80s; Richard Simmons caught the
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  • August 20, 2025

    Lost in Translation: Coaching & Cueing
    Communication is one of the more challenging aspects that people struggle with. The best thing about fitness is the unique language that develops through it.
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  • August 11, 2025

    Finding Your Fitness: A Guide for Life
    View this post on Instagram A post shared by BC Personal Training Institute (@bcpti) The journey of fitness often starts with grand ambitions; a new
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