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Worried You Aren’t Any Good At Data? You might be pleasantly surprised…
“Our sector just isn’t very good at data.” Sound like a familiar comment? Certainly it’s something that’s said often about the health and fitness sector, with many a critical eye cast over operators’ inconsistent data capture and their far-from-optimized subsequent use of that data. Playing devil’s advocate for a moment, in some cases it even…
Read MoreWhy The Future Needs Inclusive Fit Pros…and 5 Things We Can Do About It Right Now
“Today, 1 in 5 Canadian adults are currently living with a disability, and this number is expected to grow exponentially as our population ages. What many may be surprised to know is in Canada, almost 50% of adults have or have experienced a permanent or temporary physical disability or live with someone who has.” –…
Read MoreRe-education & Re-definition: Why and How Fitness Creates The Infrastructure for Both
Every individual is born with a body that requires nutrients and movement for function. One does not need to be a fitness or sports professional, working in the field, or an athlete, to understand that movement is a human necessity for getting from one place to another in space, for muscle growth, and the development…
Read More“Fitness for all!” – It’s more important than you think
Fitness is a broad term and can mean something different to everyone. To an athlete, fitness is the difference between winning and losing or the gap between making a team. Fitness can appear to be a natural gift, or the result of hard work. To the average person, fitness is recreation and to others, a…
Read MoreBuilding Rapport with Older Clients
Relationships are the cornerstone for building rapport with our clients, and building rapport keeps clients happy and coming back for more! As exercise professionals, it can be easy to connect with clients when we have things in common with one another. But if you work with clients who are older than you are, you might sometimes feel that the age gap makes it hard to…
Read MoreA Labour of Love: Hard work pays off for canfitpro’s 2021 Award Recipients
Celebrating canfitpro’s 2021 Award Recipients! Every year I am always inspired by the incredible stories and achievements of our canfitpro Award Winners. It is encouraging to see so many fitness professionals stepping up and choosing to pour themselves into their careers and re-invent, re-imagine, and re-define themselves. Every single one of these influential fitness professionals…
Read MoreMO’s MO’ments and Lessons from the 7th Annual Women Who Influence Event
This year I had the privilege of co-hosting the 7th Annual Women Who Influence Event and for the first time, the entire event was live online. Never could I have imagined that we would be running this day as an online event and there were times when I wondered if we even could pull it…
Read MoreReach a Whole New Market of Clients That Need You
Did you know… About one in three Canadians live with at least one major chronic disease, and this is expected to rise as the population ages and the risk factors for these diseases increases.1 As of 2018, approximately 27% of adult Canadians (roughly 7.3 million adults) are considered obese.2 Stroke is the leading cause of adult…
Read MoreNEW FITNESS STUDIO TWO-STEPS INTO NASHVILLE
Since the age of two, I’ve been a dancer and grew up visiting a dude ranch in upstate New York every year with my family. Throughout my life, I’ve had the privilege of being a professional dancer and choreographer and an Off-Broadway producer and actress in New York and New Jersey. Although, at my core,…
Read MoreConnecting the Brain and Body: StickXFit
A new unique workout recently achieved global recognition for maximum CECs, PDPs and CDPs in multiple countries including Australia (Fitness Australia, FitRec and Physical Activity Australia), New Zealand (REPs) and the USA (ACE, NASM and AAFA) which is now available to CanFitPro members and delegates. StickFit® is an evidence-based, whole-body training exercise system of layered,…
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