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Protein Intake for Vegans

If your vegan clients are struggling to meet their daily protein needs, utilize this guide to help your clients gain a better understanding of how to manage their protein intake while following their vegan diet.

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Mindful Eating

Explore mindful eating and how it might impact daily nutrition habits. After reading this guide you'll walk away with at least one or two more tools to develop better habits and intentions around nutrition for both yourself and your clients.

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Squats & Deadlifts: Master the Fundamentals

Discover the secrets to maximizing the benefits of squats and deadlifts, while ensuring safety and injury prevention. Unleash the full potential of these essential exercises and learn how to apply them effectively for immediate results.

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Self-Guided Wellness Coaching

Learn the foundational tools of coaching and how to use those tools to coach yourself. Self-coaching is a great way to initiate positive change while deciding whether formalized coaching is for you!

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Popular Fitness Supplements

Supplements have been a major part of the health, wellness, fitness, and dieting industries for decades. The growth of consumer goods and social media has driven the supplement industry into a huge market.

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Macros for Sleep & Recovery

Nutrition is a critical component to how well our bodies recover from exercise as we sleep. It is responsible for repairing tissue, replenishing energy stores, and even impacts how effective our sleep is.

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CPT Study Guide

The CPT Exam Study Guide provides essential key highlights, terms, and concepts, encompassing 23 Chapters and 6 sections. It covers a wide range of topics, from behavioral coaching to program design, ensuring comprehensive preparation for the exam.

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Nutrition for Optimal Mental Health

The foods we consume affect everything from providing the necessary energy the brain needs to impacting feelings of anxiety and depression. Learn more about how consuming a healthy and balanced diet provides benefits for both physical and mental states.

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Creatine for Wellness and Longevity

Creatine is a versatile supplement with positive health effects beyond its traditional use for muscle development and performance. This guide explores additional benefits to help you determine its suitability for your supplement routine.

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Weight Loss Guide: Avoiding & Breaking Plateaus

As a health and fitness professional, guiding clients through plateaus leads to goal achievement and long-term success. In this guide, you'll discover how and why plateaus occur, as well as strategies to help clients avoid and break them.

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Recipe Book for Athletes

Created in partnership with Quest Nutrition and dotFit, and a perfect complement to our Certified Sports Nutrition Coach program, you’ll be able to download tasty and nutritious recipes that will fuel your workouts and your clients.

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Avoiding Common Pickleball Injuries

In this useful guide, learn how pickleball continues to grow with its socially inclusive nature and quick learning curve. It's a game where anyone can succeed, but make no mistake, it is a physical and deceptively demanding sport.

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How to Properly Disinfect Your Health Club

A practical guide to ensuring a safe and hygienic environment, follow these step-by-step instructions to minimize the potential presence of harmful germs resulting from frequent use of gym facilities.

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Decoding Nutrition Labels

On their surface, food labels might seem simple. However, when digging deeper into the history of when, why, and how they came about, and how they have evolved into their current form, you learn a lot about how our food system actually works.

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Nutrition for Workplace Stress

Most work environments are optimized for productivity, not health. Office settings are typically associated with hours of sedentary behavior, filled with calorie-dense and nutrient-poor foods, coupled with chronic stress.

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Introduction to Bodyweight Training

Bodyweight Training (BWT) is not a new fad; it’s a time-tested method rooted in our very existence. Our ancestors relied on their body strength for survival, and now, it’s your chance to harness the same natural power.

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Calorie Counting

You have probably heard of the concept of calorie counting, most likely in the context of dieting and weight loss. In fact, it is believed that calorie counting as a weight loss tool has been used for more than a century.

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Pre & Post Workout Supplementations

Numerous products claim to possess cutting-edge science and effective formulas, but in reality, many are mere copies with minor variations. However, a handful of standout superstars exist, and we will discuss them in detail.

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How Food Affects Hormones

The food you eat not only provides energy but also acts as the building blocks for organs, tissues, enzymes, and hormones in your body. It plays a crucial role in hormone production and their interaction with your body.

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Supplementation for Longevity & Vitality Support

Living longer has been a major focus of humans dating back to the earliest days of recorded history. Recent advances in our understanding of biology, nutrition, exercise, and medicine have begun to unlock a deeper understanding of what actually makes us live longer.

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Insulin Resistance & Weight Loss

Insulin resistance affects roughly 40% of adults over the age of 18 in the United States. The role that body weight, and specifically weight loss, plays in insulin resistance and why it is such a powerful tool for helping prevent and treat insulin resistance.

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Smart Grocery Shopping

One of the most basic needs of humankind is the need for food. It provides us with energy for all kinds of disease prevention and physiological needs, such as growth, repair of muscles and tissues, and respiration, as well as the nutrients that support these processes.

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Start a Career in Fitness

Ready to turn your passion for fitness into a rewarding career? Explore the valuable insights and resources on launching a successful career in the fitness industry. Take the first step towards a fulfilling and impactful profession today!

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30 Days to Improved Wellness

Unlock a healthier and more vibrant lifestyle with the 30 Days to Improved Wellness Guide from NASM. Discover expert tips and strategies to enhance your well-being in just 30 days. Start your journey towards optimal health today!

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Optimal Nutrition After 40

Unlock the key to maintaining vitality and well-being as you age with NASM's expert guidance on optimal nutrition after 40. Discover the secrets to fueling your body for optimal performance and longevity. Take control of your health today!

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