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Personal trainers
Personal trainers are exercise professionals who are trained to provide advice and guidance in areas of exercise and fitness. They help design effective exercise programs to enable individuals to reach their physical health goals such as weight loss.
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A 35-year old asked:
What certifications do most personal trainers have?
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A 31-year old asked:
Are personal trainers worth hiring if you're in the gym?
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A 34-year old asked:
What type of exercises do personal trainers do themselves?
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A 31-year old asked:
Are personal trainers able to help me with both strength and cardio programs?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Recertifying as personal trainer- how can trainers work with physicians to get training costs offset by client's insurance?
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A 32-year old asked:
Are elliptical trainers good for starting to get back in shape?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Do waist trainers/body Shapers really work? I've seen it getting more and more popular and want to try it out to reduce my waist even more
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A 25-year old male asked:
Training really hard after not training for awhile can cause rhabdomyolysis.Yet i still see most trainers try to work new people hard rather than slow?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Just bought an exercise bike, where you follow trainers through an app..is it safe for me to just dig in to the exercises at age 58, I have never really done much exercise before, so should I be concerned?
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A 45-year old asked:
Are there any person trainers specifically for children to lose weight?
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A 38-year old asked:
I only work out for 50 minutes, burning 500 cals on two different cross trainers.. Should i go for longer?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Are elliptical trainers good for starting to get back in shape? 6 months after surgery
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A 43-year old asked:
What are the best certifications for fitness trainers?
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A 38-year old asked:
How can I get in touch with professional fitness trainers online ?
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A 38-year old asked:
Do doctors more positively review elliptical trainers or treadmills?
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A 44-year old asked:
On top of patience, how do sports trainers make concussion symptoms go away?
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A 44-year old asked:
Trainers! is it possible to get rid of cellulite with the right diet and exercise?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What are the side effects of wearing very tight waist trainers (modern day corsets)? Is it true that these are dangerous to wear?
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A female asked about a 16-year old female:
Hi what type of injuries could my daughter have she has swelling around where her ligaments are around the ankle and along the ankle bone this has been an issue for nearly 3 years.She has seen muscular skeletal and has wore insole s with trainers to help
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A 37-year old asked:
What diets do fitness trainers recommend for overweight people?
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A 41-year old female asked:
My left foot itches as soon as i take my trainers off what Will stop it?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Are waist trainers safe to use? I do have IBs and flare ups of gastritis..
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A 21-year old female asked:
I was told by my trainers that is was a strain. that i had a quad strain. how do i treat it
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A 38-year old female asked about a female:
Should a person use vaginal trainers to heal damage caused by third degree tear after childbirth? Thanks
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A 42-year old female asked:
Do waist trainers really have proven results alongside proper diet and exercise?? If yes, explain. How exactly does the constriction of body fat using a waist trainer help the body to adjust and promote a slimmer waist??
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A 23-year old asked:
Are elliptical trainers really less likely to cause knee injuries than treadmills?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Hi i walking on the outside of my foot/ankle and im wearing down my trainers. The outside of my ankles always hurt and i go over on them a lot.
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A 34-year old female asked:
Every night I have severe pain in my left foot but the pain is worse on my heal i wear trainers so its not my shoes and both my ankles are puffy.?
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A 18-year old female asked:
My pinky toes on each foot curves inwards so it looks sideways. The pinky toe on the right foot has begun to really hurt. I was a dancer for 13 years and danced en pointe, I have very curved feet & often wear trainers. Anything that could solve this?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I have picked up a touch of tendonitis on the big toe of my left foot, probably from new trainers. Can i continue to train (run)?
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