Find the Top Personal Training Book Finds for 2024

Get an in-depth look into the most magnificent machine ever created—the human body!

• Over 100 anatomical illustrations of 70 muscles in action, detailed and in full color
• Over 75 exercises to increase your flexibility and strength
• Expert instructions for exercises for strength training and gym fitness, stretching and flexibility training, yoga, Pilates, and bodybuilding
• Learn how each exercise works and understand how it shapes the body, with the science of movement, training concepts, and fitness principles
• Perfect for beginners and advanced fitness practitioners alike, this is the must-have exercise reference for fitness enthusiasts

Using detailed anatomical illustrations, New Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training provides you with visual insight into what happens to the human organic machine during exercise—muscles and tendons working in concert to strengthen your body's building blocks.

With this basic knowledge of how the body works, you can buff up your body with the book's 75+ exercises, grouped by body region and involving gym machines, free weights, and body weight/stretching, as well as yoga and Pilates. Included are comparisons of contemporary training options from CrossFit and P90X to Zumba, SoulCycle, TRX, Orangetheory, and more.

Each exercise is vividly illustrated by a full-color anatomical illustration of the targeted muscles, together with instructions on execution and technique. By understanding how your body responds to each movement, you'll be able to isolate specific muscle groups and design the most targeted program possible.

Motivate yourself and make your workouts more powerful and effective by seeing how your muscles actually work when you exercise with safe and proper form!

"New Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training is clearly written and designed with highly instructive illustrations. A powerful resource for novice and advanced fitness enthusiasts alike, this book is the Bible of strength and fitness training. It is empowering, and should be in every home and commercial gym."
—Allan Richter, Editor, Discover Life and Energy Times magazines

The groundbreaking 7-week plan for managing anxiety and depression using cognitive behavioral therapy

Research has shown that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective techniques for finding relief from depression and anxiety. After 15 years of successfully treating patients using cognitive behavioral therapy, Psychologist Dr. Seth Gillihan developed this self-directed 7-week plan that teaches you practical CBT techniques that can help you feel better.

Benefits of the Retrain Your Brain workbook:

• IDENTIFY & CHANGE NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS: Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you identify and replace thought patterns and behaviors that aren’t working with new ones that work better.
• WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: The unique weekly structure of this therapy workbook is designed so each activity builds on the previous week’s work as you apply these techniques in your daily life. Relatable, real-life examples make the information and activities more accessible to CBT newcomers.
• GREAT FOR BOTH SPORADIC & CONSTANT ANXIETY: Whether feelings of depression and anxiety occur constantly or sporadically, you can create a CBT tool kit to help you get through those feelings and realize your full potential. Great for adults, kids, and teens.

Take the first step to finding relief and discovering the power of cognitive behavioral therapy today with help from Retrain Your Brain.

How To Become A Personal Trainer (Successful)
Did you know the average personal trainer in 2020 was self-taught? This means that YOU could become a CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER within 28-days (we have done it.) ALL BY YOURSELF! Many trainers at the top personal training gyms in the United States are charging $100+ per hour and most of them have never trained another human being. Just because someone uses an ambiguous acronym (i.e. NASM, ISSA, ACE) does not make them qualified to teach and train the mechanics of the human body. Regardless – did you know that the average personal trainer doesn’t understand anatomy (17-muscles around the shoulder, 30-around the hip), the fundamental principles of movement, programming, SAID, bioenergetics, or how to regress or progress exercises? Does that make sense to you? Us either. Just because these people have a six pack of abs and backside from Venus packaged up with a certification, it does not mean they are qualified to teach how to properly move and exercise another human. You heard it first from Show Up Fitness: Certifications are Blockbuster, Internships are Netflix. If you want to be respected and turn your passion for fitness into a career, you need a solid foundation in anatomy, programming, business & social media development, and guided experience.
This isn’t a book on how to get clients, or a shortcut to becoming a celebrity trainer. It’s an honest approach on what to expect if you’re thinking of becoming a personal trainer and to expose the fitness industry’s entry standards for what they are—RIDICULOUSLY EASY. The average personal trainer takes a simple 120-question test and then considers themselves a “fitness professional” – imagine the gasps if a heart surgeon did the same thing? The majority of social media “instafamous” personal trainers have no idea what they are doing, and people are getting hurt because they lack education and guided experience. Add to this that 90% of personal trainers quit within 12-months of getting certified -WHY YOU ASK? Read this book and find out.
How to Become A Successful Personal Trainer will help you turn your passion for fitness into a career and help you become a qualified fitness professional.

How to Become A Successful Personal Trainer
1- Personal training industry, certifications & internships
2- The Average Day in the Life of a Trainer
3- H.E.L.P. N.I.C.K. & Commandments of Becoming A Successful Personal Trainer
4- Interviews from Managers on why 90% of certified trainers quit within 12-months
5- How to Make 100k & Develop Streams of Revenue
6- The Trainer Happiness Equation
7- Interviews from Top Personal Trainers

Chris Hitchko, BS Kinesiology, CSCS, has personally taught over 800-personal trainers and knows the formula for success in the fitness industry. Throughout his sixteen-year tenure, he’s collaborated with top trainers, professors, coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, and doctors, which allowed him to develop a Board of Education to make sure the material and scientific information is up to date.
Here are just a few of the worlds TOP Personal Trainers interviewed for this book:
Bret Contreras, Brett Bartholomew, Meghan Callaway, Nick Tumminello, Dean Somerset, Erica Suter, Dan John, Tony Gentilcore, Kellie Davies, John Rusin, Ben Bruno, Jordan Syatt, Marc Megna, Charles Staley, Eric Bach, and many more!

Heal painful joints, prevent injuries, and rebuild your body from the ground up.
(If mainstream fitness advice has left you broken down and beat up, it’s time for a new strategy.)

Most middle-aged fitness enthusiasts and athletes have been dragged down by joint pain, injuries, and other ailments commonly accepted as “part of getting older.”

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

In fact, anyone can conquer joint pain and rebuild their body.
It simply requires understanding the hidden causes and a road map (this book) that leads to the solution.

Built from Broken presents a paradigm shift in how to think about corrective exercise, sports nutrition, and joint health.
Once you see how the system works, you’ll never look at exercise or joint health the same way again.

Part 1 lays the foundation for understanding why your joints are breaking down.
You’ll learn:

• The 5 primary causes of joint pain.

• How to prevent the “Big 3” injuries that trap you in the Pain/Injury Cycle.

• Why conventional pain management merely masks symptoms (and 3 natural pain relief techniques that actually work).

• How to identify and fix muscle imbalances that lead to tension, pain, and injuries.

• Natural injury recovery strategies that improve healing time and tissue repair quality.

Part 2 gives you a step-by-step corrective exercise guide and list of action steps to rebuild your body from the ground up.
Including:

• The ideal training schedule to maximize muscle recovery and connective tissue repair (in as little as 2 days per week, at any age).

• Illustrated corrective exercise instructions (with several home workout options).

• How to strengthen joints with cutting-edge connective tissue training techniques.

• A step-by-step training program complete with workout routines.

Whether you have been training for a few years, a few decades, or have never stepped foot in a weight room, it’s not too late to overhaul your body.

If the conventional path of lifting and stretching has left you broken down, why not try a new strategy?

This book is your way out of the pain/injury cycle.

All you have to do is follow three simple steps.

1. Read the book.

2. Follow the action steps inside to resolve your pain.

3. Implement the 4-week corrective training program outlined in the book.

Just imagine, in 4-8 weeks from now, you could be in a pain-free, mobile, strong, and functional body.

One that allows you to do the activities you love, push the limits of your capabilities, and achieve your true physical potential.

This process can start for you right now.

All you have to do is click the “buy” button and order your copy of Built from Broken.

Anatomy of Exercise is revolutionary for its insights into how different muscles of the body actually work during exercise. The book is organized by body area and shows common sequences in the progression of a typical workout. Lifelike anatomical illustrations demonstrate each exercise and reveal in colorful detail exactly which muscles are engaged, which are being conditioned and how those muscles respond.

The following features help the reader gain the greatest benefit from each exercise and thereby improve fitness and well-being:

• Detailed, full-color anatomical illustrations for all the exercises
• Annotations identifying the active and stabilizing muscles
• Concise how-to instructions for each exercise
• Identification of the specific muscles that benefit the most from each exercise
• Suggested modifications for different levels of difficulty
• Instructions on stabilizing the body throughout each movement
• A visual index of exercises that allows easy navigation through the book
• A glossary of anatomical terms.

No other book provides such rich detail tailored to the general reader. Beginners, those already committed to exercise, competing athletes, trainers, coaches, physiotherapists, massage therapists and the many others involved in fitness will find Anatomy of Exercise fascinating, instructive and practical.

Find everything you need to confidently prepare and pass the NASM CPT exam with this all-in-one study guide

You can feel it – you’re closer to starting your fitness career as a personal trainer than ever.

The only thing standing between you and your dream is the certification exam.

And if you plan to work with…

• ● People who want to maintain their health
• ● People with health conditions, limited mobility, and high risk of injury
• ● Professional athletes who want to improve their performance

The National Academy of Sports Medicine or NASM CPT exam can provide the certification you need to succeed in your career.

With its comprehensive and practical approaches to ensure safe but effective training, a NASM certificate can provide the knowledge and competence you need to safely guide and train your clients to achieve their fitness goals.

However, due to its varying and often challenging topics, approximately only 74% of exam takers pass the NASM CPT exam.

But don’t let numbers stop you from trying your best.

With the right study guide and strategies to maximize preparation time, anyone can pass the NASM CPT exam and start their career.

And if you’re…

• ● Looking for a comprehensive but simple approach to understanding the various topics included in the exam
• ● Searching for strategies and techniques to overcome test anxiety and other challenges from preparing to taking the exam
• ● Ready to take the next step to jumpstart your career as a certified NASM personal trainer

Then you’re in the right place.

Grab a pen, and don’t forget to take notes as you discover:

• ● How to physically and mentally prepare yourself for the exam with the ACE Method
• ● An in-depth discussion on basic and applied sciences and nutritional concepts you will find in the NASM CPT exam
• ● The importance of understanding the psychology of exercise and strategies to coach your clients using behavioral approaches
• ● Why conducting assessments can help you create an effective and successful exercise program for your potential clients
• ● How to use the OPT model and design a program for clients with various fitness levels
• ● The importance of incorporating different types of training concepts to help your clients achieve their fitness goals
• ● A possible future of a personal trainer and how to succeed in your profession while adhering to NASM’s standards
• ● Four unique and full-length NASM CPT practice tests – complete with answer key and explanations

And so much more!

Preparing for an exam, especially one that can dictate the future of your career, can be overwhelming.

With this all-in-one study guide, you will find everything you need to prepare and ace the NASM CPT exam – from study materials to practice exams and proven strategies to overcome obstacles and challenges as you take a closer step toward your dream career.

Don’t let this ultimate study companion slip away.

If you’re ready to ace the NASM CPT Exam and start your personal trainer career, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.