Flexibility training is comprised of many stretching approaches and should be an integral part of a complete exercise program designed by a skillful personal trainer. Stretching properly is an effective means of preventing injury and enhancing athletic performance by making the body more adaptable to the demands imposed upon it.
Beverly Hosford
Get More Personal Training Clients – A Three Week Challenge
Getting more personal training clients is all about consistency and creativity. It is quite different than getting certified as a trainer but there is a similar step-by-step process you can follow to get to your goal. You start from the inside with your current...
Why Sleep and Recovery Is So Important For Personal Training Clients
In pursuit of the perfect body, many people focus on things like workout routines and supplements, however, many fail to consider another vital component of training-recovery. Remember that training is the stimulus to which the body adapts, but sufficient rest is essential to allow time for the adaptations to take place.
Tackling Fall Time Change and Sleep Habits
Clock time is changed by one hour, twice a year in 70 countries and most of the states in the U.S. By turning the clocks back one hour in the fall, we get more light in the morning, but less in the evening. Some people love it, others hate it. Many people enjoy the...
Shift Work and Health Effects
Stomach problems, ulcers, depression and an increased risk of accidents and injury are just a few issues facing the 8.6 million shift workers in the U.S., according to Web MD. Working overnight or outside the 9-5 workday is considered shift work. This includes police...
4 Ways to Interrupt Coronasomnia
The COVID virus itself can cause insomnia during an active fever and coughing period but should resolve in a few weeks. Insomnia caused by concerns around the pandemic itself is a different issue and fits right into the umbrella category of stress. This form of...
Four Sleep Travel Tips
Vacation and sleep seem to be a perfect pair. Except when noisy hotels and time zone changes get in the way of rest and relaxation. It is possible to sleep well when traveling. Just share these sleep travel tips and tricks with your clients to keep them healthy and...
Eight Routine Swaps for Better Sleep
Identifying the culprits that disrupt sleeps leads to improved sleep. Certain habits and environmental factors that seem harmless can actually make it tough to fall asleep, stay asleep, or prevent deep, restorative sleep. Here are eight common sleep disrupters and...
Can You Sleep Too Much?
Too much sleep isn't good or bad but it is telling us something. Ten or more hours of sleep is too much if it's happening every night. If it's occasional (usually on the weekend) it is a sign that there is a lack of sleep the rest of the week; sleeping too much...
Forearm Extensor Anatomy: Locating the Extensors of the Wrist and Fingers
The extensors of the wrist and fingers are used during planks, when playing tennis, golf and every time a door is opened. Of the dozens of muscles that orchestrate these movements, there are four muscles in the posterior forearm working together during wrist and...
Forearm Flexor Anatomy: Locating the Flexors of the Wrist and Fingers
The flexors of the wrist and fingers are used every time a dumbbell is curled, a treadmill bar is grasped, a smartphone is held and so much more. Of the dozens of muscles that orchestrate these movements, there are five muscles in the anterior forearm working together...
Replacing Screen Time with Relaxing Bedtime Activities
This one single sleep habit can significantly improve your clients' daytime energy (as it is influenced by night sleep), which equates to more motivation for exercise and to eat well! As a bonus, replacing evening screen time with relaxing bedtime activities also...
Simple Steps for Using a Sleep Journal with Fitness Clients
Using a sleep journal re-connects a person to their habits and can make a difference in one week. If your clients ever mention a rough night of sleep, that’s your cue to investigate this otherwise undercover aspect of health by using a sleep journal.
Understanding Pelvic Tilt Muscles and Function
The pelvic tilt has two main movements and four movements in total that every personal trainer should be intimately aware of. There are dozens of muscles involved in both the anterior and posterior pelvic tilt. The pelvic tilt is often used as an assessment tool. It...
Understanding and Training Core Abdominal Muscles
Training core abdominal muscles is sometimes a straightforward goal for personal training clients, and other times - injuries and discomfort arise when crunching, planking and rotating the spine. Studying core anatomy closely helps certified personal trainers design...
Breathing Techniques for Personal Training
There are many breathing techniques to utilize when exercising aside from inhaling concentrically and exhaling eccentrically. It can also prove beneficial to work on breathing techniques when not exercising any other muscles, so to train the system without as much...
Exploring Breathing Muscles and Exercise
There are 18 muscles working when we breathe, including the pecs. More often than not, the diaphragm and transverse abdominus are the main two muscles talked about most for breathing. Yet there is so much more happening beneath the skin when you inhale and exhale....
Understanding and Training External and Internal Obliques
The oblique abdominal muscles have an interesting relationship with one another. Most personal training clients know that doing diagonal or crossover crunches exercise the obliques. Exploring the obliques beyond basic location and mainstream function helps personal...