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Intermittent Fasting: Choosing the Best Approach
It’s no secret that the health and fitness community is fraught with misinformation and fad diets. Most people are looking for an elusive miracle diet, and fad diets make hefty promises. When those promises fall through, people often give up on their nutrition and...
Jumping Rope: Benefits and Implementation
Whether you're looking to expand your personal training repertoire or want to offer group fitness clients more options, or maybe just want a way to reboot your own fitness without having to venture outside, rope jumping is an excellent modality to explore. The Many...
How Different Sources of Protein Function in Protein Powders
It sounds simple enough. People want to add a protein powder to their daily routine in order to supplement their protein intake. So buy a canister of protein and go to town. The reality is that it is actually a complicated issue and making the wrong choice in...
Working Out at Home: Creating an Environment for Success
With gym closures and social distancing protocols in place nationwide, worldwide, working out at home has become the only solution. Virtual fitness classes and living room push-ups have become the norm, at-least temporarily. But what’s really different between...
PNF and Assisted Stretching Therapy Benefits
Personal trainers can employ many different training techniques to boost performance, improve strength and flexibility, mold appearance, and prevent injury. Learning as many techniques as possible only fills a fit pro's toolbox with more resources to draw on when a...
Shin Splits: Why Your Lower Legs May Hurt and What to Do
Shin splints, or as it is clinically referred to, medial tibial stress syndrome, affects one percent of the population per year, but what is it? To better understand this, we must first look at the basic anatomy of what is referred to as the crural region of our...
Leverage SMR For Longer Lasting And More Efficient Results
We as fitness professionals most likely employ self-myofascial release (SMR) or static release techniques with most of our clients, but we could probably get more benefit by leveraging the timing and techniques to our advantage. Start by asking yourself, “Do I feel...
Kettlebell Drills You Haven’t Tried Yet
If you are a personal trainer looking to add variety and excitement to your workouts, give these unique kettlebell exercises a go! These are guaranteed to challenge you and boost your or your clients' fitness levels! Determine the sets and reps according to program...
How Naturopathic Medicine Can Alleviate Pain Or Chronic Symptoms
Naturopathic doctors can be an asset to a personal trainer's network, especially when it comes to working with clients that suffer with chronic pain. Chronic pain is any type of pain that lasts longer than three to six months or more after an injury and currently...
Working With Special Needs Clients: A Path For Any Personal Trainer
Everyone needs a little help getting motivated and inspired to work out, especially those who haven’t discovered a “fun” way to stay in shape. If those who are able-bodied and able-minded have this hang-up with taking care of themselves, imagine the hurdles people...
Deadlifts For The Win On Core Strength And Back Health
The deadlift works the largest and strongest muscle in the human body – the gluteus maximus. A weakness in the glutes may result in a failure to reach goals and even injuries. While this muscle is working, it is being supported synergistically by many other muscles in...
Spot Reduction: Discussing What’s Actually Possible With Fitness Clients
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a person could get rid of excess fat found on one specific part of their body by working the muscle directly beneath the fat? That is exactly what many of our fitness clients believe will happen. You will see many working the muscle beneath...
Pre-Game Golf Warm Ups: Here’s 4 Band Exercises
In the time before a round of golf, taking enough time to warm up the muscles that coordinate the golf swing is crucial to improve your game and prevent injury. Personal trainers can help their golf athletes, both recreational and professional, perform preparatory...
How Sleep Deprivation Is Related To Injury
Injuries happen to us all, even when we take as much care as we possibly can. However, when someone is suffering from sleep deprivation, they are going to happen a lot more frequently and be much harder to recover from. Sleep is one of the most important things you...
Using Time Under Tension To Round Out Your Program
The training approach known as Time Under Tension (TUT) has gotten lots of attention in the bodybuilding and strength training arenas as of late. Many swear by its benefits while others skip it in favor of conventional rep-range training instead. While there may...
Liability Waiver Forms and Your Legal Position as a Personal Trainer
No matter how great your passion for fitness is as a trainer and despite your best intentions some clients may become injured during exercise, making it imperative to have liability waivers in place from the start of your clients’ training process In our litigious...
Strengthening Abdominal Muscles After Pregnancy or Surgery
The birth of a baby or any lower abdominal surgery compromises core muscle integrity making it crucial for a certified personal trainer to program functional movements aimed at strengthening the deep core. To reduce the risk of injury, core integrity needs to be...