The link between working hard and respiration is pretty well-established: The harder your body works, the more oxygen is needed, and the harder you will breathe. But should there be a method to our...
Exercise Programming
Exercise programming articles to give personal trainers ideas and inspiration for training their clients.
Grip Strength: Helping Your Client to Get a Grip
There’s more to getting a grip than just getting your act together. Strengthening grip is important in the fitness world, and often doesn't get the attention it deserves; it can make a big...
Glute Bridge Progressions: Add Variety to a Basic Movement
Last month glute bridges were a hot topic of conversation because of their versatility in serving a wide range of clients and client needs. This progressive exercise is great for both those who are...
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...
Isometrics Programming: Exploring Optimal Approaches
As described in a previous article, Isometrics programming is a specific mode of exercise that can complement any workout program and offer a multitude of rarely considered benefits, including...
How to Execute a Hip Bridge
When you walk into the gym, there is no shortage of glute exercises being done in every corner of the facility with every piece of equipment you never even imagined using for one main purpose: a...
Designing a Functional Push-Up Routine
Push-ups feel so good. The work to your shoulders, arms, and back all the while working your core, toning glutes, lengthening our chronically tight iliopsoas/hip flexor group... add to that the...
How to Do a Close-Grip Bench Press for Powerful Triceps
A close-grip bench press is a variation of a standard bench press that creates a different challenge for our personal training clients. When conjuring up a hallmark upper body strength exercise, few...
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...
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...