Exercise programming articles to give personal trainers ideas and inspiration for training their clients.
The terms active and passive insufficiency are buzzwords in the fitness world as of late and for good reason: understanding the implications will help every personal trainer program exercises that...
Skipping your personal training client's warm-up can be tempting, that is, until you find the right ones. Making sure your tissues and joints are ready for loading is vitally important to avoiding...
Cardio is essential in a well-rounded fitness routine, but it’s certainly not everyone's favorite, especially when the activity is perceived as "high-impact". Some personal trainers work with...
A pistol squat is a one-legged, bum-to-the-floor squat, and it is notoriously difficult for a fit person, let alone the average person, to execute. Quad and glute strength and mobility must be on...
Teaching a client to do pull-ups, a gold standard exercise embodying bodyweight strength and endurance, is a process. Assessing mobility and addressing restrictions with releases and drills are the...
Growing muscles and gaining strength are not necessarily achieved by the same means. Strength is the foundation of everyday acts of athleticism, as well as all fitness-related activities and...
Once you have determined what your client's shoulder joint mobility restrictions are, you can begin improving mobility by lengthening and strengthening the correct muscles. For each movement...
Incorporating standing core exercises in favor of sets of crunches and Russian twists will save time and better improve functional strength. So if you like tricking your clients as much as I do,...
The last piece of relevant corrective exercises to improve shoulder mobility for pull-up progressions is focused on glenohumeral internal and external rotation. Once you have determined what your...
Mobility work is a rising star in the fitness world, and knowing how Passive and Active Range of Motion (ROM) fits into it can assist every personal trainer with achieving their clients' goals...
