Exercise programming articles to give personal trainers ideas and inspiration for training their clients.
Using a resistance band during a deadlift creates the ability to add a row and make this exercise a total body experience. At some point in every exercise program comes the need to progress an...
Sometimes you need to modify a lunge and other times a progression is what the client ordered. Using a resistance band to do a lunge is a fun way to add variety and challenge to this fundamental...
Using a resistance band to do a shoulder press is a beneficial strength training exercise for anyone who reaches up to place objects on shelves, like groceries, dishes, etc. Strengthening the...
What is a Stability Ball Crunch? The stability ball crunch is an abdominal exercise which predominantly targets the abdominal muscles. It's a progression from doing crunches on the floor, on a mat...
The words peroneus and fibularis are used interchangeably in anatomy. But, who needs an extra word to learn when you're already trying to remember 600 muscles in the human body!? Not you. Not me....
If I had a dime for every client who has ever told me she doesn’t want to “bulk up”, I would probably be writing this article from a remote tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific instead of...
Most personal trainers love free motion exercises over fixed plane machine exercises because they allow a lifter to move the resistance freely through space, which offers an advantage. Moving a...
Exercise has been shown in numerous studies to be an effective reliever of stress, anxiety, and depression. Exercise releases the feel-good chemicals in the brain called dopamine and serotonin that...
Suspension straps are a great way to modify lunges to make them easier or more difficult. A win-win for fitness programming! I started using these more in my sessions after speaking with 50...
What Can I Do Instead of Lunges? A few months ago several clients were experiencing some physical discomfort doing lunges and expressed their desire to do something altogether different. Naturally,...
