The traditional HIIT protocol of work, rest, repeat may start to feel redundant if the workouts your personal training clients are doing lack variety in their movements, load, or even work-to-rest...
AMRAP Protocols: A Quick HIIT
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Exercise Programming
Exercise programming articles to give personal trainers ideas and inspiration for training their clients.
Instructions for Resistance Band Deadlift Row
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...
Instructions for Resistance Band Lunge
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...
Instructions for Resistance Band Shoulder Press
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...
The Stability Ball Crunch
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...
Ankle Anatomy – Fibularis and Peroneus Muscles
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....
Align Yourself With The Best Option: The Loaded Carry
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...
Fixed Plane or Free Motion Training?
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...
Help Clients Beat a Bad Mood with this 10 Minute Workout
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...
Three Ways to Do Lunges Using Suspension Straps
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...
