Exercise may be the furthest thing from someones mind after a cancer diagnosis. Even if they have never been active, exercise can become one of your favorite activities. With more medical...
Exercise Programming
Exercise programming articles to give personal trainers ideas and inspiration for training their clients.
Bring New Energy to Your Cycle Class Using Event Days
Without a doubt, indoor cycling is one the most popular gym classes and has diehard fans across the country. In addition, most participants have their favorite cycle instructors. However, a lot of...
Beach Workouts That Don’t Feel Like Exercise
A part of enjoying the warm summer months include going to the beach. This could be wiggling your toes in the sand by a lake or an ocean. Either way, there are a ton of things to do rather than...
Sled Training Benefits For Better Results
Sled training is an excellent accessory exercise for concentric and strength training endeavors. When it comes to isotonic contractions there are two types of muscle actions: concentric and...
3 Exercise Principles You Love… That Do Not Apply While Pregnant
The results are in. Exercise during a normal, healthy pregnancy can help reduce back pain, strengthen heart and blood vessels, improve fitness, promote a healthy rate of weight gain during the...
3 Interval Cycling Drills for Your Clients
Recently, one of the trainers at a gym where I teach group fitness approached me and asked me to help him create a quick, yet intense bike workout for one of his clients. She loves attending class...
Bring New Energy to Your Cycle Class Using Location Visualization
One of the biggest advantages to indoor cycling over outdoor is the ability to focus only on the ride. The mind is free to focus on the body, get lost in music, or visualize terrain created through...
Bring New Energy to Your Cycle Class Using Instrumentals
The cycle-class cycle happens in gyms everywhere. It goes something like this. New students come in and get excited. They run out and buy the shoes and show up for every class. But something happens...
Encourage your Clients to be Less Sedentary with Weekly Fitness Challenges
There are 168 hours in a week. If we’re lucky we might see a personal training client for 3 hours a week (but let’s be real, it’s usually 1-2 hours). Even with three great workouts a week - there...
Ergonom-misses: 7 things missing in your desk life that affect your fitness
It is essential we nail down our body mechanics at work if we want to be successful in the gym. Tight muscles from improper posture at a desk can prohibit the right muscles from working, causing a...