The terms "psoas" and "hip flexor" are common jargon in the health and fitness world, but getting an intimate handle on the specifics may help your clients perform better or even help relieve their...
Why The Psoas Is Significant
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Anatomy
Articles on anatomy concepts relevant for personal trainers.
Brown Fat Cells and Thermogenesis
“Fat” can be a “4-letter word” in terms of the negative connotation that leaps into our minds at the mere mention of adipose tissue. However, as with most generalities in life, fat cells are not...
The Pelvic Girdle: How Personal Trainers Gain a Deeper Understanding of Anatomy
It's helpful for certified personal trainers to understand the bone structure and joints of the pelvic girdle given how much movement takes place through the hips, and also, how many issues tend to...
Understanding Hip Rotation and Abduction
Those pesky ball-and-socket joints going every which way can really confuse matters of movement, even for personal trainers, can't they? The hip, like the shoulder, can move in all planes of motion...
Dynamic Deltoids: Understanding and Training the Shoulders Muscles
The deltoids, otherwise known as the deltoideus or shoulder muscle, consists of three distinct "heads" with very different joint actions that, when engaged simultaneously, work together to produce...
Understanding Pelvic Tilt Muscles and Function
The pelvic tilt has two main movements and four movements in total that every personal trainer should be intimately aware of. There are dozens of muscles involved in both the anterior and posterior...
Three Brattiest Muscles in the Body and How to Handle Them
There are quite a few stubborn myofascial instigators that can hold clients back, but with a little know-how, any fitness professional can learn to identify these culprits and address them. Working...
Understanding and Training Core Abdominal Muscles
Training core abdominal muscles is sometimes a straightforward goal for personal training clients, and other times - injuries and discomfort arise when crunching, planking and rotating the spine....
Exploring Breathing Muscles and Exercise
There are 18 muscles working when we breathe, including the pecs. More often than not, the diaphragm and transverse abdominus are the main two muscles talked about most for breathing. Yet there is...
Understanding and Training External and Internal Obliques
The oblique abdominal muscles have an interesting relationship with one another. Most personal training clients know that doing diagonal or crossover crunches exercise the obliques. Exploring the...
