Health and fitness articles for personal trainers rooted in exercise science, biology, anatomy, physiology, health psychology
Understanding lifting tempo is complicated enough for trainers, and most likely completely escaping your clients' attention. Science reveals different outcomes for how we apply such cadences in our...
You may have to realize that your clients, or even yourself, have some significant ankle joint mobility limitations. Hopefully, you've also come to realize how truly signifcant ankle mobility is to...
Many fitness clients hire trainers to lose weight and see results fast. While part of our initial conversations during intake is to level expectations and explain healthy average weight loss varies...
Any personal trainer working with clients long-term should be focused on developing increased power, strength, or speed through safe means. After guiding a client through a well-designed program for...
As the fitness industry grows in popularity and importance, it is of the utmost importance that we as fitness professionals continue to develop a growing knowledge of the exercise sciences to communicate effectively with the established health professions and sciences on “common ground”. The following article, while at times technical, provides an integral part of that knowledge base necessary to facilitate such communication.
When trainers hear about Olympic weightlifting they immediately think of two things: either taking a loaded barbell and ripping it off the floor in one violent motion with minimal technique, or that the lifts are detrimental and deleterious to the health and well being of the person doing the lifts. These two assumptions highlight a vast miscomprehension of Olympic weightlifting.
Since its inception, Everesting has experienced growth far beyond its creators’ wildest dreams. Now considered a worldwide sensation, cycling athletes can choose from almost 20,000 Everesting...
Elbow pain and tendonitis occur more often for certain activities and occupations than for our general population. Hinging incidences are much higher for clients who play racket sports, golf,...
We recently discussed body pH levels, how they may influence health, and how lifestyle choices and dietary influences might affect those pH levels. Commonly accepted pH levels for saliva are 6.4-7.4...
If assessing ankle mobility is not on your checklist of assessments to complete with a new or existing client, you might consider adding it to your repertoire. Adequate ankle mobility is paramount...
