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...
Physiology
Articles focused on biological processes and physiology relevant for personal trainers and their clients.
Homeostasis-pH Testing and Urine Color
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...
Enhance Muscular Strength with Krill Oil
Omega-3 fatty acids offer a cornucopia of health benefits, including anti-inflammatory properties, improvements in joint pain, better brain health, and improved cardiac function. Still, 98% of all...
Zinc Can Add a Zing To Building Muscle
In the world of fitness, we can cover topics from A to Z, starting with Aerobic exercises and ending with the focus of today’s article, Zinc. Learn how to help clients boost their workouts – and...
The Physiology of Fat Loss: Understanding the Hierarchy
Fat loss training can be very confusing for our personal training clients and even for their coaches, but it doesn't have to be. Unfortunately, a common belief held by many of our clients is that...
The Importance of Post-Workout Meal Timing: Myth or Mandatory?
Prudent personal trainers know that both training stimuli and nutrient consumption affect hypertrophy gains. Training increases protein synthesis, but it may also activate muscle protein...
What is Cellulite and Why Do Women Get It?
As a woman and a fitness professional, I have both "suffered" with and fielded countless questions about cellulite. If you as a personal trainer serve women in your practice, I guarantee this topic...
The Benefits of Mindful Exercise: Embracing a Healthy Exercise Mindset
The benefits of mindfulness infrequently require much repeating, but suffice it to say, they are far-reaching. How can personal trainers teach clients to marry mindfulness to their exercise...
NAD+: Reprogramming the Aging Process
Clients seek out the expertise of personal trainers for a variety of reasons: to lose weight, increase strength, improve endurance, and often simply to feel “younger”. What if trainers could offer...
Five Physiological Tips For Sleep
Sleep, although a natural process, is a really complex one, not always coming "naturally". In a well-performed musical, all the actors and actresses need to be in place, in tune, and organized for a...