First-time pregnancy can be the most exciting time of a woman's life. And for some, also some of the most physically challenging! For moms-to-be who have never really worked out before and come to...
Moms-to-Be New to Exercise
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Training Concepts
Personal training concepts are addressed and explored to help personal trainers better understand how to program for clients.
The Adapted Fitness Training Model Explained
Adapted fitness is personal training for people with both temporary and permanent disabilities, adapted to the needs of the individual. It can be utilized for weight management, stress management,...
Benefits of Asymmetrical Training
The human body, though designed to be symmetrical, displays slight differences from left to right and front to back. These small differences are hard to recognize if we aren’t concentrating on...
Circuits, Combos, and Complexes: 3 Cs to Boost Clients’ Progress
Circuits, combos, and complexes, known as “the 3 C’s of metabolic training”, can be easily integrated into clients’ traditional workout programs. Learn more about these challenging moves and prepare...
Catch a Wave With Aqua Cycling
Cyclists are taking to the water! Aqua cycling, the new fitness “wave”, creates a workout that offers both high-intensity cardio and strengthening. Learn how pedaling against the resistance of water...
Exercise and Pregnancy Myth-Busting
Sometimes pregnancy can be unexpected, and this means that a lot of lifestyle will change in the moment one discovers she’s with child. Many women will want to begin exercising to be as healthy as...
Drop Sets for Growth: Creative Progressive Overload
By finding creative ways to push muscles past their usual point of failure, trainers can actually accelerate a client’s muscular growth such as negatives and tempo training. You may be surprised at...
The Benefits of Slow Jogging: Slowing Down to Speed Up and Improve Running Skills
The well-known fable of the tortoise and the hare has science behind it! Learn about the advantageous experience of slow jogging. Your running aficionado personal training clients may never race...
Use Twists to Vary Workouts
Twisting movements are a way to engage the core muscles by utilizing rotational forces in the horizontal plane, but they can also improve coordination and integration of movement systems. While...
The Bear Crawl Does it All
The focus of the most effective training program personal trainers design should be on the movement, not the muscles. This is why you might see the bear crawl performed frequently in the best...
