Access articles for established certified personal trainers to assist in their fitness training programming.
Our clients often want a magic approach to make lifestyle habits surrounding diet, sleep, workout routines, and adequate hydration easy and attainable all the while never losing momentum. The new...
The cardiovascular system is foundational to exercise, and our understanding as personal trainers of how it works and how things can go wrong is critical for the performance, success, and safety of...
Whether you’re training in a client’s home, a gym, or your own home gym, take advantage of the wall. A wall provides the space for stability and is readily available. Using the wall is an excellent...
Personal training clients can prepare clean meals, hydrate sufficiently, and train properly, yet still find that truly positive results elude them. What other resources may prove useful? What might...
The topic of food and what is “healthy” or “unhealthy” is always provokes interesting commentary from fitness clients (and, we’ve likely said or thought some of these same things). There’s this...
As personal trainers we must take our due diligence to keep our clients safe and injury-free in tandem with helping them reach their goals. Before your new client picks up so much as a dumbbell, a...
Tire training is often used for sport-specific workouts, but it is also an effective way to exercise for gym-goers and personal training clients. Build strength, increase agility, and endurance...
The Quadratus Lumborum (QL) muscles, a common source of lower back pain, are located on either side of the lumbar spine. While they are situated at the lower back between the pelvis and the lowest...
Allergies affect approximately 20-40 million people each year. In this country alone, an estimated 15 million people live with asthma and its ensuing complications; sadly, this number continues to...
The “active couch potato” is a real concern. Through research, we now better understand that too much sitting – even when an individual sets aside time to be physically active on a regular basis –...
