Pre-hab is becoming more of a fitness buzzword as the worlds of physical therapy and personal training collide. We understand that rehabilitation is the process of returning to a healthy and...
Pre-hab and Rehabilitiation Interventions
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Hula Hoop Workout Routine for Beginners
Step aside, dumbbells, there’s a new kid on the block. Hula hoops might look like toys, but they can be incorporated into an effective workout routine that your body and mind will thank you for. ...
Motivating Yourself Along With Your Clients: Two Sides of The Same Coin
A large part of being a coach/personal trainer is keeping your clients motivated, but motivating yourself to remain a vigilant and inspiring trainer is just as important. You want them to be...
Exercise and Depression: How Personal Trainers Can Make an Impact
Depression is the "common cold" of psychological disorders. The World Health Organization considers depression a high priority concern and most everyone has been depressed or knows someone who has been depressed at some time in life. Its symptoms include sleep disturbances, loss of appetite or overeating, and anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure). While it comes in different forms and intensities, some of its characteristics are enduring. Depressed people think in different ways from their non-depressed counterparts. Their neuro-chemistry is different. They have low self esteem. They are inactive.
Nutritional Periodization: Fueling for the Work Ahead
Prudent nutrition plays a key role in promoting personal training clients' hypertrophy, power, and strength when coordinated expertly with resistance training. If we take that concept and adjust it...
Reminders About Common Diet Culture Messages
As a personal trainer, educator, and health coach, my students will express what they hear or observe on social media related to the toxic and damaging nature of diet culture. The messages diet...
Grace Edwards–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Lady Grace Edwards. Born and raised in England of Jamaican parents, Grace grew up there until she was 14 years old and currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She has one daughter and two...
Kidney and Gall Stones: Can Exercise Help or Hinder?
Regular exercise helps to maintain the proper functioning of every organ in the human body, largely by keeping obesity, cholesterol, and blood pressure in check. Since these rank among the top major...
Using Suspension Straps
Have you tried using suspension straps in your training sessions? The hanging suspension straps might not look like much, but they’re loaded with potential. Unlike pulleys attached to weights, the...
Forearm Extensor Anatomy: Locating the Extensors of the Wrist and Fingers
The extensors of the wrist and fingers are used during planks, when playing tennis, golf and every time a door is opened. Of the dozens of muscles that orchestrate these movements, there are four...
