If you do something long enough, it will eventually stick with you. This goes for not-so-beneficial choices like watching TV all day, every day, or it can lead to instilling healthy habits like...
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Lengthen and Strengthen with a Weights-Pilates Format
When personal trainers hear the word “Pilates” specific images may be conjured up, such as a quiet room full of women extending their bodies in any variety of positions, or perhaps teetering on...
Stride Right for Fitness and Health
Human strides truly are what made us who we were for Paleolithic hunting and gathering ways and means. Walking and motion still make us who we are in modern days - for better or worse - with our...
AGEs and Glycation: How One Metabolic Process Can Impair Many Health Outcomes
The process of glycation (or, non-enzyme glycosylation) in the body may be an unfamiliar one to most fitness professionals, but one that impacts each of us, but to varying degrees. We can educate...
Can Cartilage be Regenerated?
Personal training clients may, from time to time, report some degree of cartilage damage or injury, frequently caused by overzealous participation in sports-related endeavors. Fortunately, there are...
The Turkish Get-Up: How to Do It and Why You Should
Few people care about mobility until they can't move. Getting up and down from the floor isn't much different. It's often overlooked until it becomes a problem, as you may have discovered with some...
Seven Lifts to Include in a Soccer Program
Yesterday's blog addressed the specific approaches personal trainers can take for programming periodization for soccer players. Now that you're familiar with the how, let's talk about the what. Here...
Addressing Rib Injury in Combat Sports
Anyone who engages in combat sport training is bound to get a few bumps and bruises. Rib injury is quite common and personal trainers can help their combat and martial arts clients handle them with...
Grip Strength: The New Biomarker of Longevity and Quality of Life
Business professionals often equate a firm handshake with an individual’s level of confidence. Research now shows that a powerful grip also correlates to longevity. Learn how incorporating grip...
The Stress and Injury Link
As trainers, our clients will often share with us details about their lives outside of the time we are training together including stress surrounding home life, work, relationships, or as parents....