Do you floss daily? You should. Yeah, it may sound like I'm echoing your dentist, but I'm actually talking about myofascial flossing! If you're already a fitness professional or looking to become a...
Certified Personal Trainers
Access articles for established certified personal trainers to assist in their fitness training programming.
Metabolism and Muscles: Is The Effect As Dramatic As We’d Like To Believe?
Chasing the ultimate caloric burn remains a top priority for many avid gym-goers. Personal trainers have long promoted muscle mass and definition as powerful tools in attaining this goal. Could we...
Deadlifts For The Win On Core Strength And Back Health
The deadlift works the largest and strongest muscle in the human body – the gluteus maximus. A weakness in the glutes may result in a failure to reach goals and even injuries. While this muscle is...
Harnessing the Power of Eustress
https://youtu.be/masLFeBPwUo Stress, distress, eustress…These buzz words are getting attention right now, but how can they be leveraged and used to fuel your passion for fitness and...
Deficit Training: Getting Creative With Progressive Overloading
If you’ve got an advanced client looking to spice up their strength training routine, deficit lifting might be one answer--successful at employing a greater range of motion at lower intensities. ...
Learn The Frankenstein Squat To Master The Front Squat
Halloween is kind of my favorite, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to include a classic monster like Frankenstein in today's blog. If you've never heard of it, the Frankenstein squat, or...
Core Training Versus Core Strengthening: Is There A Difference?
The true foundation of a personal training client's fitness success is that their journey aligns concordantly with their level of fitness and progresses appropriately as they achieve set goals....
The Planes of Motion: Creating a 3D Approach to Personal Training
The human body is meant to move in all directions – forward, backward, side to side, up, down, and rotationally. In other words, the body exists and functions on a 3-dimensional plane. The term...
Muscle Activation: What It Is and How to Program It
If you're a fitness professional you may have heard the term "muscle activation" or have even used it in your personal training practice as a means to help correct movement pattern dysfunctions....
Sneezin’ Season: Should You Exercise When Sick?
Have you been suffering too many colds this season? Is your “healthy” exercise program compromising your immune system? Or is exercising while you are under the weather sabotaging your workouts?...