Improving scapular mobility and correcting muscle imbalances that might prevent proper pull-up form is an essential step before teaching efficient pull-up or chin-up technique. After determining...
Scapular Mobility Exercises for Pull-Ups
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Certified Personal Trainers
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Top 10 Ways to “UN” Motivate Your Clients
In celebration of this UN-holiday, I thought it appropriate to share a top 10 list of how to best UNmotivate personal training clients! The goal of this list is to make it so your clients will drop...
Strengthening Abdominal Muscles After Pregnancy or Surgery
The birth of a baby or any lower abdominal surgery compromises core muscle integrity making it crucial for a certified personal trainer to program functional movements aimed at strengthening the...
Understanding Pelvic Tilt Muscles and Function
The pelvic tilt has two main movements and four movements in total that every personal trainer should be intimately aware of. There are dozens of muscles involved in both the anterior and posterior...
Making Workout Program Adjustments When Your Client is Bored
As helpful as routine is to an organized day and even more important it is to an exercise program, what can you do if your client is bored with “the usual” approach and clearly needs a change of...
Thoracic Mobility Exercises for Pull-Ups
Improving thoracic mobility and lengthening the latissimus dorsi are essential steps to laying a strength foundation for a pull-up progression routine. Before incorporating the following exercises,...
Changing the Scenery to Keep Your Clients Improving
When it comes to training clientele, changing the scenery every now and again tends to shake things up in a good way for myself and my clients. The usual indoor setting is great as there’s no worry...
What Are the Different Styles of Asana Yoga?
Once you have a solid grasp on what Yoga is really all about, how do you decide which of the many classes is best for you or your clients? Although there have been all sorts of new classes springing...
Mindfulness Challenge: Better Connect with Yourself and Your Clients
For clients and trainers alike, working out is often a time to disconnect from the outside world and reconnect to the moment by tuning into the mind-body. But ask yourself, are you being mindful? Or...
Making Workout Program Adjustments When Your Client is Fatigued
Adaptability is a necessary skill for fitness professionals allowing personal trainers to make on-the-spot program adjustments when a client enters a session feeling tired or fatigued. Here’s how...
