The last piece of relevant corrective exercises to improve shoulder mobility for pull-up progressions is focused on glenohumeral internal and external rotation. Once you have determined what your...
Certified Personal Trainers
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Active vs Passive Range of Motion (ROM) and Their Relationship with Lifting
Mobility work is a rising star in the fitness world, and knowing how Passive and Active Range of Motion (ROM) fits into it can assist every personal trainer with achieving their clients' goals...
What is Mobility and Why Does it Matter?
If you’ve been in the world of fitness more than 10 minutes, you’ve most likely heard the terms mobility, stability and flexibility thrown around a lot. Mobility refers to a joint’s ability to...
Making Workout Program Adjustments When Your Client is Injured
How do you proceed when a client enters a session with a minor injury? As personal trainers, we hope and expect our clients will adapt to the programs we uniquely design for them. Still, it’s...
How to Vary Cardiovascular Training to Get Results
Running is a great conditioning tool and can be tweaked and tailored to provide many benefits and yield results that any client might be seeking. It can build both muscular and aerobic endurance,...
Scapular Mobility Exercises for Pull-Ups
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...
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...