When I turned 50 I decided to get back in good shape. I created a program that allowed me to go from my starting weight of 230 pounds at 27% body fat down to 190 at 10% body fat in 24 weeks. This is...
Three Phase Fat Loss Workout
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Flexibility Training is a Must for Personal Training Clients
We’ve all been there, working with a client who claims they’ve never been able to touch their toes. We’ve all done the internal wince, imagining the discomfort and pain the client surely experiences...
Try This Full Body Workout With Your Training Clients
Address most of your clients' needs with this full body workout. Anyone doing three days or less per week of strength training and most of the general population should be involved in a regular...
Coaching the Low Compliance Client
If you’re in the fitness business, you know that clients' traits, personalities, and abilities vary as much as the styles and philosophies of personal training. That being said, a common (perhaps...
How to Break Client’s Momentum in Strength Training
“Cheating” with momentum while strength training may feel appropriate in the moment, but ultimately you are only cheating yourself out of long-term gains. As personal trainers, we have the...
Improve Client Flexibility With This Yoga Series
This 15-minute yoga series will do wonders for your clients. It targets every major muscle group and joint in the body. As professionals in the fitness industry, trainers are sure to know at least a...
Try These HIIT Workout Variations to Avoid Client Boredom
Pyramids, To-Do Lists, Circuits, and Add-Ons are great ways to vary HIIT protocols. Get creative with the work-to-rest ratios. Over the past few months, I have been introducing some of my clients’...
Exercise and Your Immune System
Your “healthy” exercise program might be ruining your immune system. If you or your clients have been consistently feeling exhausted and drained after workouts or suffering too many colds this...
Can You Be Too Health Obsessed?
Health is important, right? I don’t know anyone who would challenge that assertion. If we are healthy, we are more likely to be productive, active, engaged, and experience a better quality (and...
EMOM Strength Workout
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has been a hit not just with busy clients but among all demographics because there is so much variety to play around with in terms of protocols and...
