Incorporating Functional Training into Programming: Benefits and Techniques
Functional training mimics the movements we perform in everyday life. Functional strength training relates to daily movements such as sitting and standing, bending over, and twisting from side to side. Such practical workouts strive to make these movements both...
Health
Nutrition Tips for Boosting the Brain (and the Body)
As a personal trainer, your clients look to you for advice on their overall...
Five Nutrition Mistakes Your Clients Could Be Making
To say our fitness clients are bombarded with multiple and often conflicting...
Exercise Science
Understanding the Vastus Muscles
The quadriceps femoris muscles (quads) are the most voluminous muscles in the...
1RM: Calculating a Client’s One-Rep Max
The fitness industry defines muscular strength as the physical ability to...
Protecting Bones and Joints (PB&J)
It’s your job as an NFPT Trainer to help your clients reduce their lifestyle-related risk factors,...
Keleigh Hall–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Keleigh Hall is an NFPT Certified Personal Trainer, Fitness Nutrition Specialist and holds an...
How to Convert Gym Members into Clients
While the start of 2021 has most gyms re-opened, they are still not at capacity in most states....
Medically Supervised Use of Weight Loss Drugs: Risk or Reward?
Personal training covers more ground than simply cultivating strength and building endurance. Many...
On a Roll: More Uses for the Foam Roller
Most of us view foam rollers as tools for SMR and recovery. But applications of the foam roller do...
Eight Ways to Make Exercises More Challenging
As fitness clients make progress toward their health and fitness goals, they often want to keep...
Banking Micro-nutrients for Performance
CPTs can apply general knowledge of clients’ nutritional requirements and changing diets to...
What Personal Training Style Gets the Best Results?
Every personal trainer has his or her own personal training style, or typical approach, taken with...
Improve Dorsiflexion by Strengthening This Muscle
Why should trainers care about ankle dorsiflexion (DF)? After all – the DF muscles aren’t ones we...
Goniometry: Should Personal Trainers Know It?
Goniometry is measuring the passive range of motion of a joint using a protractor like device with...
Magnesium and Physical Performance
Magnesium, zinc, and chromium are mineral elements required in modest amounts to maintain health...
Suspension Trainer Tricep Extension
Using a suspension trainer should be in every trainer's toolbox because of its inherent...
