Alternative Lower Back Squat Exercises to Try: Give the Low Back a Break
Do you or your personal training clients love training heavy back squats for strength, but feel the need to give the low back a break? Do you know how to make exercise programming adjustments for the squat when navigating low back pain? Often making one or two...
Health
Avoid Striking Out – Fueling Properly For Baseball
Help your weekend-warrior children fuel sufficiently for baseball. Kids have...
Should Personal Trainers Recommend BCAA’s to Their Clients?
Have the “Protein Police” been dethroned by the Ace of Amino Acids, BCAA's?...
Exercise Science
Hormones and Fitness: How Sex Hormones Influence Exercise
The relationship between hormones and fitness is complex and oft-ignored which...
Developing Martial Arts Skills
Personal trainers may encounter a vast array of clients with even more varied...
The 4 Keys to Injury Prevention Programming
At some point in your fitness career, you will encounter clients who are suffering or who have...
Kim Becknell Williams–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Kim Becknell Williams, a certified NFPT trainer and blogger who has written for our own blog...
Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Upper Body Dysfunction
Upper body dysfunction (UBD) may appear upon observation as simple shoulder dysfunction, as has...
How Personal Trainers Can Build Clientele Without Spending Money
Building personal training clientele without spending money is possible by using some creative...
Ice or Heat for Pain?
As personal trainers, we have well-acquainted ourselves with the PRICE protocol; pressure and ice...
The Leg Raise: NOT An Ab Movement
If there is any move personal trainers have seen or even programmed quite frequently and largely...
Why The Psoas Is Significant
The terms "psoas" and "hip flexor" are common jargon in the health and fitness world, but getting...
How to Avoid Toxic Positivity when Communicating with Fitness Clients
Establishing rapport is the first step towards developing successful and sustainable relationships...
Using Time Under Tension To Round Out Your Program
The training approach known as Time Under Tension (TUT) has gotten lots of attention in the...
How To Create a Supportive Fitness Community
Social support provided by friends, family, and peers is a significant predictor of success in the...
5 Calorie Hacks You’ll Never Notice Making
Who doesn't love a good hack, especially when it can reduce the calorie tally of the fat loss...
The Most Nutrient-Dense Foods and Why You Should Be Eating Them
One of the most common questions personal trainers receive from clients is, “What should I eat?”...
