Amino Acids and Muscle Tissue: What Personal Trainers Need to Know
After amino acids have been taken up into muscle tissue, they serve two basic purposes with respect to muscle conditioning.
Health
What is a Ketogenic Diet?
Atkins Diet, South Beach, the Whole 30, Paleo and now Keto? What’s this all...
Do Personal Trainers Need a License to Talk about Nutrition with Clients?
Fitness professionals know proper nutrition is an integral part of a fitness...
Exercise Science
AGEs and Glycation: How One Metabolic Process Can Impair Many Health Outcomes
The process of glycation (or, non-enzyme glycosylation) in the body may be an...
Addressing Rib Injury in Combat Sports
Anyone who engages in combat sport training is bound to get a few bumps and...
Gender Bias In Trainer Selection: Helping Clients Make The Right Choice
Whether we want it to or not, gender preference often plays a role when choosing a personal...
How to Perform an Overhead Barbell Press
Execution of a standing overhead barbell press may appear to be a simple movement, but technique...
Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Lower Extremity Dysfunction
After getting familiar with performing an overhead squat assessment (OHSA) and noting any signs of...
The Overhead Squat: The Best Movement Assessment to Expose Muscle Imbalances
Most personal training clients arrive with muscle imbalances that need to be corrected in order to...
BFR Training: How it Works and How to Use it With Fitness Clients
If you are immersed in the world of fitness, chances are you have already heard of, or seen, or...
PRP Therapy: An Approach to Healing Pain and Injuries
When pain is great enough to impact exercise habits or even activities of daily life, clients may...
Training the Personal Trainer: Can We Walk the Walk?
Despite our best efforts as personal trainers to try to see an experience through the client’s...
How to Choose a Fitness Business Management Software
From Acuity Scheduling to Zenfit, there are hundreds of - literally from A-Z - fitness software...
Protein Bar Roundup: The Best and the Worst
Are your clients looking to refuel after a challenging workout, bulk up for a competition, or just...
Kinesiology Tape: How Can Fitness Pros Use It?
Kinesiology Tape, or K-Tape is everywhere now, and it’s more important than ever to know the what,...
The Delicate Sodium-Potassium Balance and Summer Heat
The summer season brings with it heat and humidity, and when humidity levels exceed 70%, that...
“Dieting” vs “Normal Eating”: Why Clients Make a Distinction
With summer approaching, it’s common to hear clients talk about “getting back” on a diet in an...
