Recovery 101 for New Personal Trainers
Effective recovery strategies can significantly impact your personal training clients' progress and overall satisfaction with their training program. Your clients rely on you as a coach to propel them towards their fitness goals. Often, they don’t realize that they...
Health
A Simple Fruity Summer Salsa
Summer is heating up! You can usually find pre-made tomato salsa and mango...
Quick Fitness Tip: the summer mocktail
What's a mocktail? It's a cocktail that's been altered for contents but not...
Exercise Science
Planks or Crunches: Which is Better?
A strong core is the foundation of proper movement patterns, injury...
6 Factors That Affect Health Separate from Body Size or Weight
When weight loss is the only goal for a personal training client, it’s natural...
The Female Athlete Triad
Energy Imbalance. Amenorrhea. Osteoporosis and risk of fractures. Together, these symptoms make up...
The 5 Pillars of Success For Your Clients
Exercise alone lacks the ability to change body composition and health. Study after study shows...
7 Healthy Holiday Habits to Initiate with Fitness Clients
There’s nothing wrong with an indulgence here and there. The holidays are a time for feast and...
Weight Lifting for Weight Loss
Female clients can use weight lifting to their advantage when wanting to lose weight. I generally...
Clean Bulk Your Way to More Muscle Mass
It's common for people to want to put on mass (bulk) and also tone the body. How do we help our...
The Balancing Act of a Certified Personal Trainer
Being balanced and teaching balance in life and in health is easier said than done. Here are some...
Understanding and Training Pectoralis Major
Knowing where pectoralis major is located, how it moves the surrounding bones, and what exercises...
Skinny Doesn’t Guarantee Healthy
“Can you help me to lose weight?” is what many females ask when first meeting with a fitness...
Fitness Programming – A 5D Approach
Most personal trainers cover 4 of the 5 dimensions of fitness programming - muscular strength,...
How to Study for Your Personal Trainer Certification Exam
Passing exams hasn't always come easily to me. Yet, I recently studied and passed the NFPT...
Keeping Personal Training Clients On Your Schedule
Keeping clients on your schedule is easier said than done. Not everyone will mesh with you. Not...
Proper Form for a Lat Pulldown
Exercise Name & Target Muscle Group The Lat Pulldown is a surprisingly complex exercise that...
