Coaching Body Awareness for Personal Training Clients: A Secret to Success
What has helped me to be successful as a coach from the beginning of my 20+ years career as a personal trainer, despite inexperience or even misguided training techniques, is prioritizing and coaching body awareness. Insisting that my clients develop a higher level of...
Health
Poorly Managed Protein Can Undo Your Goals
If your personal trainer, athletic coach, or dietitian has ever preached to...
When Can Personal Trainers Give Nutritional Advice?
When I first embarked upon the journey that would ultimately propel me to the...
Exercise Science
The Air Pressure is On: Running Against the Barometer
For years, athletes both recreational and professional have accepted the fact...
How to Leverage NEAT to Help Fitness Clients Burn More Calories Throughout the Day
Teaching clients how to leverage NEAT may be the missing piece to the puzzle...
Get Clients Results – Go Back to the Basics
Going back to the basics with your training can improve your client’s results. Strong foundations...
Muscular Strength and Endurance Programming for Women
Introducing women to the world of strength training in an approachable way has been my mission as...
Teach Movement as a Form of Hygiene
Do you struggle to get your clients to perform exercise on their own or complete their movement...
Strength Training for Endurance Performance
Despite years of research showing the benefits of strength training for endurance performance,...
Condition New Clients Before Creating an Exercise Program
Regardless of the type of person, conditioning a new client is essential for assessing their...
Mindful Eating – Being Conscious About Calories
Calorie counting isn't the most effective method for changing nutritional habits. It's really just...
Six Fitness Affirmations for Personal Training Clients
Affirmations are statements that can influence behavior change and fitness results. They go beyond...
Breathing New Life Into Clients With COPD
When a client has trouble breathing because of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), it...
How to Start Your Own Gym
You'll need to answer some tough questions, visualize the type of business you want to set up, put...
Flexibility Training – 5 Benefits Beyond Better ROM
The full benefits of flexibility training transcend positive physiological outcomes and aren’t...
Addressing The Woes After Bodybuilding Shows
Coming down from the high of competition is a challenge in and of itself. If you or your...
Training Women to Be Strong
Many women, when given the choice, prefer cardio over weightlifting. This past year has been...
