What to Do When a Training Client Can’t Get the Exercise Technique Right
If you’ve ever struggled to teach a client a particular exercise that they just aren’t getting, you know how frustrating it can feel—for both of you. Your job as a personal trainer is to help clients...
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Programming for Progressive Core Training
Core training has become a staple of almost all conditioning programs. Whether it is for high-level athletes, the weekend warrior, or your average fitness enthusiast, “working the core” tends to get a...
View ArticleWhy do trainers have clients do odd looking exercises?
Ah yes, the “Why are they doing that?” remark. We’ve all seen it. Somewhere in “Training Land” a trainer is making a client do some movement that looks, well, rather ridiculous. It might even look so...
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The Lunge – An Effective Lower Body Training Exercise
The lunge is a versatile, simple and effective movement for lower body training. Various positions, planes of motion and speeds can all yield different training adaptations for the exerciser. Lunges...
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Heart Rate Zone Methodology – What You Should Know
Despite growing popularity and adoption of programs incorporating heart rate (HR) zone methodology, the fitness industry in general appears to lack a solid understanding of the scientific facts and...
View ArticleHow to Work Off Your Halloween Candy
Before you grab a Halloween fun size candy out of the cauldron, here’s the creepy calorie count that will have you haunting the gym. October is known for homecoming, pumpkins and pumpkin-flavored...
View ArticleBreathe Right: Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.
The act of breathing seems incredibly simple, but doing it properly can be surprisingly complex–and of vital importance to your clients’ performance. HOW IT WORKS The average person’s lungs move about...
View ArticlePeripheral Heart Action Training
We know that weight loss or body fat reduction is largely based on a numbers game. And “working out” is a way of controlling the numbers (less calories in, more calories out and weight loss change can...
View ArticleHormonal Balance and Metabolism: How Exercise Can Positively Affect Hormones
There are four hormones that are critical to the success of your client’s weight loss program. Cortisol, insulin, thyroid, and the sex hormones (testosterone in men, and progesterone in women). When...
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Achy Holiday Feet? Try these corrective exercises for relieving foot pain.
Foot pain can be one of the most debilitating types of pain and discomfort for both the average individual and the athlete alike. To put it simply, when your feet hurt, everything hurts. The foot is...
View Article6 Training Moves for Athletes
A high school athlete walks through our doors and we can see their strength, stability and biomechanical control deficits from their gait pattern. We’ve also had collegiate and professional athletes...
View ArticleResearch in Review: SMR or Static Stretching for the ROM Win with Overhead...
Does using self-myofascial release (SMR), static stretching, or a combination of both, improve range of motion (ROM) for overhead athletes? See what the results were for these softball players. Journal...
View ArticleWinterize Clients for Cold-Weather Sports
January is a good time to check in with clients and find out if they identify more with Mr. Heat Miser or Mr. Snow Miser. Those who “never want to know a day that’s over 40 degrees” may be spending...
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Maximizing The Group Fitness Experience (with Minimal Equipment)
The demand for group fitness experiences is booming. Participants are expecting more, but how can you meet these expectations with less? In a perfect group fitness world, we’d have all the best...
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Exercise Programming for Hip Replacement
Having a client with hip replacements may seem like a daunting prospect, but in most cases the new hips function just as well as biological hips. Research suggests that 25% of the population will get...
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3 Steps to Creating Rotational Training Plans
It’s time to take a turn for the better with rotational training plans. These 3 steps will show you how to apply this directional change with all of your clients. Our ability to change direction is one...
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3 Partner Assisted Stretching Techniques for Personal Trainers
When I was young and thought about flexibility, it would conjure up images in my mind of Jean-Claude Van Damme doing center splits between two chairs. I was obsessed with that, so I practiced that...
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Mobility and Stability: Joint Functions When We Move
Human movement is an amazing orchestra of muscle contractions controlled by the central nervous system to create joint actions to accomplish specific tasks. The motor tasks can be as simple as raising...
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Behind the Drive: Motorized versus Non-Motorized Treadmills
The use of motorized treadmills has become commonplace since their origination in the early 1950s. Originally designed to diagnose heart and lung disease, treadmills quickly became a standard in...
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Movement Prep: 3 Easy Steps to Improve Your Workout Warm-up
For as many ways as there are to challenge the body in a workout, how many ways do we think about approaching our warm-up routine? How well prepared are our bodies for the stresses of the approaching...
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