Rest, often the most overlooked component of any successful fitness endeavor, actually ranks highly in importance, regardless of one’s chosen sport. Dedicated athletes typically prefer…
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Forget Functional Fitness
Functional fitness sounds innovative, superior, and relevant. Why wouldn’t you want to be functional? You may have seen an article or post claiming that you…
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Recovering from Coronasomnia
If your clients have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, struggle with stress, intrusive thoughts, or show symptoms of sleep deprivation (increased daytime sleepiness, impaired concentration…
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The Power of the Regular Walk Break
Walking has clear benefits for the body and mind. It improves cardiorespiratory health, reduces stress, helps maintain muscle mass and bone density, and gets the…
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The Versatile Stability Ball
The stability ball, also known as a Swiss ball, physio ball, balance ball, or even Yoga ball, is a versatile piece of exercise equipment. While…
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10 Rules for Fitness After 40
The average age of over half of personal training clients is 45 years old. Over the past 13 years as a personal trainer, I’ve had…
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Boxing Workout for Bootcamp: The “2 to 20’s”
I love using Boxing Workouts when running a Bootcamp! They’re fun, a great workout, and they allow your participants to pair up and get to…
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What I Wish I Knew About Workout Program Design
My experience as a health and exercise professional started in 2003 after graduating with my bachelor’s in Exercise Science and achieving my first certification (NSCA-CPT).…
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Foundations of Kickboxing and Karate Fitness
To perform well in kickboxing, karate, and most martial art forms, one must develop strength, power, and muscular endurance. If you have sparring clients, understanding…
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Re-establishing Boundaries and Setting New Policies
Having policies in place as a fitness professional is vital to establishing boundaries early on when working with a client. But oftentimes, we learn as…
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Waist Circumference vs BMI: Helping Clients Measure Up
Educating our clients on how to improve health outcomes certainly falls under the purview of health and fitness coaching. With that, explaining the relevance of…
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The Physiology of Fat Loss: Understanding the Hierarchy
Fat loss training can be very confusing for our personal training clients and even for their coaches, but it doesn’t have to be. Unfortunately, a…
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