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After spending countless hours in the gym lifting weights and doing aerobics, how will you know when you’re physically fit? Many of your personal training clients will tell you they just want to get fit. Therefore, it is important to know just what constitutes a general state of physical fitness.

Personal training can be a challenging profession, requiring an individual to meet the needs of numerous clients, work early and/or long hours, and oversee business…

Isometrics refer to exercises wherein the muscles are producing force in the absence of movement. Think about pushing or pulling against immovable resistance, like a…

Training sessions can do a lot of things for our clients. We show them how to gain strength, become more flexible, build confidence, develop better…

Traveling during the holidays might give clients a great excuse to skip their workouts. The barriers are almost endless – little or no access to…

It’s a popular fitness belief that the “core” is all about the abs – the anterior compartment of the body. This isn’t entirely inaccurate, but…

Mobility is still a fitness buzz word, and specifically, attention to hip mobility has increased due to its relevance in almost every facet of exercise.…

You probably ask clients about food, sleep, perceived exertion and energy levels at each session. What about getting feedback about yourself? If you just cringed,…

Combining two seemingly different workouts may appear daunting to some fitness clients at first glance, but for cyclists who want to go beyond speed, strength…

The recovery from breast cancer often involves reconstructive surgery that can impact muscles and movement elsewhere in the body. As a certified personal trainer, working…

Frank is an upbeat, positive and passionate personal trainer. You can sense his “coach” personality by the way he communicates. With over 20 years of…

If there is any move personal trainers have seen or even programmed quite frequently and largely in vain, is the hanging leg raise, or lying…