Women’s Bodybuilding Categories: Choosing the Best Competitive Division
For anyone who still believes that fitness is a male-dominated sport, you may suggest they attend a bodybuilding competition and take a gander at the [...]
What’s More Important for Hypertrophy: Protein or Total Calories?
There seem to be conflicting opinions about what's most important to grow muscles: protein or caloric surplus. The answer is complex and shouldn't point to [...]
Are Water Alternatives Healthy?
With so many varieties of hydration available on store shelves today, how do we determine if alternative water products are healthy or not? Are some [...]
Training the Diabetic Client
The effects of diabetes may be ameliorated by a well-designed exercise program, giving personal trainers an opportunity to do more for these clients than improving [...]
Medication and Exercise: Interactions and Implications
Millions of Americans currently take prescribed medications to manage various chronic conditions making it imperative for personal trainers to understand medication side effects and how [...]
Changing Your Mind About Fitness: The Benefits of Meditation on Exercise
Approaching exercise solely from a physical perspective without exploring the benefits of meditation and mindfulness may be leaving out a key element that may surprise [...]
“Low T”: Not Solely a Male Problem
Women, not just men, can suffer ill effects from depressed testosterone levels, also known as “Low T” syndrome. Gender equality has long been at the [...]
Techno-Toys Versus Self-Exploration
The recent explosion of lifestyle monitoring gadgetry may prompt people eager to improve their health to expect these devices to make the process easier, more [...]
Should Clients with Exercise Induced Asthma Exercise in the Cold?
If we train our bodies to the point of failure, or just shy of that threshold, we typically find ourselves more than a bit winded. [...]
Chocolate Musings for Valentines Day
The month of February can present a conundrum for health enthusiasts. Here we stand, 5 or 6 weeks into our New Year’s resolutions of exercising [...]