As personal trainers and coaches, we can consider ourselves in the “behavior change business”. We often encounter clients who struggle with consistency, who possess the…
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Category: Assessments
Diaphragmatic Breathing: Assessment & Corrective Ideas
The average individual takes about 12,000 breaths in a day. This presents a huge problem for those with dysfunctional breathing patterns.
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Assessments that Renew Fitness Goals
How do you keep your clients motivated? With your enthusiasm? With proof? Keeping notes is one way to show the client what’s changed in their…
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3 Unique Fitness Assessments
You probably check in on client goals, progress, and results regularly. Getting and proving results is one way you retain more personal training clients and keep your…
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Why Client Screening and Assessment is Necessary
There are several processes and/or approaches for client screening and assessment that ideally takes place at the very beginning of the client-trainer relationship to clear…
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The Overhead Squat: The Best Movement Assessment to Expose Muscle Imbalances
Most personal training clients arrive with muscle imbalances that need to be corrected in order to make gains and prevent injury. The most skillful of…
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Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Lower Extremity Dysfunction
After getting familiar with performing an overhead squat assessment (OHSA) and noting any signs of imbalance or dysfunction, you’ll have to know what to do…
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Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Lumbo Pelvic Hip Complex Dysfunction
Interpreting the noted signs of an Overhead Squat Assessment (OHSA) can help a persoal trainer identify muscle imbalances, such as which muscles are long and…
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Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Upper Body Dysfunction
Upper body dysfunction (UBD) may appear upon observation as simple shoulder dysfunction, as has been suggested with models such Upper Crossed Syndrome. But the glenohumeral…
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Understanding Heart Rate Variability Training and How To Use It With Fitness Clients
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) training utilizes today’s available technology to assess a heart metric that can provide valuable information about how a client or athlete…
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Functional Movement Assessments for Fitness Clients
Up until the early ’90s, fitness assessments consisted of measuring body fat, upper/lower body strength, flexibility, and anaerobic capacity. As we learned more about the…
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Fitness Age Gauges for Older Clients
Medicare-aged folks comprise a notable and possibly growing segment of our personal training clientele. Their calendar years may or may not reflect “gym or fitness…
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