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  • ASSESSING ANKLE MOBILITY

Assessing Ankle Mobility

By Blake Sama|May 25th, 2022|Anatomy, Assessments|

  If assessing ankle mobility is not on your checklist of assessments to complete with a new or existing client, you might consider adding it [...]

  • WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE

Waist Circumference vs BMI: Helping Clients Measure Up

By Dave Frost|April 15th, 2022|Advice to Personal Trainers, Assessments, Health Behaviors and Psychology|

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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How Well Do Body Composition Scans Work?

By Cathleen Kronemer|January 7th, 2022|Advice to Personal Trainers, Assessments|

Clients can prepare clean meals, hydrate sufficiently, and train properly, yet still find that truly positive results elude them. What other resources may prove useful? [...]

  • ASSESS DON'T GUESS

Assess Don’t Guess: Using Assessments to Support Client Coaching

By Ian Nimblett|January 5th, 2022|Assessments|

As personal trainers we have a due diligence to keep our clients safe and injury-free in tandem with helping them reach their goals. Before your [...]

  • FUNCTIONAL GAIT FEATURED

Functional Gait Assessment: a Performance Precursor and Disease Marker

By Dave Frost|September 15th, 2021|Assessments, Injury Prevention and Treatment|

Gait can be a four-letter word with unfortunate consequences if one's stride becomes disorderly or abnormal. Personal trainers who can perform a functional gait assessment [...]

  • STRIDING RIGHT

Striding Right for Fitness and Health

By Dave Frost|August 19th, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Assessments, Injury Prevention and Treatment, Special Populations, Training Concepts|

Human strides truly are what made us who we were for Paleolithic hunting and gathering ways and means. Walking and motion still make us who [...]

  • WHAT IS FITNESS

What Does “Fitness” Mean? Defining and Measuring Fitness

By Kim Becknell Williams|July 1st, 2021|Advice to Personal Trainers, Assessments|

Personal trainers are on a mission to assist clients on the road to fitness. Whether our clients are beginners, perhaps wanting to lose weight before [...]

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The DEXA Scan: How They Are Helpful for Fitness Clients With or Without Osteoporosis

By Shay Vasudeva|June 9th, 2021|Assessments, CEC Articles, Special Populations|

Many personal trainers wear a health and wellness cap, with interests going far beyond exercise, though it's all interwoven. Osteoporosis and bone fractures are common [...]

  • Featured Image Hip Internal Rotation Deficiency

The Importance of Internal Hip Rotation

By Patrick Silva, DC|May 20th, 2021|Assessments, Injury Prevention and Treatment|

A body lacking internal hip rotation is like a car with no back wheels. Sure, it might keep going, and even steer, but it's gonna [...]

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Ground Reaction Force and Running Form

By Kellen Nyemb|May 14th, 2021|Assessments, Sport Specific Training|

Running is a popular form of exercise and an effective way for our clients to boost cardiovascular fitness. However, it is associated with a higher [...]

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