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The Overhead Squat: The Best Movement Assessment to Expose Muscle Imbalances

By Michele Rogers|June 20th, 2019|Assessments, Exercise Programming|

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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Why Client Screening and Assessment is Necessary

By Erin Nitschke|December 20th, 2017|Advice to Personal Trainers, Assessments|

There’s a detailed process that personal trainers follow to screen, clear, and assess a client’s readiness to participate in physical activity. Depending on the certifying [...]

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3 Unique Fitness Assessments

By Beverly Hosford|November 22nd, 2017|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 [...]

  • Trainer Assessment

Assessments that Renew Fitness Goals

By Beverly Hosford|April 7th, 2016|Assessments, Exercise Programming|

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 [...]

Diaphragmatic Breathing: Assessment & Corrective Ideas

By NFPT CEC|December 1st, 2012|Assessments, CEC Articles|

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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