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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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…
READ MOREMany 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…
READ MOREA 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…
READ MORERunning is a popular form of exercise and an effective way for our clients to boost cardiovascular fitness. However, it is associated with a higher…
READ MOREGoniometry is measuring the passive range of motion of a joint using a protractor like device with two arms, called a goniometer, which measures joint…
READ MOREFlexibility training is one of the most overlooked and underappreciated components of physical fitness. Mostly, because it is generally programmed at the end of a…
READ MOREApproaches to fitness assessments are as varied as the individual assessments themselves. Every health and fitness professional will likely have their own approach to conducting…
READ MOREMedicare-aged folks comprise a notable and possibly growing segment of our NFPT clientele. Their calendar years may or may not reflect “gym or fitness age.”1…
READ MOREUp 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…
READ MOREHeart 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…
READ MOREUpper body dysfunction (UBD) may appear upon observation as simple shoulder dysfunction, as has been suggested with models such Upper Crossed Syndrome. But the glenohumeral…
READ MOREInterpreting the noted signs of an Overhead Squat Assessment (OHSA) can help a trainer identify muscle imbalances, such as which muscles are long and weak,…
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