Amino acids may form the foundation of all proteins; however, only a select few hold the potential to lower blood pressure. Read on to learn…
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Category: CEC Articles
Training Through Transition: Understanding and Supporting Clients During Menopause
As personal trainers, supporting clients through life stages is essential to delivering meaningful, effective programming. Menopause—a natural, biological transition—marks a significant phase for women, often…
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Rest: The Last Missing Piece In Your Total Workout Program
Rest, often the most overlooked component of any successful fitness endeavor, actually ranks highly in importance, regardless of one’s chosen sport. Dedicated athletes typically prefer…
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Forget Functional Fitness
Functional fitness sounds innovative, superior, and relevant. Why wouldn’t you want to be functional? You may have seen an article or post claiming that you…
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The Physiology of Fat Loss: Understanding the Hierarchy
Fat loss training can be very confusing for our personal training clients and even for their coaches, but it doesn’t have to be. Unfortunately, a…
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Inner Fitness: How Altruism Keeps Us Healthy
A healthy diet, exercise, and screening for disease will always remain the cornerstones for lifelong health. Yet many experts — including, apparently, the well-respected late…
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Mixology 101: Combining Protein Powder with Hot Liquids
In order for our personal training clients to build muscle, one must consume a significant amount of lean protein, often in the form of protein…
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Should Eating Disorder Treatment Include Exercise?
Despite the fact that exercise may improve a range of biopsychosocial outcomes in patients with eating disorders (ED), exercise does not figure prominently, if at…
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“Anti-Core” Training: The Importance of Stabilizing the Spine
Anti-core training may not only help you but also your clients improve spinal stability and athletic performance. In order to better understand the concept of…
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Ergothioneine: The Mushroom’s Mighty Amino Acid
Mushrooms, members of the general class of edible fungi, enjoy popularity in global cuisine. From the exotic truffle to the ordinary white caps, mushrooms now…
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Men’s Health and Cycling: Is There a Higher Risk of Infertility?
Mountain biking and competitive cycling, among the world’s most popular modes of exercise, carry the potential risk of male infertility and other risks to men’s…
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Avoiding Lifting Injuries
As fitness professionals, we accept the premise that most serious strength-training athletes and bodybuilders will experience injuries at some point in time. Within a 1-year…
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