Mobility training assists clients with stability, active and passive range of motion, and strength. There are many benefits and outcomes rolled into this type of…
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Category: Certified Personal Trainers
The Benefits of NAD For Athletes
Health and fitness trainers know it takes a multi-faceted approach to ensure that athletes reach their full potential. It’s not just hours of training that…
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Medicine Ball Training: History, Power Exercises, and Considerations for Singles and Partners
The Medicine ball is now a standard accessory in our gyms and in our workouts. We can easily find a variety of wall balls and…
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The Importance of Post-Workout Meal Timing: Myth or Mandatory?
Prudent personal trainers know that both training stimuli and nutrient consumption affect hypertrophy gains. Training increases protein synthesis, but it may also activate muscle protein…
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Recognizing Concussion in Combat Sports
In karate, kickboxing and/or mixed martial arts the two contenders bow to one another, acknowledging to the other that contusions, knockouts, and lacerations are inherent…
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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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Recovering from Coronasomnia
If your clients have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, struggle with stress, intrusive thoughts, or show symptoms of sleep deprivation (increased daytime sleepiness, impaired concentration…
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The Power of the Regular Walk Break
Walking has clear benefits for the body and mind. It improves cardiorespiratory health, reduces stress, helps maintain muscle mass and bone density, and gets the…
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Boxing Workout for Bootcamp: The “2 to 20’s”
I love using Boxing Workouts when running a Bootcamp! They’re fun, a great workout, and they allow your participants to pair up and get to…
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What I Wish I Knew About Workout Program Design
My experience as a health and exercise professional started in 2003 after graduating with my bachelor’s in Exercise Science and achieving my first certification (NSCA-CPT).…
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Waist Circumference vs BMI: Helping Clients Measure Up
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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