Meet Christina Irwin, NFPT-CPT and NFPT Fitness Nutrition Specialist, 58 years young, a mother of four, and a fitness studio owner. In addition to her…
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Category: Certified Personal Trainers
Training Load, Injury, and Athletic Performance: Mastering the Trifecta
When training an athlete toward peak/competitive performance whether post-rehabilitation or from current ability, training load must exceed capacity. With carefully planned increases in load, the…
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How Personal Trainers Can Handle Injured Clients Return to Exercise
As trainers, a lot of our work involves doing all we can to prevent injuries from occurring. Unfortunately, injuries still happen both under our watch…
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5 Strategies to Improve Workouts for Our Fitness Clients
Just as we can become bored with our own workout programs, our clients can, too! It’s important to keep things fresh, fun, and innovative –…
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3 Chronic Age-Related Conditions Seen in Older Adults
Every year, more and more seniors are starting to exercise regularly. This is a great thing as we know exercise can improve mobility, balance, strength,…
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3 Novel Group Fitness Class Ideas to Shake Things Up
If you’re teaching freestyle group fitness classes, it’s easy to always fall back on familiar formats such as circuits, HIIT, and Tabata. These approaches are…
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Youthful Benefits of Exercise-Induced Sweating
Perspiration is a natural human process that serves important purposes, yet so many of us revile its effects in both ourselves and others. Some people…
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Runner’s Knee Isn’t Limited to Runners
Runner’s knee is a broad term used to describe pain felt from various knee problems. Typically, it is used to refer to patellofemoral pain syndrome…
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Is Athleticism Genetic?
Is athleticism genetic? We often use the phrase “natural-born athlete” to describe one who excels in sports. While genetics does play a role, let’s discuss…
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4 Ways to Energize Fitness Clients
Training sessions can do a lot of things for our clients. We show them how to gain strength, become more flexible, build confidence, develop better…
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The “Kettlebell 300”: Kettlebell Workout for Bootcamp
I’m a huge fan of using Kettlebells in Bootcamp type workouts. I’ve previously written a blog on the Kettlebell AMRAP, which is one of my…
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Why is it Important to Improve Hand Dexterity?
Personal trainers spend a lot of time with clients strengthening arms, legs, and core, working on flexibility, and building cardio stamina. It may be easy…
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