Myofascial Flossing: Compression Bands 101
Do you floss daily? You should. Yeah, it may sound like I'm echoing your dentist, but I'm actually talking about myofascial flossing! Learn how to [...]
Deadlifts For The Win On Core Strength And Back Health
The deadlift works the largest and strongest muscle in the human body – the gluteus maximus. A weakness in the glutes may result in a [...]
Deficit Training: Getting Creative With Progressive Overloading
If you’ve got an advanced client looking to spice up their strength training routine, deficit lifting might be one answer--successful at employing a greater range [...]
Learn The Frankenstein Squat To Master The Front Squat
Halloween is kind of my favorite, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to include a classic monster like Frankenstein in today's blog. If you've [...]
Core Training Versus Core Strengthening: Is There A Difference?
The true foundation of a client's fitness success is that their journey aligns concordantly with their level of fitness and progresses appropriately as they achieve [...]
The Planes of Motion: Creating a 3D Approach to Fitness Training
The human body is meant to move in all directions – forward, backward, side to side, up, down, and rotationally. In other words, the body [...]
Muscle Activation: What It Is and How to Program It
If you're a fitness professional you may have heard the term "muscle activation" or have even used it in your personal training practice as a [...]
Spot Reduction: Discussing What’s Actually Possible With Fitness Clients
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a person could get rid of excess fat found on one specific part of their body by working the muscle [...]
Negative Lifting For Strength and Hypertrophy: Creative Progressive Overload
Introducing your strength-training clients to negative lifting, aka, employing negatives, might be a progressive overload approach worth considering, especially if you’re helping them to push [...]
IT Band Syndrome: It’s Not Your IT Band!
Ouch. IT band trouble is no joke, and with over 5 million views on the first page of YouTube alone, it's obviously a problem [...]