Business professionals often equate a firm handshake with an individual’s level of confidence. Research now shows that a powerful grip also correlates to longevity. Learn…
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Category: Exercise Science, Biology, and Research
Resistance Training Programming for Clients on GLP-1s: A Muscle-Centric Approach to Lean Mass Retention
As the popularity of GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) continues to surge, particularly among clients seeking medically supported weight loss, personal trainers must evolve their…
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Igniting the Passion: Forging Fitness and Health Initiatives for Firefighters
Firefighters spend their days and nights carrying out one of the most vital of all community services: saving lives and saving the homes in which…
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Implications of Genetic Variants on Athletic Performance and Injury Risks
The quest to understand what makes an athlete excel lies at the heart of every competitive endeavor. Genetics, commonly thought of as the “blueprint of…
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Gene Doping in Sports: The Un-leveling of the Playing Field
Over the last million years or so, we humans have cultivated and finely tuned the instincts that have enabled us to survive and transmit our…
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Lessons From Sports/Physical Education Build Successful Professional Leaders
Physical education, from elementary schools to high school to select competitive teams, can serve as more than just a “filler hour” between chemistry and algebra…
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AGEs and Glycation: How One Metabolic Process Can Impair Many Health Outcomes
The process of glycation (or, non-enzyme glycosylation) in the body may be an unfamiliar one to most fitness professionals, but one that impacts each of…
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Stride Right for Fitness and Health
Human strides truly are what made us who we were for Paleolithic hunting and gathering ways and means. Walking and motion still make us who…
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Lengthen and Strengthen with a Weights-Pilates Format
When personal trainers hear the word “Pilates” specific images may be conjured up, such as a quiet room full of women extending their bodies in…
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Are There Bad Exercises?
We’ve all heard it from someone before about various movements: “Ugh, that’ll wreck your shoulder!” or “That’s bad for your knees!” and maybe “Flexing your…
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Train the Core Without Crunching
It’s a popular fitness belief that the “core” is all about the abs – the anterior compartment of the body. This isn’t entirely inaccurate, but…
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Muscle Memory
What happens when you repeat a pattern over a span of time, be it a movement or even a thought? Does that pattern become a…
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