High Blood Sugar Lowers Aerobic Fitness
Although exercise is essential for good health, high blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels can undermine or even cancel out the benefits of aerobic exercise. [...]
What is Metabolic Age?
As health and fitness professionals, we spend a significant amount of time studying and discussing metabolism. To our clients, this simply means how many calories [...]
How Your Ears and Poor Hearing Affect Balance
A convenient place to tuck stray hair, holders to display chic jewelry, the means of hearing a symphonic orchestra…indeed, our ears serve a multitude of [...]
Nerve Glides: Flossing Away Pain
Often we instruct our clients to help work out muscular tension and pain with static or even dynamic stretching. When this doesn't resolve the issue, [...]
Post-Workout Carbs: Simple, or Simply Confusing?
Understanding the importance of food intake to support clients’ workouts depends partly on science, and also on each one’s body unique response to the demands [...]
Mighty Mitochondria: Powerhouses of the Cells
Mitochondria play a huge role in our energy levels and our metabolic functions. Can we help clients make the most of these cells’ power? As [...]
Workout Hangover? Blame Training, Not Alcohol
Have clients ever complained of experiencing unusual and daunting exhaustion after several intense sessions at the gym? In addition to a cascade of other physiological [...]
Understanding Respiratory Rate and Exercise
Although heart rate and sweat are seen as measurements of a great workout, another big factor in exercise success is the respiratory response. The more [...]
The Value of Sweating and Hydrating
Sweating is our body’s natural cooling system. It keeps our temperature in check working on an automatic internal thermostat. I like to think of our [...]
Helping Athletes Recover From Overtraining Syndrome
Personal trainers may occasionally work with clients who consistently push themselves too hard and too frequently. The ramifications of this habitual body-battering are far-reaching. An [...]