The gut, aside from its primary role in absorption, blood sugar regulation, and nutrient distribution, also wields influence over our hormone and neurotransmitter regulation. Among…
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Category: Physiology
Recovery 101 for New Personal Trainers
Effective recovery strategies can significantly impact your personal training clients’ progress and overall satisfaction with their training program. Your clients rely on you as a…
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Weight Loss Drugs Crash the Health and Fitness Industry: What Personal Trainers Should Know
As a personal trainer, you may have heard of the weight loss drugs that have hit the market in the last few years and have…
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Involving the Whole Muscle Cell in Holistic Training
In holistic exercise, the focus rests not on isolating a specific muscle or body part, but rather on strengthening all the muscles in the body…
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Curious About Quercetin? Its Benefits May Surprise You
Quercetin, a supplement commonly found on health-food store shelves, also seems of interest to those in the exercise/sports realm. Here we aim to provide an…
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Channeling Stress Towards Athletic Excellence
In the competitive sports arena, athletes can encounter a multitude of stressful situations from a variety of different sources. Regular exposure to such stressors can negatively…
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Pushing Through the Plateau: How to Help Clients Overcome Stalled Progress
Every dedicated athlete, at some point in his life, comes face-to-face with a progress plateau. The athlete’s trainer understands that the key to maintaining client…
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Strengthening Nutritional Immunology Across the Lifespan
Dietitians and research scientists share the long-held belief that nutrition can exert a powerful influence on one’s overall health. Poor dietary habits rank as the…
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Osteoporosis: What Personal Trainers Need to Know
Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue and loss of bone mass. It affects 13.4 million people aged 50 and…
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Blood Clots and Anticoagulants: Training Clients on Blood Thinners
As personal trainers, our training renders us well-versed in the subtleties of tweaking clients’ workouts to accommodate a variety of chronic health issues, of which…
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Metabolic Confusion: Conquering the Carb-Cycling Challenge
Among many of the weight loss approaches that are conceived these days, metabolic confusion has arrived on the scene to provide extra opportunities for personal…
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How Consumption Below BMR Can Undercut Fat Loss and Mass Gains
Restricting calories below metabolic needs might initially sound like a surefire path to fat loss for our personal training clients who want to be leaner.…
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