As a woman and a fitness professional, I have both “suffered” with and fielded countless questions about cellulite. If you as a personal trainer serve…
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Category: Physiology
Carbs, Cravings and Menstrual Cycle Syncing
The female menstrual cycle can have a profound effect on nearly every area of women’s lives, including their metabolism. Women often report particular food cravings at various…
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Unleash The Body’s Full Potential with Core-Tex Reactive Trainers
Reactive Training, a fairly new concept in the wellness community, shows great promise both in enhancing performance gains and diminishing risk of injury. This form…
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Muscle-Centric Medicine vs. Weight-Centric Culture: Helping Personal Trainers Rethink Body Composition in GLP-1 Users
Per the first article of this series, the emergence of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) has transformed clinical care for individuals with obesity and…
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Understanding the GLP-1 Class of Drugs: Both Sides of the Weight Loss Issue
The prevalence of diabetes, rising worldwide, affects an estimated 463 million people. Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 95% of all cases, and remains challenging…
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How To “Go Green” with Strategized Plant-Based Eating
As media moguls continue to bombard the country with the health advantages of limiting red meat consumption, more and more individuals have taken a serious…
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The Importance of Post-Workout Meal Timing: Myth or Mandatory?
Prudent personal trainers know that both training stimuli and nutrient consumption affect hypertrophy gains. Training increases protein synthesis, but it may also activate muscle protein…
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The Physiology of Fat Loss: Understanding the Hierarchy
Fat loss training can be very confusing for our personal training clients and even for their coaches, but it doesn’t have to be. Unfortunately, a…
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Zinc Can Add a Zing To Building Muscle
In the world of fitness, we can cover topics from A to Z, starting with Aerobic exercises and ending with the focus of today’s article,…
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Enhance Muscular Strength with Krill Oil
Omega-3 fatty acids offer a cornucopia of health benefits, including anti-inflammatory properties, improvements in joint pain, better brain health, and improved cardiac function. Still, 98%…
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Homeostasis-pH Testing and Urine Color
We recently discussed body pH levels, how they may influence health, and how lifestyle choices and dietary influences might affect those pH levels. Commonly accepted…
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Postactivation Potentiation: Unleash Your Clients’ Full Capabilities
Any personal trainer working with clients long-term should be focused on developing increased power, strength, or speed through safe means. After guiding a client through…
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