Teaching Your Clients to Breathe Correctly During Exercise
The link between working hard and respiration is pretty well-established: The harder your body works, the more oxygen is needed, and the harder you will [...]
7 Myths About Weight Loss (That You’ll Have to Bust For Your Clients)
Celebrities love to tell viewers and readers what they do to "stay in shape," which often leads to fad diets and misconceptions about weight [...]
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 [...]
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) For Fitness Pros: Educate, Communicate, and Address Panic
Whether the Coronavirus COVID-19 has directly impacted your community through confirmed cases or not, the preparation and anticipation of its spread seem to be permeating [...]
Training a Dancer
The physical brutality of dance is often obscured in subtlety and stage makeup. While dancers can make their craft look easy, any trainer who has [...]
Energy Management: Cognitive Techniques For Three Client Energy Types
Many people struggle with energy imbalances that keep them from functioning optimally, especially when it comes to exercise. I'm not just talking about caloric energy [...]
Grip Strength: Helping Your Client to Get a Grip
There’s more to getting a grip than just getting your act together. Strengthening grip is important in the fitness world, and often doesn't get the [...]
Glute Bridge Progressions: Adding Variety to a Basic Movement
Last month glute bridges were a hot topic of conversation because of their versatility in serving a wide range of clients and client needs. This [...]
PNF and Assisted Stretching Therapy Benefits
Personal trainers can employ many different training techniques to boost performance, improve strength and flexibility, mold appearance, and prevent injury. Learning as many techniques as [...]
Structuring Feedback for Fitness Clients
Providing fitness clients balanced, constructive, and positive feedback about performance and progress is crucial to success. They rely on it in order to learn and [...]