The Most Nutrient Dense Foods and Why You Should Be Eating Them
One of the most common questions personal trainers receive from clients is “What should I eat?” With a number of competing dietary philosophies all claiming [...]
Is Your EPOC Epic? Understanding the Body’s Oxygen Debt
The concept of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) has been described as a benefit of high-intensity exercise and a major player in weight management and [...]
Buddy Benefits – The Pros and Cons of Exercising with Others
National Friendship Day is this week! Having life long friends and community connections has numerous proven health benefits. Likewise exercising and participating in strenuous activities [...]
Lower Body Perturbation Training: Finding Your Balance
Daily life brings on a multitude of unexpected forces challenging stability and balance. Missing the last step of a stairway, a loose rock on a [...]
The NEAT Way to Burn Calories
Are your clients getting bored with endless treadmill sessions, stationary cycles, or counting Stairmaster steps? Or maybe they are so fixated on how many calories [...]
Brown Fat Cells and Thermogenesis
“Fat” can be a “4-letter word” in terms of the negative connotation that leaps into our minds at the mere mention of adipose tissue. However, [...]
10 Business Strategy Tips for Personal Trainers
Although the foundation of personal training is, at the heart of it, about the people we interact with and train, we can’t ignore the business [...]
NFPT Blog July 2019 Favorites
We got a bit technical this month at the NFPT, exploring the osteokinematics (how the bones move around the joints) of text neck and hip [...]
Interpreting Signs of Overhead Squat Assessment: Lumbo Pelvic Hip Complex Dysfunction
Interpreting the noted signs of an Overhead Squat Assessment (OHSA) can help a trainer identify muscle imbalances, such as which muscles are long and weak, [...]
Intuitive Eating: The Anti-Diet
Perhaps the answer to difficult weight loss rests in not dieting at all. Novel concept? No, not really. But you wouldn't know it today with [...]