Cardio Workouts: How to Use Watts to Keep Your Clients Motivated and Engaged

Cardiorespiratory training is an essential element to achieving top physical health, but not everyone enjoys doing it. This creates a challenge for he...

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Exercise Tips for BIG Gains Without Pain

Imagine explaining to your great-great-great-great-grandparents what the biggest health threat to the industrialized world currently is: “We have too ...

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Power Training for Active Agers

Beginning at age 40, muscle mass begins to diminish. This corresponds to a progressive loss in muscle strength. Unfortunately, power ebbs at an even f...

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Six Ways to Help Active Agers Stay Forever Fit

Creating a sense of community is key when connecting to active agers in group fitness classes. These participants want to be challenged while having a...

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Exercise Considerations for Clients With Total Joint Replacement

One of the most common chronic conditions among people over the age of 50 is osteoarthritis, which is a progressive degenerative condition that worsen...

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5 Things to Know About Exercise for Your Fascia

The first personal trainers were typically bodybuilders who were hired to help clients develop large, well-defined muscles. For this reason, many trad...

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Working with Breast Cancer Survivors: Program Design and Beyond

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in women, which means it is likely that you will have clients who are breast cancer survivors....

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Getting in Shape for Winter Sports

Winter is coming. No, this is not a reference to HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones, but is a simple reality of the calendar. It may seem like we were jus...

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Heavy Tire Workout

Lifting heavy tires has long been a staple of Strongman training and competitions, and it’s recently made its way to a number of fitness facilities an...

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Strongman Exercises That Work Great for Fitness Clients

Most people think strongman exercises are just about extreme heavy lifting, which isn’t surprising given the types of exercises associated with ...

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Pre & Postnatal Running: What You Need to Know

Runners are a different breed. There is a mindset and intention that runners possess that makes the distance something longed for, something to settle...

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A Foam Roller…Workout?

Foam rollers are everywhere, so why not use them for everything? While they are typically considered a warm-up and/or recovery tool, you might be surp...

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Low-back Rehab Exercises: Stuart McGill’s “Big Three"

Thirty-one million Americans will experience back pain at any given time, according to the American Chiropractic Association, with disc bulges and her...

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Progressions and Regressions: What Do They Look Like?

Clients come in all shapes and sizes, with a wide range of abilities and goals. For this reason, understanding how to progress and regress specific ex...

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5 Ways to Build a Strong Coach-Client Bond

You’re knowledgeable and eager to coach your clients as they work toward a healthier lifestyle. Based on your hard-earned certification and know...

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4 Deadlift Variations to Spice Up Your Programming

You may have a favorite food, but no matter how much you love a particular flavor, you have to admit that, after a while, you want something different...

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4 Easy Yoga Flows to Include in Your Group Fitness Class

Did you know that many of the exercises you do regularly in your group fitness classes have their roots in traditional yoga practices? From lunges to ...

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