Certified Personal Trainer Fitness Fitness Tips personal training career NASM CPT Podcast
The first session with a new client (or as a new trainer) can be daunting. How do you start the session? What do we talk about? Should I refer them to a physician based on certain answers? What assessments should I perform?
Certified Personal Trainer Fitness Fitness Tips American Fitness Magazine Fall 2019
It’s a scene many personal trainers know well. You’re working with a client who feels defeated and wants to quit, and you have to show a little tough love. Chris Powell specializes in this. “Every time you tell me you can’t do something, I’m going to ...
Certified Personal Trainer Fitness Fitness Tips underactive muscles overactive muscles NASM CPT Podcast
You asked for it – you got it! This is part two of three episodes (listen to part one here) where the topic of over- and underactive muscles will be discussed. This episode will cover two common movement compensations in the overhead squat assessment:
Certified Personal Trainer Fitness Tips personal training NASM CPT Podcast
Abdominal hollowing (or the draw-in maneuver) and abdominal bracing are both incorporated by therapists, trainers, and other exercise specialists to benefit persons with lumbar instability (Vaičienė, Berškienė, Slapsinskaite, Mauricienė, & Razon, 2018). ...
Certified Personal Trainer Fitness Fitness Tips NASM CPT Podcast
This episode is a review of the skeletal systems. Anatomy only! No ROM or joint actions. Today Rick talks about the bones themselves, names, locations, and mnemonics to help remember and recall their names. This is a high-level overview, so we will just ...
Alzheimer's brain exercises Fitness Fitness Tips
Keeping our brains healthy is a trending topic that is surely grabbing our attention and the attention of our family, friends and clients. We’re all looking for ways to maintain our brain function and avoid such devastating diseases like Alzheimer’s and ...
Fitness Fitness Tips skiing Sports Performance Winter Sports
The terrain is changing; leaves have fallen, the weather is colder and for many, snow is finally covering the ground indicating the winter season is upon us. For those who enjoy exercising outdoors, you’ve become somewhat limited with the activities you ...
calories diet Fitness Tips Nutrition
In this second mindful eating article, we reveal several simple ideas that can make big differences with weight loss without having to consciously feel deprived of everything you enjoy.
Fitness Tips Holidays Weight Loss Nutrition
We all know the holidays are a time where we find it hard to resist the temptations of over-indulging, often leading to feelings of guilt, anger and disappointment if we lose the battle of the bulge. So what do many of us do?
By Fabio Comana MS, MA, NASM-CPT, CES, PES Resistance training provides an almost endless list of benefits, including the preservation of, or an increase in muscle mass and bone density, and an elevated metabolic rate that effectively helps us burn more ...