The focus of the most effective training program personal trainers design should be on the movement, not the muscles. This is why you might see…
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Category: Exercise Programming
Drop Sets for Growth: Creative Progressive Overload
By finding creative ways to push muscles past their usual point of failure, trainers can actually accelerate a client’s muscular growth such as negatives and…
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Your Clients Need Power Training
After the age of 30, we start losing up to 10% of our strength every decade thereafter; even worse we’re losing nearly three times that…
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Catch a Wave With Aqua Cycling
Cyclists are taking to the water! Aqua cycling, the new fitness “wave”, creates a workout that offers both high-intensity cardio and strengthening. Learn how pedaling…
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Circuits, Combos, and Complexes: 3 Cs to Boost Clients’ Progress
Circuits, combos, and complexes, known as “the 3 C’s of metabolic training”, can be easily integrated into clients’ traditional workout programs. Learn more about these…
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Fitness Trails
Fitness trails have become a mainstay for personal training exercise programming. I’ll be the first to admit I used to make fun of fitness trails.…
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The Lymphatic System: Tuning the Other Half of a Client’s Circulatory System
Most older clients can and should “tune-up” their lymphatic circulation with planned exercise to better their health. Lymphatic “tune-up” is desirable in any period. Yet…
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Erector Spinae Exercises for Form and Posture
With the continual advancement of technology and its prevalence in our day to day lives, health and fitness professionals are seeing an alarming increase in…
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A Personal Trainer’s Guide to Barbells: Differentiating Between Big Weight Equipment
If you are a personal trainer fortunate enough to work in a facility with a variety of barbells you no doubt have discovered that they…
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Battling Ropes
There are certain pieces of equipment that have been around for a long time such as ellipticals and treadmills but over the last 10 years,…
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The Benefits of Handstands
Inversions have many benefits when incorporated into a workout. Some are easily performed while others take lots of practice. There are many fitness enthusiasts challenging…
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Should Your Clients Overhead Press?
The overhead press has been a staple in resistance training since the very beginnings. Whether you are looking to build muscle and strength or overall…
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