Once you have mastered the kettlebell swing it’s time to add other power exercises to your repertoire. Enter the single-arm kettlebell swing. Like the kettlebell…
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Exercise and the Gastrointestinal System: How Digestion is Affected by Movement
Clients and athletes who experience diarrhea and/or other digestive problems after an intense training session often ask us the reason for this unpleasant intestinal interruption.…
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Fitness World Records
Great workout programming usually consists of a fair amount of foundational strength and mobility practices mixed with a bit of challenging exercise. For clients who…
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Simple Steps for Using a Sleep Journal with Fitness Clients
Using a sleep journal re-connects a person to their habits and can make a difference in one week. If your clients ever mention a rough night of sleep, that’s your cue to investigate this otherwise undercover aspect of health by using a sleep journal.
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How to do a Kettlebell Goblet Clean
If your clients ever press or squat with a kettlebell then teaching them how to do a kettlebell goblet clean will certainly behoove their efforts.…
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DOMS: Understanding and Preventing Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Every single person who has ever endeavored to take on a new exercise program learned what delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) feels like, even if…
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Tips for Combining Strength and Cycling
Combining two seemingly different workouts may appear daunting to some fitness clients at first glance, but for cyclists who want to go beyond speed, strength…
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Understanding Connective Tissue: Tendons and Ligaments
Connective tissue is the most abundant and varied tissue in the body. Most likely, the first variety that comes to mind are your dense tissues,…
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Shaundrea Snell–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Shaundrea, an NFPT-CPT originally from Florida, but currently living in New York City working in finance, just starting out as a personal trainer. Here’s…
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Consequences of a Low-Carb Intake
Personal trainers need to be prepared to properly educate their clients on all things fitness and nutrition-related, given the amount of misinformation and fad diets…
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Ankle Instability and its Effects on Balance
Balance refers to an even distribution of weight on any surface. Adequate balance allows one to remain upright and steady. Balance plays an important role…
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What Does “Fitness” Mean? Defining and Measuring Fitness
Personal trainers are on a mission to assist clients on the road to fitness. Whether our clients are beginners, perhaps wanting to lose weight before…
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