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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011The book, “Until It Hurts: America’s Obsession With Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids,” is a must read for every fitness development coach, personal trainer and parent. Author Mark Hyman has done a great job of capturing the dysfunctional attitudes that pervade youth sports and the real damage that’s being done as [...]
Core Training Should Not Be the Primary Emphasis of Training Program
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Over the past decade core training has developed a cult-like following. Core training has become one of the major buzzwords/bits of jargon used by coaches, fitness professionals and fitness consumers alike. Everyone wants, and promotes the importance of, a strong core. It’s kind of like clean air and water; who isn’t for [...]
The Myth of Core Stability
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011“The Myth of Core Stability,” by Professor Eyal Lederman, of the CPDO, Ltd in London, is a 20-page paper that is a must read for fitness professionals as it looks at the principles of core training and core stability (CS).
Training Must Be Specific
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011In a previous post, “What is Whole Skill Training?,” I touched on some of the concepts regarding whole-skill training and how it is superior to the part-to-whole training method. All coaches and fitness professionals (those people formerly referred to as personal trainers) need to understand the difference between specificity and generality as it relates [...]
What’s Your Snow Day Cancellation Policy?
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010Having a clearly defined set of policies and procedures is vital to the successful running of your business. You must have a policy that deals with appointment cancellations, especially when dealing with “snow days.”
What is Whole-Skill Training?
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010Are you familiar with the concept of whole-skill versus part training and, if so, which approach do you use when teaching/training clients and athletes?
Book Review: Anatomy of Strength Training
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010“Anatomy of Strength Training,” by Pat Manocchia is a must read for athletic and fitness development coaches and all fitness professionals.
Keep Your Clients Away from the hCG Diet
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010If you haven’t heard of the hCG Diet – also known as the 500-Calorie a Day Diet – read this so are prepared to dissuade any of your clients from embarking on this barbaric, inhuman and ridiculous diet.
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