Training Education
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011Personal trainers looking to build a successful business can compete with large, “big box” gym franchises and can gain the upper hand in the battle for personal training clients.
Book Review: Until It Hurts, by Mark Hyman
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 [...]
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 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.
Read the Book, “The Thinking Body” by Mabel Todd
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Originally published in 1929, the book “The Thinking Body, A Study of the Balancing Forces of Dynamic Man,” by Mabel Elsworth Todd reads like a breath of fresh air.
Clients Must Push, Pull, Lunge, Squat, Bend, Rotate and Brace in Every Training Session
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Sometimes the simplest rules are the best rules.
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