Training Philosophy
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011The fitness industry seems more prone to gimmicks and gadgets than any other. Perhaps this is because people are looking for shortcuts and want to take an easy way out, don’t want to have to make an effort. It is our job to get our clients to avoid this way of thinking and to show [...]
Are You Making Your Clients Better, or Just Making Them Tired?
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011You’re serious about designing your clients’ workouts and you want them to work hard. You push and motivate your clients as hard as you can and as hard as they can take. Your clients recognize and appreciate your hard work and commitment (and theirs too!) and it makes you feel good, and your clients say they [...]
The Bench Press Is B.S.
Sunday, April 17th, 2011It amazes me how coaches who should know better still insist on emphasizing the bench press in their training programs. I do understand that the bench press can be a part of an overall program – whether for sport preparation or general fitness – but in the year 2011 it is incomprehensible that some coaches [...]
Do You Spend Too Much Time Lifting Weights With Your Clients?
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011How much session time do you spend having your clients lifting weights? Are you conscious of how much lifting you do when you design your clients’ sessions? Don’t let the lifting component dominate your client training sessions.
How to Compete With Large Gym Franchises
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 [...]
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