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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011Design effective workouts with calisthenics and body weight exercises and your clients will benefit.
The effective use of calisthenics and body weight exercises are kind of a lost art of the fitness world and many trainers don’t take advantage of the amazing amount of variety that they can provide for training sessions. These simple exercises – [...]
Practice What You Preach
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010You will be a more effective personal trainer and strength coach if you do everything in your own training that you do with your clients. Being able to perform every element of your program – from simple to most complex – helps you to be a better teacher and as a result a better trainer.
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.
Indian Club-less Upper Body Flexibility Exercises
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010You should incorporate these basic Indian Club exercises as part of your clients’ warm-up routine. These simple exercises will improve the range of motion in the shoulders, wrists and elbows.
Target Your Market and Clarify Your Message
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010One of my early posts on PersonalTrainerCoach.com focused on the importance of identifying your target market and how doing so will help your business. Identifying your target market will;
Will clarify your message
Will increase the chance of attracting people that want what you offer
Won’t waste time trying to sell people something they don’t want
Won’t make [...]
Not Just Functional Training But Purposeful Training
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010The most popular buzz word over the past few years has been, “Functional Training,” but as is the case all too often in the fitness biz the more popular the trend is, the further the application moves from the original intent – think “core training.” Too many members of the profession have [...]
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