Training Style
« Previous EntriesAre 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.
Make Calisthenics and Body Weight Exercises a Big Part of Your Workouts
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.
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.
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 [...]
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.
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