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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009I’d be shocked of any of you are still doing crunches with your client, although I know that trainers still include crunches in their workouts. For those of you still prescribe crunches, stop immediately. New research reveals this exercise – and some very common variations – to be totally ineffective.
Assisted Stretching is a Great Cool Down and Gives Your Sessions a Personal Touch
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009An assisted stretching period at the end of your sessions is a great way to help your clients wind down after a workout and serves to remind them one of the perks that come with having a personal trainer.
Dealing With Failure
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009You’ve tried your best and yet your client hasn’t responded, what do you do?
Mostability is Motion With Stability
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009It’s all about “Mostability, the ability to take advantage of just the right motion, at just the right time, at just the right speed, in just the right plane in just the right direction. Mostability is motion with stability.”
Five Questions For a Five-Star Fitness Professional Mark Tenore, Personal Trainer
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Welcome to the fourth installment of PersonalTrainerCoach.com’s, “5 Questions.” There’s a pretty simple format; I ask an accomplished, 5-star fitness professional 5 questions and they answer them. There’s a lot to learn from other successful fitness professionals – strength coaches, personal trainers, athletic trainers, physical therapists – and these folks can teach us a lot [...]
The Myth of Core Stability, Part 3
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009This is the third, and final, installment of the review of Professor Eyal Lederman’s paper, “The Myth of Core Stability.” Wrapping things up, the professor reveals the folly behind the concept of isolating core muscles during exercise as a way to build strength. Pretty much everything the professor writes is at odds with the mainstream [...]
High Intensity Training
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Many people, personal trainers and fitness consumers alike, think the “intensity” component of high intensity training is a subjective judgment regarding difficulty; this is incorrect. High intensity training involves training with heavy loads, fewer sets and a lower amount of repetitions in every set for an entire workout.
Five Questions For a Five Star Fitness Professional, Darian Parker Ph.D – Personal Trainer
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Welcome to the second installment of PersonalTrainerCoach.com’s “5 Questions.” I’m using a pretty simple format; I ask an accomplished, 5-star fitness professional 5 questions and they answer them. Successful fitness professionals – strength coaches, personal trainers, athletic trainers, physical therapists – can teach us a lot about our business and ourselves, and this feature will [...]
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