AFPA Health and Fitness Blog

Top 5 Running Injuries and How to Prevent & Treat Them While running is a popular activity that presents a number of important health benefits, it’s not without its risks. Running injuries can affect anyone, from experienced runners who push treat them themselves hard to beginners whose muscles are not used to running. Many runners […]

  Your clients are spending hours and a significant amount of money with you every single week; so nothing can be more frustrating for you and your client when they aren’t seeing the results they are looking for. Unfortunately, this can happen for a number of different reasons.

What role has inactivity played in the obesity epidemic and how much should we be exercising? Right now, almost two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and by 2030 more than half our population may be clinically obese. Childhood obesity has tripled, and most of them will grow up to be overweight as

As seen in AFPA ENews Why it is important to give extra care to the caregivers you train! Kathy was a regular in Pilates class on Thursdays. Because I saw her from week to week, I was able to notice significant weight loss and increased lack of focus. Worried, I singled her out

Chances are at some point in your professional personal training career you are going to encounter the opportunity to work with an overweight or obese client. If you are seasoned personal trainer or a newbie to personal training, you may find these tips for training overweight clients helpful!

If you’ve got the guts for a triathlon — but not enough hours to train — try a shorter version. A sprint triathlon is a half-mile swim, 12-mile bike ride, and 3-mile run. This is half the distance of an Olympic triathlon and less than a quarter of the distance

Research findings published in the British Medical Journal reveal that exercise is ‘as good as medicine’ in the treatment of heart diseases, and should be built-in when new drugs are being developed and tried. It said although limited in quantity, existing randomized trial evidence on exercise interventions suggests that exercise and

5 Mistakes Beginner Lifters Make Written on July 30, 2013 at 12:01 am, by Eric Cressey A lot has been made of how easily one can make progress in the first year of strength training programs. It’s possible for beginner lifters to drop body fat and gain muscle mass at

By: John Phung Did you know that rowing is one of the best exercises for developing aerobic fitness? Not only does working out with rowing machines or rowing ergometers allow people to develop their cardiovascular system, but they also place considerable demands on your muscular system. Unlike cardio machines such as treadmills, exercise bikes, and […]

Almost every coach is constantly looking for ways to increase the speed of their athletes whether it be for track and field events or organized team sports (Football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, etc.). Many different methods of speed training are available today, with many of the newest innovations trickling down from our Olympic National Teams. I […]