Core Essentials: Beyond Ab & Back Routines
Getting a strong core means moving beyond a simple ab and back routine and incorporating exercises that develop a strong core, and a stable power center. Your core is your engine of control through life. A strong base of support at the core of the body allows for better transfer of forces to the extremities […]
Top 5 Running Injuries and How to Prevent & Treat Them
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 […]
Construct a Weight Loss Workout Plan that your Clients will Love
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.
How Much Should We Be Exercising?
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
Give extra care to the caregivers you train
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
6 Tips and Exercises for Overweight Clients
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!
Sprint Triathlon
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
Top Fitness Trends 2014
ACSM Prediction of the Top Fitness Trends 2014 The eighth annual Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends was recently released by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a prediction of the top 20 fitness trends for 2014. Fitness industry trends are a reflection of the current needs and expectations of
Get Kids Excited to Exercise
With so many distractions for kids not to exercise, from video games to computers and the fattening of America taking place at an ever increasing pace, kids are more unfit than any other time in our history. In major studies during the last ten years, children from the ages of six
Help Individuals Increase Their Physical Activity
Simple, low-cost, motivational interventions can help individuals increase their physical activity: University of Missouri study Posted on December 10, 2013 by Stone Hearth News COLUMBIA, Mo. – Fewer than half of adults in the United States meet the recommended physical activity guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Often