There’s an art to managing your client’s exercise intensity.
There’s an art to managing your client’s exercise intensity.
It wasn’t all that long ago when all “wearable fitness technology” meant was a simple pedometer—capable only of measuring an individual’s step count. But now? Technology has advanced so significantly that there are two separate categories of wearables:
Does your client lead a sedentary lifestyle?
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For a while, your client was making great progress toward their fitness goal (be it increasing muscle mass, losing fat, getting stronger, etc.). But suddenly, it all stops. What do you do?
Here’s a summary of the most crucial things to know about fasted vs. fed training—including definitions, advantages and disadvantages, and how to know when to use what for your client—so you can better coach your client through their weight loss journey.
You think you’ve got it: the perfect blend of strength training exercises that’ll help your client achieve their dream body.
Does your client complain of an ‘overall feeling of collapse and weakness’ in their cores? Is your client getting increasingly self-conscious about their rounded, protruding belly ‘pooch’ – and desperate for your help in getting rid of it?
The process of designing a client’s fitness program can feel a little like building with Legos.
Craft individualized workout program, check. Walk your client through every movement to ensure proper lifting form and technique; check.
A program targeting weight loss helps clients decrease overall body weight. Further, this bodyweight change ideally and intentionally focuses on losing fat but can also unintentionally consist of protein, muscle, and other bodily substances.
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