VO2 Max for Healthspan
Regardless of what a client’s focus is for fitness, personal trainers can and should stress the importance of sustaining and building cardiorespiratory and cardiovascular capacity. Let’s discuss how VO2 Max for healthspan plays a role in this endeavor. VO2 Max Factor The number one cause of mortality in America continues to be heart disease. And, […]
Getting HIIT with 4 by 4s for Stamina and Strength
In the fitness industry, professional trainers can design and support four-by-four (4×4) exercise protocols that are time efficient and promote both durable and strong characteristics in clients of nearly all ages and abilities. The following details two proven 4 by 4 exercise protocols for interval training, with specific merits and considerations to improve stamina or […]
How to Improve Lifespan and Healthspan
Each training client is a unique athlete with personal aspirations and achievements. It is thus fitting to address each client’s view on lifespan vis a vis healthspan. Getting “older” relates to lifespan as a period of existence. The avoidance of getting “old” is related to one’s healthspan. These terms intersect though they are not interchangeable. Lifespan […]
Youthful Benefits of Exercise-Induced Sweating
Perspiration is a natural human process that serves important purposes, yet so many of us revile its effects in both ourselves and others. Some people don’t like to be stinky, some don’t like to be slimy, and most don’t want to be close to others who are either! Personal trainers are forever intertwined with exercise-induced […]
Pelvic Floor Training: Men need it, too
Certified Personal Trainers may work with women and men who discreetly share that they can’t sleep through the night without an incontinent trip, or trips, to the bathroom and would benefit from pelvic floor training. Granted, voluntary control of bodily functions centered on one’s pelvic floor is a delicate subject, one not frequently broached by […]
Hand Health, Strength, and Flexibility Tips
Hand health is certainly a topic that personal trainers need to have a firm grasp on (pun intended). Our carpal, metacarpal, and phalange bones, ligaments, tendons, and mini-muscles can make our hands function at work, exercise, and play. Our hands are true marvels of system complexity and function. Each human hand comprises 27 bones, 27 […]
Recognizing and Correcting Gluteal Dysfunction
Gluteal dysfunction can be a common problem among our personal training clients and can lead to a cascade of other kinetic chain issues if not corrected. The gluteal muscles—the largest in the body–are, in Old English, “protuberances which form the rump.” Each protuberance may weigh up to ~ 5 pounds, which is an enabler for […]