Proper Form for Plank Exercise: Planking with Purpose
The plank is a versatile exercise that personal trainers can adapt for various skill levels and abilities. Exercise Name & Target Muscle Group Trunk stabilization, commonly referred to as “the plank”, is an exercise designed to target the abdominals. However, because this exercise requires stabilizing efforts from other muscle groups, the plank can improve strength […]
Proper Form for Plank Exercise: Planking with Purpose
The plank is a versatile exercise that personal trainers can adapt for various skill levels and abilities. Exercise Name & Target Muscle Group Trunk stabilization, commonly referred to as “the plank”, is an exercise designed to target the abdominals. However, because this exercise requires stabilizing efforts from other muscle groups, the plank can improve strength […]
How to Identify Personal Training Goals with Clients: Get SMART
Goal-setting is a powerful tool, if it is applied and executed appropriately. To help identify personal training goals with your clients, you must be adept at applying the goal-setting process to your own life. The steps discussed throughout this post will provide you with the guiding principles necessary to set and achieve quality goals. When […]
How to Identify Personal Training Goals with Clients: Get SMART
Goal-setting is a powerful tool, if it is applied and executed appropriately. To help identify personal training goals with your clients, you must be adept at applying the goal-setting process to your own life. The steps discussed throughout this post will provide you with the guiding principles necessary to set and achieve quality goals. When […]
Helping Female Clients Develop a Positive Body Image
The majority of our clients come to us because they want to improve some physical characteristics they deem “imperfect” or “unacceptable”. A large part of our job is to help our clients identify, establish, and achieve realistic and individualized health and fitness goals. We also have an inherent responsibility to do so while encouraging a […]
Helping Female Clients Develop a Positive Body Image
The majority of our clients come to us because they want to improve some physical characteristics they deem “imperfect” or “unacceptable”. A large part of our job is to help our clients identify, establish, and achieve realistic and individualized health and fitness goals. We also have an inherent responsibility to do so while encouraging a […]
5 Ways to Enhance Rapport with Your Fitness Clients
Research has continually demonstrated that social support is a predictor of success in any behavior change program. You are a huge source of social support for your clients. In order to elevate their performance and strengthen their commitment to the achievement of personal fitness goals, rapport building practices are essential to your relationship building efforts. […]
5 Ways to Enhance Rapport with Your Fitness Clients
Research has continually demonstrated that social support is a predictor of success in any behavior change program. You are a huge source of social support for your clients. In order to elevate their performance and strengthen their commitment to the achievement of personal fitness goals, rapport building practices are essential to your relationship building efforts. […]
Postpartum Fitness Goals – Guiding New Moms Toward Success
Although postpartum moms are generally cleared for activity after six weeks (longer for cesarean sections), the body has only begun to heal itself and work towards regaining its capacity and strength. Many postpartum moms want what most of us women struggle with in a non-pregnant state: to have their bodies molded to their idea of […]
Proper Form for Back Squat Exercise: Drop it like a Squat
Exercise Name & Target Muscle Group The back squat (commonly referred to as the squat) is a multi-joint compound resistance exercise that typically uses a squat rack and barbell (weighted or unweighted). The squat is a sagittal plane exercise in which the hip extension and knee extension are the primary joint movements on the upward […]