Health Messaging and Exercise Guidelines: What are the recommendations?
When you think of a typical personal training client, who comes to mind? Is it the hardcore, three-days-a-week with you/two-on-her-own HIIT warrior? Or is it the overweight, middle-aged non-athlete who had to muster up months of courage to even walk in the gym doors, let alone set up a training session? Who needs your help […]
Casey Phipps–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Casey Phipps, a self-identified Florida boy who’s recently relocated to Denver. Having grown up in a family of athletes and the son of a 12-season NFL quarterback, training came very naturally to him. After working on his own physique for a number of years it became apparent that instructing others on training and nutrition […]
Beer Runners–Rehydration or Just an Excuse to Drink?
Most of you are probably not from Philadelphia like I am, where a fun club called “Beer Runners” has planted roots and sprouted different groups in cities throughout the US. If not a local group, there are often fun 5ks and other races with beer as the star attraction. There’s even a 2014 documentary about […]
Dominique Gruber–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
Meet Dominique Gruber! She is an NFPT trainer who grew up on the West Coast of Canada and now resides in the mountains of Montana. Here she enjoys trail running, skiing, riding horses, and exploring. Dominique is passionate about postpartum recovery and home fitness. As a mom of three young kids, a wife and a […]
Muscle Tightness: Understanding Overactive and Underactive Muscles
As a fitness professional specializing in corrective exercise, I have become increasingly sensitive to the colloquialisms we use as trainers, the ones that our clients use, and the disparities that inevitably occur. One that is oft-misunderstood and misinterpreted is muscle tightness. What Clients Mean By Tight Personal trainers need to keep in mind that most […]
Donovan Stewart–NFPT Personal Trainer Spotlight
One look at Donovan Stewart’s Instagram account and you will be inspired and impressed by his skills, presentation, and breadth of experience. Donovan was raised in New York City and after suffering an eye injury while running, found a passion for the sport that changed his life. He competed at the high school level which […]
Tips from 2020’s Spotlighted Personal Trainers
There are few people who savor these last few days of 2020; most of us are ready to go blazing into 2021 like we’re trying to outrun a starving cheetah. But I think we can all agree that 2020 wasn’t all that bad. Right? For instance, we’ve all gotten to be excellent at video calling […]
Goniometry: Should Personal Trainers Know It?
Goniometry is measuring the passive range of motion of a joint using a protractor like device with two arms, called a goniometer, which measures joint angles like a protractor. Why should a personal trainer need to know what goniometry is or how to perform it? What is goniometry used for? Most goniometers today are metal […]
How to Do Stiff-Legged Deadlifts
Stiff-legged deadlifts, aka straight-leg deadlifts, are a variation of a conventional deadlift in which far less knee flexion is used to pull the weight from off the floor. Contrary to the terminology in its very name, this does not mean the legs should be locked out or totally straight. They are mostly straight, or just […]
Understanding Connective Tissue: Tendons and Ligaments
Connective tissue is the most abundant and varied tissue in the body. Most likely, the first variety that comes to mind are your dense tissues, such as tendons and ligaments that connect our muscles and bones together, and are those which our fitness clients are most familiar. Tendons are comprised of thick, rubbery white tissue. […]