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Using Compound Movements
Compound exercises are multi-joint movements that work several muscles or muscle groups at a time. For a healthy athlete or anyone who is trying to…
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Nutrient Depletion
Your body’s innate intelligence is designed to remove substances that are of no physiological worth. However, no two people are alike respective to symptom, cause…
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Personal trainers need to be well-rounded and well versed in a variety of exercises. Every trainer should know how to train someone by means of…
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MRSA Shows No Mercy: An Unexpected Risk of Contact Sports
Sports-related injuries are a dynamic that most personal trainers expect to encounter at some point in their careers. Whether it is a weekend warrior client…
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‘Thank You’ to All Our Veterans
The military runs deep with The NFPT. Ron Clark, NFPT’s President and CEO, who started the NFPT back in 1985 served as a US Marine.…
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For the Fat Loss Client, Low Intensity a Way to Go
Many people who turn to exercise to lose fat do so with a burst of enthusiasm that tapers off rapidly when results are not as…
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It Takes More Than Muscle to Retain Clients
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach To quote those dynamic, quirky, yet somehow unforgettable Spice Girls, “Oh, tell me what you want, what you…
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Exercising the Whole Body
Paying more attention to the “showier” muscles of the upper body has been a fairly common, if inherently unbalanced, view of resistance exercise. The muscles…
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Keep on Moving (to Keep on Moving)
Science has long found a number of strong links between the amount we exercise and the benefits to our health. More recently, researchers have been looking…
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Understanding Exercise Injury Risk Factors
A basic assumption among people when they work is out that they leave the gym in some way better than they did when they came in. For that reason, it’s important place as much emphasis on injury prevention, treatment and/or management as on the effectiveness of fitness program design.
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It’s not an Earthquake – It’s a Lifestyle Shift
A client came to me recently with a goal of holding his “spare tire” at bay. While this is a rather amorphous platform from which to spring forward, I accepted the challenge and wrote him a basic exercise plan. However, when I attempted to touch on the subject of nutrition, he virtually jumped down my throat, informing me that he still wanted to “enjoy life”, and he was unwilling to accept any dietary restrictions or changes to his current favorite foods.
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