Inner Fitness: How Altruism Keeps Us Healthy
A healthy diet, exercise, and screening for disease will always remain the cornerstones for lifelong health. Yet many experts --- including, apparently, the well-respected late [...]
Simple Steps to Reduce Stress and Sleep Better
In honor of stress awareness month, let's pause for a moment to reflect on how stress and sleep are intertwined, and how we can support [...]
Waist Circumference vs BMI: Helping Clients Measure Up
Educating our clients on how to improve health outcomes certainly falls under the purview of health and fitness coaching. With that, explaining the relevance of [...]
The Hierarchy of Fat Loss
Fat loss training can be very confusing for our fitness clients but even for fitness professionals, but it doesn't have to be. Unfortunately, a common [...]
Pain Relief Options for DOMS
Pain can exert a powerful effect on the human body, from limiting one’s engagement in/enjoyment of physical activities to leaving one frustrated, depressed, and anxious. [...]
Re-establishing Boundaries and Setting New Policies
Having policies in place as a fitness professional is vital to establishing boundaries early on when working with a client. But oftentimes, we learn [...]
Foundations of Kickboxing and Karate Fitness
To perform well in kickboxing, karate, and most martial art forms, one must develop strength, power, and muscular endurance. If you have sparring clients, [...]
What I Wish I Knew About Workout Program Design
My experience as a health and exercise professional started in 2003 after graduating with my bachelor’s in Exercise Science and achieving my first certification (NSCA-CPT). [...]
10 Rules for Fitness After 40
The average age of over half of personal training clients is 45 years old. Over the past 13 years as a personal trainer, I've [...]
Boxing Workout for Bootcamp: The “2 to 20’s”
I love using Boxing Workouts when running a Bootcamp! They’re fun, a great workout, and they allow your participants to pair up and get to [...]