There will always be a large percent of people coming to you for help who have some sort of chronic pain. Let’s face it, no one wants chronic pain and many people coming to seek help from a trainer talk about their pain like it’s a bad tattoo. “Oh well,
How To PROPERLY Assess Clients Trying to get clients was hard enough as a new trainer but I soon realized that after I attracted a potential client I had to ASSESS THEM. This was all stuff I was not fully prepared for. We would take the clients into the enclosed
Those first few months when beginning to exercise were BY FAR the most influential times I’ve had in the gym. Looking back at those times everything was a new stimulus to the body and that’s what made it so impactful. I saw the most amount of change to my
Warming up before any sort of physical activity is a general rule of thumb across the board. With a good and effective warm-up routine you are able to work on imbalances, reduce the risk of major injuries, and improve productivity in your activity. For most of my life before a
These two terms get a lot of use in the fitness world and that is for good reason. Both, mobility and flexibility play pivotal roles in how our body’s look, feel, and perform. When they are both done regularly they can lead to decreased tension in muscles, decrease in pain
They happen to everyone, hitting a plateau in the gym can be one of the most frustrating things that can occur. Its like hitting a brick wall and no matter what, the weight just isn’t moving the way you want it to. Through my time lifting I have found what
There comes a time almost every year where all the fitness enthusiasts and lifters want to start to lose weight. Its usually right around this time of year when summer is coming in soon and people want to start losing some fat. The problem a lot of people face is
This is a question I get a lot being a trainer, “how many days a week should I workout?”. The only real answer I can give to someone I don’t really know too well is “I don’t know”. In all seriousness I cannot actually depict how many days a week
The god forsaken bench press is basically the holy grail of the fitness world. The classic line, “how much do you bench?” has basically ridded people from benching properly and instead just attempting to push as much weight as possible. This has lead to many people using crappy form such
Size and strength do not necessarily coincide with one another but in many cases your legs will grow size as your strength builds. This can be the case for most body parts but today we are strictly focusing on legs. The first way to do this actually works in both