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Skills/Tools for Personal Trainers
On days when mental energy is low, the benefits of music for running can help by lifting performance back to normal levels.
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High-intensity interval training is popular among all ages. Beyond its convenience and efficacy, research shows HIIT benefits health, too.
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How many repetitions does it take to see the improvements of foam rolling for range of motion? Three, according to research findings.
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Assessment is the starting point of any wellness goal. As the industry leans digital, we’re seeing more virtual fitness assessments.
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Inactive people may have a second chance. Increasing physical activity in later life benefits benefits life expectancy, according to a study.
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Aches, pains, strains and stiffness can creep in, seemingly out of nowhere. For some of us, the pain affects the quality of our daily lives, and pinpointing the cause can seem like a wild goose chase. This was the case for the creator of the MELT Method, Sue Hitzmann. Developing MELT’s innovative approach to self-care—after an extensive dive down the rabbit hole of neurofascial research—was her ticket out of pain and many symptoms of aging. Two decades later, thousands of people have joined her on that journey.
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With fitness pros competing with free online programs, the need to provide individualized training and support is more important than ever.
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How do you motivate older athletes? Researchers conducted a qualitative study to understand what motivates older male and female triathletes.
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There may be an optimal time for swimming: Olympic swimmers clock faster times at 5 p.m., according to research from Stanford University.
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Let’s explore first impressions and what we can do as fitness professionals to improve them by leveraging our warmth and competence.
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Researchers around the world have mapped out these great workouts and program designs with the most effective results.
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Compassionate coaching involves recognizing the needs of another person, feeling empathy for that individual and taking action to help.
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According to a recent study, people achieve better results when sharing weight loss data, like weight, eating and exercise, with a coach.
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Optimizing the benefits of exercise may be a matter of using the right training combination that includes plenty of light physical activity.
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New findings suggest that training cancer patients with both high-intensity and low- to moderate-intensity exercise is beneficial.
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Programming exercises for seniors is more important than ever, especially now that travel is opening up again, but your clients may not have kept up with their workouts over this last year. Here are some great ways to prepare your active agers for more adventure.
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Retired teacher and baseball fan Leta found corrective exercise and functional aging specialist Damien Joyner to help her with her fitness.
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The most effective way to prevent lower-back pain will come as no surprise to fitness professionals: It’s exercise for a healthy spine.
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Motivate clients who prefer short workouts with good news about the health benefits of training harder through burst training.
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Trainers may want to prioritize cultivating a nonjudgmental atmosphere of open communication to ensure honest conversations about pain and injury.
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