Calculating a Client’s 1RM
Fitness professionals define muscular strength as the physical ability to generate force against an external load. The 1RM simply represents the maximum amount of force [...]
Understanding Tempo: Can Specific Eccentric Cadence Can Boost Hypertrophy and Strength?
Understanding lifting tempo is complicated enough for trainers, and most likely completely escaping your clients' attention. Science reveals different outcomes for how we apply such [...]
The Three Best Exercises For Ankle Joint Mobility
You may have to realize that your clients, or even yourself, have some significant ankle joint mobility limitations. Hopefully, you've also come to realize how [...]
Biomechanics: The Science of Human Movement
As the fitness industry grows in popularity and importance, it is of the utmost importance that we as fitness professionals continue to develop a growing knowledge of the exercise sciences to communicate effectively with the established health professions and sciences on "common ground". The following article, while at times technical, provides an integral part of that knowledge base necessary to facilitate such communication.
Avoiding Lifting Injuries
As fitness professionals, we accept the premise that most serious strength-training athletes and bodybuilders will experience injuries at some point in time. Within a 1-year [...]
The Importance of Hip Stability in Runners
Training a runner? Here is why hip stability should be a primary focus of your training! Did you know it is estimated that the average [...]
Psoas: The Fight or Flight Muscle
The psoas muscle is one that is talked about often– whether an athlete is blaming it for "tight" hips or when a yoga instructor claims [...]
The Importance of Grip and Forearm Strength
Exercises like pull-ups, rows, kettlebell swings, and bicep curls all involve a certain amount of forearm strength. Rock climbing, one of the fastest-growing sports in [...]
5 Basic Movements for Fitness Clients
When it comes to exercise programming and workout design, the basics still work despite what fit-influencers want consumers to believe. As exercise professionals, we should [...]
The Boxer’s Muscle: Serratus Anterior
Serratus anterior is often referred to as “the boxer’s muscle” because it is largely responsible for protraction of the scapula– the forward movement of the [...]