20th September 2024 | Critical Thinking, Fitness Industry, Nutrition |
An Australian personal trainer has been sentenced to two years jail for selling “supplements” (known as SARMs) illegally. And the funny thing is, he has a history of telling people they don’t need supplements, if only they eat and train as he tells them to! Here at...
24th February 2024 | Exercise |
Have you noticed the recent fascination with ice baths? It’s surprised me. Ice baths have been around for decades in higher levels of sport as a recovery tool. And they’ve been researched for decades too. But suddenly, I’m seeing ice baths in the media like they’re...
29th July 2023 | Nutrition |
I have a confession to make. Recently I found myself questioning the advice of an expert discussing the cost of healthy eating. No one was more surprised than me. For someone who makes a fuss about evidence-based practice and advice in the fitness industry, it was a...
26th February 2023 | Exercise, Fitness Industry |
As personal trainers (or group fitness instructors) we can panic a little when we start training a pregnant woman. Not because we can’t train them safely. But because we worry more about training them safely. We don’t have many pregnant clients, so we fret about some...
8th July 2022 | Fitness Industry |
Personal training and pre-exercise screening – these things should go hand-in-hand. We shouldn’t have one without the other. Every trainer should be doing a great, detailed screening with their clients, but many don’t. This is because as a trainer...
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