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...
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...
26th January 2022 | Exercise |
I’ve seen lots of conversation lately about treating, and reducing your risk of catching, COVID-19. But I see less about how to get your life back to normal. Particularly your exercise. Once you’ve been sick, and recovered, how quickly should you get back into...
12th September 2021 | Exercise, Fitness Industry |
There’s been a big increase in the popularity of bodybuilding and figure competitions in the last few years, and with it a resurgence in steroid use. And personal trainers could play an important role in either enabling, or discouraging, this potential destructive...
8th March 2021 | Exercise |
Today we tackle misconceptions in exercise psychology. We have plenty of examples to pick from – these are often supposedly “common sense” statements, that we accept as fact without reflection. Some of these misconceptions are timeless. You’ve probably...
3rd February 2021 | Exercise, Fitness Industry |
The gym used to be a place for men. Big men, lifting weights, in a sweaty, poorly ventilated, dirty basement. There were rarely even personal trainers there to give advice, let alone any women training. There is still a place for this kind of gym for anyone that wants...
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