17th November 2019 | Fitness Industry
Personal trainers are not nutrition experts, believe it or not. This isn’t a surprise to many of our readers. But we need to shout this from the rooftops so that anyone considering hiring a personal trainer knows what to expect. Some new research has highlighted...
20th October 2019 | Fitness Industry
There’s been a recent systematic review of physiotherapy practices. We like to think that when we see a health professional we get good quality advice, but we don’t always know. Do physiotherapists provide evidence-based treatment? We’d like to think so!...
3rd September 2019 | Critical Thinking, Fitness Industry
I know, it’s a provocative headline, but it’s right. Personal trainers, along with doctors and other health professionals, have a bias against obesity. And this has been shown in research. And it’s not just professionals. The general public, and even...
17th August 2019 | Fitness Industry |
This post is one for the personal trainers in our audience, or those interested in what their trainers know. There have been changes to the professional development of personal trainers in Australia. We look at what those changes are, and what their impact on the...
15th July 2019 | Fitness Industry |
The number of personal trainers in Australia has increased steadily in the last 10 years. More than 20,000 are currently registered with Fitness Australia, and this number is expected to grow. As personal trainers we can provide great benefit to our clients. Working...
8th April 2019 | Critical Thinking, Fitness Industry |
What is a misconception? Misconceptions are beliefs which contradict current scientific views. We can hold misconceptions about almost any topic – some that get media attention are ideas like the Earth is flat, people never landed on the Moon, or vaccines cause...
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