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...
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...
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...
7th January 2021 | Critical Thinking, Fitness Industry |
We all know someone who has an idea, a misconception, we think is ridiculous. They can be 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 autism. Some idiots even think there...
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