For women, pelvic floor muscle training is an exercise not to be ignored. In fact, most women should practice pelvic floor exercise daily, even just for a five minute burst while driving the car. We have found that incorporating your…
There is no doubt that running has amazing physical and mental health benefits, but it does come with its own set of risks that ever personal trainer needs to be aware of. To start running, your client needs to be…
Here are his top tips for avoiding gym-inflicted injury, niggles and pain. Not warming up properly Given the fact that most people sit at a desk all day, a proper warm up is essential for optimising gym performance and safety…
All relationships start with a first meeting, and personal training clients are no different. There is no greater mistake personal trainers make than jumping straight into training a client without knowing their fitness background and medical history. In fact, skipping…
Skipping. It’s not just for girls with blonde ringlets, or professional boxers. Yes, every single person can benefit from a bit of skipping or jump rope. You only have to do a few minutes to start reaping benefits. In fact,…
Are you OK? As a personal trainer, these should be one of your go-to words for every client. Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the world, with one out of four women and one out of…
What are your client’s fitness goals? To create rock-solid abs, recover from an injury or to run a ultra-marathon? No matter what their “big picture” fitness goal is, there are two main forms of exercise that you can use to develop…
Big bootay, toned bootay, peach-shaped bootay. We all want the perfect bottom, but how do we get it? Squat, friend. You need to squat. If you have clients dead set on a Kardashian-shaped rump, then it's time to get serious…
What’s your go-to stretch after lacing up your sneakers to get stuck into a workout or preparing to run a client through a hardcore session? Often newcomers to exercise will skip stretching. They see the pre-workout task as a time-waster,…
What do you know about strength training? That it builds big muscles and makes your stronger? As a personal trainer, have you ever asked your clients what strength training means to them? And, why they want to work on their…