PELVIC FLOOR TRAINING: MEN NEED IT, TOO
Certified Personal Trainers may work with women and men who discreetly share that they can’t sleep through the night without an incontinent trip, or trips, to the bathroom and would benefit…
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Youthful Benefits of Exercise-Induced Sweating
Perspiration is a natural human process that serves important purposes, yet so many of us revile its effects in both ourselves and others. Some people don’t like to be stinky,…
How to Improve Lifespan and Healthspan
Each training client is a unique athlete with personal aspirations and achievements. It is thus fitting to address each client’s view on lifespan vis a vis healthspan. Getting “older” relates to lifespan as a period…
Getting HIIT with 4 by 4s for Stamina and Strength
In the fitness industry, professional trainers can design and support four-by-four (4×4) exercise protocols that are time efficient and promote both durable and strong characteristics in clients of nearly all ages and…
Elbow Pain and Therapy
Elbow pain and tendonitis occur more often for certain activities and occupations than for our general population. Hinging incidences are much higher for clients who play racket sports, golf, throw, or row…
WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE VS BMI: HELPING CLIENTS MEASURE UP
Educating our clients on how to improve health outcomes certainly falls under the purview of health and fitness coaching. With that, explaining the relevance of body composition, the flaws of…
RECOGNIZING AND CORRECTING GLUTEAL DYSFUNCTION
Gluteal dysfunction can be a common problem among our personal training clients and can lead to a cascade of other kinetic chain issues if not corrected. The gluteal muscles—the largest in the…
Lower Leg Pain: Finding a Leg to Stand On
“Not having a leg to stand on” is an adage for lacking physical support. Clients may experience physical pains or medical conditions of their lower legs. Certain conditions mandate modifications…
How to Stimulate Cellular Renewal to Offset Aging
Our cellular components and bodies inevitably become senescent, or in laymen’s terms – cells grow old. A client must practically find and drink from the proverbial “Fountain of Youth” to offset…
Functional Gait Assessment: Performance Precursor and Disease Marker
Gait can be a four-letter word with unfortunate consequences if one’s stride becomes disorderly or abnormal. Personal trainers who can perform a functional gait assessment will have the advantage of noting…
Pre-hab and Rehabilitiation Interventions
Pre-hab is becoming more of a fitness buzzword as the worlds of physical therapy and personal training collide. We understand that rehabilitation is the process of returning to a healthy…
Exercise Timing is Almost Everything
A client may ask the professional trainer for advice about optimal exercise timing. Should they work out first thing in the morning? After breakfast? What about before bed? As with…
Forward Head Posture: Neck Considerations for Older Clients
In fitness, we not only cater to clients with postural dysfunction but we begin to notice it more in those we encounter in everyday life. You may have older clients…
Stride Right for Fitness and Health
Human strides truly are what made us who we were for Paleolithic hunting and gathering ways and means. Walking and motion still make us who we are in modern days…
TVA and IO Muscles: The Internal Safety Belt
Although Rectus Abdominus (RA) muscles are sought for aesthetic and athletic appeal, they do not reign supreme when it comes to core stability and strength. RA by definition are superficial muscles operating…
Terminal Thoughts for Fit Feet
Our two feet are, by definition, the terminals of our legs. As much of our quality of life depends on mobility, proactive foot care and “shank’s mare” (one’s own legs!)…
Indoor Rowing for Fitness Clients
Advances in technology and publicity have added to a growing awareness of the superb stamina and strength activity via the notoriety of “ERG” CrossFit workouts of the day (WoD) and…
Have a Ball
With a world Cricket tourney coming to Long Island soon, with America’s game underway on countless baseball diamonds, and with pickleball gaining in popularity, why not chat about having a…
Everyone Hurts
Why do our amazing neuromuscular systems and brain get out of whack? The answer, my friends, is far too complex for me to tackle in a blog like this. Here…
A Question of Balance
As I called out in KABOOMER and reinforced in STRONG to SAVE, stability and balance are vital insurance riders for your physical portfolio. Injury and morbidity numbers for Falls are staggering (literally). A third (!)…
Having Fun at Seventy One
Well…I find myself at one score and eleven years after I turned forty (calendar) years of age as a Pisces. Oh the places I’ve been. And Yo-ho-tally-ho for more places…
A Question of Balance
Well…I find myself at one score and eleven years after I turned forty (calendar) years of age as a Pisces. Oh the places I’ve been. And Yo-ho-tally-ho for more places…
A CP Management Approach
Our National Institute of Health (NIH) states, “a growing body of evidence suggests that some complementary approaches, such as acupuncture, hypnosis, massage, mindfulness meditation, music-based interventions, spinal manipulation, tai chi,…
Your Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF)
CALI greetings, all. I’m not BLUFf’ing when I cut to the chase of this post… GenX – Die Harder and Later! As nights are still cool in most of our zany…
Who were the real-life Amazon warriors?
I put full credence in the National Geographic organization for its enlightening article about the true-blue Amazon warriors. With the bottom line up front – those very tough ladies were…
Long Hard Ride
Since I launched KABOOMER in June 2020, I have been head down and tail up in writing a sequel for Generation X. Well… STRONG to SAVE launched on January 30th,…
Fitness Trainer Dave Frost: 5 Things You Should Do to…
My goal in this chapter of my life is to encourage others to Join the Movement to KABOOM their way to party past ninety — holistically. Our national statistics for…
