Careful nutrition choices are key to improving your client’s health and fitness – but uninformed decisions might stop them getting the results they want. Nutritional advice is given so readily these days that it can be quite difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. But by not knowing the truth, your clients could be depriving…
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The margins between success and failure are very fine when it comes to exercise. So, a motivational song can be just the boost you need to maximise performance, keep your heart pumping and stay in the zone. Music’s ability to give you the edge during a workout has been extensively proven. A study from Dr…
The summer holidays are upon us and Brits everywhere are departing for exotic locations in their droves. Like their holiday, many are turning to personal trainers to help them shed those pesky pounds last-minute. As outlined in a previous blog, there are tons of outdoor exercises available to personal trainers, fitness instructors and their clients, as…
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Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment. It is currently experiencing a huge wave of popularity and interest, and some large organisations are urging their employees to practise it. Personal trainers and fitness instructors are cottoning on to this trend too. Some studies have shown mindfulness can improve…
Using public space to train clients for outdoor fitness classes has become a minefield. Every council, parish and landowner has different rules, and what you think is a public space may actually be private land. If you’re a personal trainer or fitness instructor looking to hold classes in public parks and spaces, then the following…
Boxing might be one of the world’s oldest sports, having been an Olympic sport since 688 B.C, but it’s essentially the same today as it was back then. Apart from equipment used, that is. Instead of fighting with bare fists, boxers now wear gloves and very often a head guard. The training regimes and nutrition…
When it comes to losing weight, food can be just as important, if not more so, than exercise. But as a personal trainer, what nutritional advice should you give to clients, or should you even give any at all? This question is being asked more often for two main reasons. First, nutritional advice is everywhere,…
