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Fixing Bad Posture at the Office Keeping a balanced posture is a goal for all activities, from playing sports to sitting at the computer. Yet many of today's workstation-based work environments can make it difficult to keep an awareness of one's posture while sitting and focusing on mental tasks.
New Apps Incentivize Going to the Gym Having difficulty keeping clients inspired and motivated to come to the gym for a workout? For those into social networking and smartphones, a new generation of gaming apps aims to make going to the gym extra rewarding.
Your Summer Body Winter is such a time for 'hibernating' that it almost feels acceptable to 'bulk up' over winter. But with summer creeping around, it only becomes harder to hide the truth away.
Getting a Grip: Using Wrist Straps, Pt. 1 While some controversy surrounds the use of wrist straps in weight lifting, as with many pieces of equipment in and around the gym, there is a time and a place for them.

Treating Foot Pain with Orthotics

There are a host of injuries that can put a damper on a personal training schedule, and any experienced personal trainer has had his or her share of adapting to clients with sprained ankles and shin splints. These interruptions can interfere with your fitness goals and, even worse, interrupt your client's motivation and enthusiasm.

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The Rundown on Running

First, some quick facts: The feet strike the ground at a rate of 800-2,000 times per mile with a force of 2 to 4 times bodyweight. The result is a great potential for injuries throughout the lower extremities and back.

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How to Develop Your Brand as a Personal Trainer

Every business needs to manage its brand identity: it guides the marketing strategies and gives customers/clients an idea about what to expect from the final product. If you’re a personal trainer, your brand is you.

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A Better Waist without the Waste

Many personal training clients want to work on their waistline. Many exercises target this area, but it's important to understand the difference between uncovering the abdominals and conditioning them.

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You Are What You Eat

The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times published a few articles this past year sharing the message of researchers on how our food habits impact our weight. Not terribly fresh news, the theme has already been expounded innumerable times: we have an epidemic of obesity in our nation.

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When Client Progress is a Lateral Climb

There are always some clients who do not wish to increase lean weight. For these people, there may be little need for progress in terms of reps, weights, and intensity. For the rest of your resistance training clients, let's look at a training progression where participant goals do include a desirable increase in lean weight.

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