Fitness Training

More and more research is showing how dynamic flexibility exercises are important for the body.  Dynamic flexibility exercises use muscle movement to increase your range of motion. Typically these exercises – examples include leg and arm swings, side bends, toe touches – are initially performed... [Read more of this review]

Bodyweight cardio is becoming all the rage due to its effectiveness and time efficiency. In fact Alwyn Cosgrove designed what he calls his hierarchy of fat loss. You can read more about this by visiting this link here Traditionally this approach has been the eclusive domian of personal training, which to me... [Read more of this review]

At a recent workshop on giving instructors ball exercises, I was faced with the issue of only having 6 stability balls amoung 12 instructors.  My original class went out of the window, and I had to think on my feet. So I decided to do a superset circuit class, with the instructors in pairs.  I then labeled... [Read more of this review]

The Exercise ball, or stability ball is a large, inflated, rubber ball. The Swiss ball was originally created in Italy in the 1960′s and provides instability or resistance which requires the user to rely on ‘core’ muscles to retain balance – thus improving strength and flexibility of... [Read more of this review]

When we are a fitness instructor, fitness training motivation is really important to make sure that our clients get the results that we want them to.   This is important whether we are a personal trainer or group exercise instructor.  One of the many skills that we have to have is making sure that we make... [Read more of this review]