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5 Questions To Ask During A Personal Training Consultation
For personal trainers, the initial consultation is the first time you are meeting with a potential client and likely the only chance you will have to sign them on as a client. This part of the job might be the most stressful part if you have no sales training or even natural sales skills. You are anxious because you are not sure how to convince this person to sign with you.
Should Men and Women Train Differently?
Contrary to modern belief, there are biological differences between men and women such as body composition, fat distribution, muscle fiber count, hormonal influence, etc. Yet exercise prescription is relatively the same between the two sexes. This article will seek to establish what differences there are between men and women that could impact training performances or outcomes. It will also establish if any differences warrant any exercise prescription modifications.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU COMBINE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE TRAINING?
what happens when you combine the two? Do you still get the benefits of both or is one prioritized over the other? This article will review the literature on the effects of concurrent strength and endurance training and the possible optimal applications.
IS CONSTANTLY VARIED EXERCISE WORTHWHILE?
The utilization of exercise variation has been a hot topic in the exercise science world especially with programs and training philosophies such as P90x and CrossFit. This article will review the literature and establish the efficacy of constantly varied exercise selection versus fixed exercise selection.
How Quickly You Lose Strength Gains
One of the main questions people have is how quickly do I lose my gains? For context for this article, we are focusing on strength training and its physiological effects during detraining specifically on strength and muscle mass.