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Should We Be Unstable?
Often when I enter a gym and watch some sessions there is always one trainer that has decided to brand themself as “functional”. As we all know, the squat is not functional unless you’re balancing on something…. wink wink. Training a client is not supposed…
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Perfecting Your Delivery
“If you teach a client to squat, 1/3 will get it, 1/3 won’t get it, 1/3 can’t do it.” I was lucky enough to attend a great workshop this week and get some continual professional development. While I must admit I like to think I…
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Correcting the Deadlift
The deadlift can be a difficult skill to master – it requires an individual to be able to maintain a neutral spine, whilst completing first a leg press and secondly a hinge at the hip. The deadlift is an excellent posterior chain exercise developing both…
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Fitness Testing Clients
We have recently had a couple of personal training clients restart training with us. They had finished some time ago when they moved to a different part of the country. It’s always great getting a client back, especially when they’re great clients. These particular clients…
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“Core Stability” for Runners
I think we can all agree that core stability has become one of the most confusing misunderstood components of runners’ conditioning. Ask 10 different runners what they do for their “core stability” and you’ll get 10 different answers that encompass all the latest fads, gizmos…
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The Danger Of A Captivating Heading
Recently I found myself in a meeting with colleagues discussing blog ideas for our personal training clients. One of the points that was raised was the title of the blog. Now for anyone that has read any of my blogs previously, you will know I…
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Developing Speed
When we think about developing acceleration, or top running speed, additional devices are often included. This may come in the form of weighted vests, sleds, prowlers, parachutes or even using gradients. Whilst it is likely that most interventions will facilitate some improvement in performance, it…
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What’s Tiring Out Your Client?
To get the most from clients it’s imperative that we complete periods of stress and rest – this balance is fundamental in the development of almost all physiological structures and processes. Fatigue is a rather vague term that encompases a variety of definitions from impairment of muscular…
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Connecting The Dots – Power Clean and Vertical Jumps
The vertical jump is an important movement, the fundamentals of which are critical in a variety of sports. Numerous strategies have been employed in literature to examine methods by which it may be improved; this has involved heavy force training (squats), plyometric training (depth jumps)…
