Thomas Plummer: The Future of The Fitness Business

This article is an excerpt from The Soul of a Trainer The future of the fitness business belongs to the people who hate us most. About 19% of the peo...

Dan John: I’m The Coach and I’m Always Right

Sometimes athletes just don’t hear what their coach is saying . . . whether you are guiding their diet, training or performance, make sure they hear you....

Sue Falsone: Problems at the Head, Neck, Shoulders and Torso

Do your clients complain of tension headaches or sub-occipital headaches? Do you, personally, have headaches? Let’s look at the structure in that are...

Thomas Plummer: It Comes Down to Program Design

Don’t limit your business with the product you offer. Thomas Plummer shares his knowledge of how layered pricing can benefit your facility and help you w...

Dan John: What Makes an Athlete Elite?

Excerpted from his lecture of the same title. In 2002, when the Olympics came to Salt Lake City, I came up with a simple list of five basic keys that in...

Gray Cook: Movement Screening and Exercise Prescriptions

A lot of people become disillusioned when they learn the Functional Movement Screen . . . Screens tell us when people need more investigation. It isn’t a...

Mike Prevost: Resistance Training Repetition Schemes and Their Applications

I used to find resistance training programming to be confusing. It can be infinitely complex; with just a few simple tools, there are literally millions of...

Charlie Weingroff: The Hip Hinge from the Neuromuscular Perspective

Charlie Weingroff elaborates on the importance of the hip hinge from the neuromuscular perspective . . . and why he thinks you should be able to touch your...

Chris Holder: A Fat Guy’s Experience on the Ketogenic Diet

First, we must set some rules. This is not an article trying to give you eating advice. It’s also by no means an attempt to give anyone medical suggestio...

Sue Falsone: The Normal Shoulder Joint

Where should a shoulder assessment start? Sue Falsone highlights ideal shoulder joint anatomy and identifies common issues, especially among overhead athle...

Rod Harris: When Competent Trumps Expert

Ask just about anyone and they will tell you that competent means good and expert means better. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself if this is true? Do...