As a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer or coach, injury prevention should always be a number one priority. Developing your skills and knowledge is a lifelong process and your client’s success depends on it. Regardless of your time in the industry, always remain a student of your craft and do everything you can do to produce […]
Common Sports and Training Injuries: The Shoulder
The Shoulder The shoulder joint is composed of three bones – the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone). Your shoulders are the most movable joints in your body and can also be unstable because the ball of the upper arm is larger than the shoulder socket that holds it. […]
Factors Affecting Your Fitness and Training Performance
Factors Affecting Performance There are many factors affecting performance; however, we are concerned with physical training factors. Coaching requires knowledge of what fitness is along with the various categories of fitness, and, most importantly, how to develop training protocols that address each type of fitness to improve one’s ability to perform. One must […]
Biomechanical Analysis: How to Maximize Performance & Minimize Injury
How do we use Biomechanical Analysis to Maximize Performance and Minimize Chance of Injury? There is a systematic thought process that every coach and personal trainer must utilize to ensure any person under their care is receiving optimal and maximal attention for every movement suggested. What do we Analyze? When we evaluate a trainee’s technique […]
The Goal of Biomechanics in Personal Training
The Role of Biomechanics Most biomechanics textbooks state there are two primary goals for biomechanics: performance enhancement, and injury prevention or rehabilitation. Biomechanics enhance performance by utilizing mechanical principles to improve an individual’s technique, the equipment they use, and to modify specific training protocols that the coach or trainer implements to help an individual achieve their […]