As a professional personal trainer or certified coach, it’s vital that you consider all factors affecting flexibility and joint mobility prior to designing a comprehensive performance training program. Joint structure and connective tissue play a significant role in a muscles ability to lengthen and in joint range of motion. Factors that cannot be changed such […]
Can You Combine Training and Coaching?
Do you classify yourself as a trainer or a coach? Or, are you both? Does it matter? Although there are different definitions of a “coach” and a “trainer” we have simplified it here for demonstration purposes. A trainer is someone who helps their clients reach their goals by providing scientifically-based principles and techniques to achieve a very specific […]
Benefits of Functional Training
Functional training is set to be one of the top fitness trends in 2019, and definitely worth your attention (especially if you have plans to grow your client list this year.) But what makes one program more “functional” than the next? Like other training programs, functional training is great for the health of your body. […]
Bulking Up and Leaning Out: Methods for Effective Weight Loss and Gain
Many athletes possess a desire to alter their weight. Football linebackers may want to gain muscle for the upcoming season, while wrestlers may look to drop weight for next week’s meet. Meanwhile, gymnasts and soccer players may be struggling with weight issues at different points of their seasons. There are countless situations that may warrant […]
Building Strength: Genetics, Geography & Opportunity
Dan John & John Welbourn speak on this often, and as a Coach with multiple Underground Strength Gym locations plus coaching D1 Athletes from different areas, I have experienced this first hand. Genetics – This is what your parents and God gives you. I will take this a step further, if your genetics were good […]