In this session from the 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, Douglas Sheppard, Owner of J & D Fitness Personal Training Studio, discusses how hiring quality staff is one of the biggest challenges in strength and conditioning. He also discusses how he discovered where to find a good coach and how to effectively develop them.
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The goal of this article is to help strength and conditioning professionals properly educate clients on how protein can go a long way in assisting them in achieving their health and fitness goals.
In this article, three outstanding fitness professionals share their thoughts and experiences on the importance of communication in the personal training field.
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This article explains how having the right systems in place (such as accounting, training, and marketing) can help a personal trainer take his or her business to the next level.
During the 2013 Coaches Conference, Dr. Carwyn Sharp presented on how fitness and coaching professionals can better apply research to real life. In this first of four videos, Sharp presents an overview and abstracts. The rest of the series discusses methods, the results and realities of performing training studies, and the concept of remaining true to training principles and conclusions.
Military and law enforcement needs analyses are not specifically matched to firefighting, but those training styles are better than basic fitness regimens or no regimen at all. For firefighters who are attracted to other styles of training not specific to firefighting, there are ways to train for all the demands of firefighting without making the firefighter use training modalities that they dislike or are not comfortable using.
Developing a program for a general population client requires understanding their movement needs. Expand your training programs by implementing all ten of the major human movement patterns.