Personal Training

If you think that fitness professionals just train clients and design exercise programmes, then I’ve got some news for you. There’s much more to it than that! When your job revolves around helping people, then Problem Solving is a fundamental component of your work. Because every client is unique, the exercise programmes we design and…

‘Go Paleo’, ‘Keto is king’, ‘eat clean’, ‘save the planet – become a vegetarian’. Or very occasionally, ‘follow the science – use the National Nutrition Guidelines’! After 25 years working in fitness/fitness education, ‘nutrition’ is without doubt the most consistently contentious topic I’ve encountered. Nothing else divides people causing them to passionately advocate for the…

Although rarely promoted, exercise may be an important part of the treatment process for anxiety and depression, conditions at the forefront of New Zealand’s mental health crisis. Before we get into the detail, I’ve got an important distinction to make. Regarding health in general, we tend to expect treatments to cure a problem by addressing…

Every Personal Trainer should have The Exercise Principles as a foundation for their programme design work with clients. Exercise Principles:  What Every Personal Trainer Should Know by Heart With 79% of adults participating in sport and recreation activities every week and 34.9% of adults currently signed up to a fitness club or center, it’s fair…

In health and fitness it’s about keeping it simple by delivering personal training and fitness instruction that is effective, simple and progressive. This article covers some of the basics in selecting resistance exercises and encourages you to generate a list of ‘go to’ exercises that will help to: Keep your clients safe Provide value to…

3 sets of 10 reps… Everyone does it, but why? This article unlocks some of the power in using Time Under Tension (TUT) within exercise prescription for Personal Training clients. A good understanding of TUT will: Help you to write better programmes for your Personal Training clients Help you to clearly explain why you have…

This article discusses why it is so important for a Personal Trainer to find out what a client believes is the cause of their success or failure.  It then shows you how you can use this knowledge to have happier more committed clients. Attribution Theory: It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose, It’s How You…

As a fitness club owner or manager this brief guide will help you with the hazard identification process that is required within the occupational health and safety system in New Zealand. Keeping your club safe and your documentation up to date can help immensely if there are any issues on your shop floor. A Guide…