The American College of Sports Medicine recently completed a worldwide survey of nearly 3,000 fitness professionals to determine the top fitness trends for 2016. Below, you will find a list of the top 10 fitness trends, along with some suggested products that may help you make the most of these trends as you focus on …
How’s your sense of balance? Do you avoid balancing exercises, or hate balance poses in yoga? It’s my experience that most people don’t have much confidence in their ability to balance, and that everyone definitely needs some type of balance training in their fitness routines. The 5 Tenets of Fitness Balance is one of the 5 tenets of …
Have you had that moment in a group fitness class where you are supposed to exercise one side of your body during one round, and then the other side on the next round? Did you forget which side you exercised last round, and did you accidentally work the same side twice? Here’s my personal rule-of-thumb for …
https://youtu.be/PKZnie_ZBsw Today’s lesson on bootcamp and group fitness training is about the warm up. I’m going to provide insight to other trainers on how I prepare my clients, and to emphasize with everyone that the warm up is a crucial aspect of a fitness class, and not something that is separate. Johnny’s Warm Up My warm up …
The folks over at Precision Nutrition designed a great infographic that details the work required to achieve a lean body. This get lean infographic breaks down what it will take to achieve different levels of leanness. As someone who’s been in the 6-9% range, I can vouch for the amount of commitment that it takes …
I’m adding a new topic to this blog about delivering awesome bootcamps. In addition to the other great information about kettlebells, nutrition, weight training, yoga, and cardio, I’ve decided that I should write about the amazing bootcamp program that I have at my fitness studio in Portland, Oregon. Today’s topic is the workout rotation. This article …
