If one is a very active individual or a competitive athlete, what are the positives and negatives of donating blood, platelets, and plasma?

This article identifies considerations and practical training ideas for training sedentary populations.

This article describes proper technique for the one-arm dumbbell snatch, which is a total body power exercise.

Beyond the programming, exercise technique, and human physiology, it is also important to create a customized system for sales success. Re-framing the purpose of the sales presentation in the proper light and creating a customized system that will allow a fitness professional to sell their services with integrity can allow them to help more clients.

The purpose of this article is to provide a practical, step-by-step process on how to establish trust with your clientele that is valuable in achieving long-term success in this industry.

This article discusses lactate testing as a cost-effective alternative way to create advanced exercise prescriptions, as well as opening the possibility of being a new biomarker of metabolic health for personal trainers.

In this career series article, developing personal training skills to train special populations is discussed; it includes starting out as a novice through the expert level.

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The purpose of this article is to provide the reader some direction and suggestions for how to make the transition to online personal training smooth and successful.

The importance of recognizing a closed-chain activity lies in the fact that the motions of multiple joints are coupled. Weakness at any one joint will consequently limit performance of the entire movement.