The Top Article of the Week
Since you’re reading this list — whether you’re new here or you’ve been following us since back when Ronda Rousey was undefeated — you probably take your fitness career pretty seriously. You study, you improve, and you put as much thought and effort into your clients’ programs as possible. And that’s great.
… Until it’s not so great. Left-brain factors, like mechanical tension and progressive overload, pale in comparison to right-brain factors, like your client actually giving a crap about the program you’ve designed for him/her. So sometimes, as trainers, we need to take a step back from our beautifully constructed fitness plans and ask ourselves…are my clients actually enjoying their time with me? More specifically — are their programs all work, all play, or have we found a healthy balance of the two?
General Health
Why You’re Not in Shape (Yet) — Steve Kamb
4 Ways To Improve Your Body Image Immediately — Jessi Kneeland, Girls Gone Strong
Don’t Fall For These Holiday Health Scams — Stephanie d’Orsay
Strength Training
15 Best Exercises To Train Through Low Back, Knee & Shoulder Pain — Andrew Millett, drjohnrusin.com
Progressive Overload Weight Training Without Injury: How To Build Muscle While Staying Out Of The Doctor’s Office! — Tom Venuto
A Detailed Guide to Training Progression — Andy Morgan
5 Ways to Get Fired Up Again — Eirik Sandvik, T-Nation
Fat Loss
Fit After The Holidays: 7 Easy Tips That Will Help You Get Back On Track with Your Diet — Ines Subashka
5 Key Nutrition Lessons We Learned In 2016 — Kamal Patel, examine.com
How to Get a Fast Metabolism — Atli Arnarson, Authorit Nutrition
Career
10 Fitness Pro Resolution Fails — And What Works! — Girls Gone Strong
Top 25 Female Fitness Coaches To Follow In 2017 — Meghan Callaway, drjohnrusin.com
3 Inbound Marketing Best Practices to Steal for 2017 — Brian Hughes, Entrepreneur.com
The 9 Things You Need to Let Go of For Success in 2017 –Amna Shamim, Entrepreneur.com
Finding My Why — Yael Averbuch