Follow the proper steps of skill development and progression to earn the right to perform ring muscle-ups in workouts.

Broaden your perspective and recognize that progression encompasses much more than physiological changes.

Use the Gain/Pain/Sustain classification system to design workouts focused on energy system (ATP-CP, glycolytic, and oxidative systems) training.

STRENGTH TRAINING - AVOID THESE 4 COMMON MISTAKES

Gone are the days where you show up hungover and hit an accidental 30-pound back squat PR like you did in your first year of consistent strength training…

Functional fitness is exercise that supports your life. It includes movements such as walking, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting, lunging, and core.

Try these seven different pull-up grips and to add variety to your upper body training sessions and break through pull-up plateaus.

To create more effective exercise programs, personal trainers should assess the client's ability, personalize the program, & follow the strength continuum.

A bilateral exercise is an exercise where both extremities are performing the same movement pattern. An example of a bilateral exercise is a squat.

Functional strength training is a form of exercise that focuses on developing strength in patterns that are used in everyday life. This type of training involves free weights, gymnastic moves, and aerobic training.

Four essential steps to design training programs. Learn how to create a daily plan, select exercises, organize & order workouts, and deliver consistently.

Unilateral exercises train one limb at a time. This type of exercise is great for building stabilization and fixing imbalances in a movement pattern.

To become more efficient at writing exercise programs you need to improve competency, create a good environment, find your rhythm, and maximize time.

Full-body workouts for beginners are a great way to train multiple movement patterns in a short amount of time. Unfortunately, all too often they are overlooked for more complex training protocols.

Learn how to create fitness programs focused on a specific goal. We share 4 popular goals + give ideas for developing individualized programs for each.

If you spend enough time coaching functional fitness you are bound to come across a client with shoulder issues. This injury is commonly caused by too much overhead pressing with poor form and without prerequisite shoulder stability.

There is a worldwide epidemic taking place as we speak, the elimination of movement from children’s daily lives. Physical Education has almost vanished entirely from the public school system here in the United States and the growing prevalence of electronic entertainment is crushing children’s desire to move every day. But, what is the solution? As coaches, we are quick to recommend a structured program. However, it has been proven that the traditional approach is not the answer. In fact, we need to look through a totally different lens.

When programming the AirBike for general population clients keep it simple. “For good health, most people need some form of good resistance training and easy aerobic work,” says FitzGerald. That’s where the AirBike comes in, as it does not require skill for a client to get an effective aerobic dose-response. While the fitness industry has popularized training the Pain system, with hard intervals, 99% of clients do not need this type of training. They simply need repeatable aerobic efforts, “easy” aerobic work. Learn what repeatable aerobic efforts look like for three modalities in this blog.

In this episode, James refers to functional fitness as mixed modal. By its definition, functional fitness is a mixture of different fitness modalities aptly referred to as mixed modal. It is also the name of James’ latest course that focuses specifically on the sport of competitive functional fitness. If you are an athlete or a coach of an athlete this is the course for you. Learn more here. 

At the beginning of the year you had a detailed plan to progress your client towards their goals in the gym. Then COVID-19 spread, and before you knew it the gym was closed and your client’s ability to train was limited. You were forced to adapt and now find yourself coaching your client through home workouts. While this may have forced you to abandon your original program, it does not mean all hope for progress is lost.