An AirBike is one of the most common pieces of equipment in a gym and likely to be used when designing programs for your clients. In this video, James FitzGerald and CrossFit Games Athlete Amanda Goodman demonstrate how your clients can instantly improve the number of calories they burn on an AirBike. The trick? Set-up.

At one time or another, you have probably come into contact with caffeine. Whether it be through an accidental consumption of coffee-flavored ice-cream or a habitual meeting with your morning coffee maker. Most humans have some form of experience with caffeine. In fact, caffeine is the most widely consumed behaviorally active substance in the world. This article aims to explain exactly what caffeine is and the pros and cons associated with its consumption.

“After a while, it started to feel like babysitting,” said the 37-year-old, who would spend more than 30 hours a week on the floor coaching, along with his programming and administrative hours.

One of the most common themes we see and hear, time and time again, amongst coaches, clients and athletes who are looking for insight into their nutrition is that they are not taking in enough water.

“I do love being in front of a group, but I felt like I was just putting on a show and engaging in crowd control when I was coaching instead of actually coaching and helping people,” said the 26-year-old, a native of Australia, who completed the OPEX Coaching Certificate Program (CCP) in 2017.

With the introduction of the TrueForm Runner in recent years to a variety of fitness competitions including the CrossFit Games; it’s becoming increasingly important for athletes to learn how to use the device. The most important part of using the TrueForm Runner is getting used to its unique design and operation. This starts with learning how to warm-up on the TrueForm Runner.

In this week’s Ask Me Anything sneak peek, James FitzGerald, answers the question should you use CrossFit heart rate zone training?

James FitzGerald gave a seminar on the eight characteristics of elite fitness athletes on the Wodapalooza Seminar Stage. Use these eight characteristics to determine if your client is capable of being an elite fitness athlete.

A moment where you realized, after coaching this person for two years, that the reason he has a massive forward lean on his squat isn’t because his hamstrings are tight, but because of a motor control and bracing deficiency.

Bodyweight training is one of our favorite types of training for a number of reasons. It’s a great option for clients with limited access to equipment, it helps clients build motor control, and the relative strength it develops carries over to daily life.

Early models of functional fitness development usually relied on one of two things — performing random tasks with the hope that some type of adaptation would occur, or layering different sport specific models on top of each other and hoping that this would build the base of support and skills necessary for success in competitive functional fitness. However, now that the sport has been around for quite some time allowing industry-leading program design expert James FitzGerald has been able to create an Athlete Development Blueprint specifically for competitive functional fitness. This is critically important for long-term athletic development. What an athlete needs to excel and ultimately achieve the highest levels of performance in competition is directly dependent on their current stage of athletic development.

Eating properly before a workout is important. The type of meal eaten pre-workout can be the difference between performing at your highest potential and coming up frustratingly short. In order to give you the basics of pre-workout nutrition OPEX Instructor, Carl Hardwick breaks down how to eat before three different types of performance-based workouts.

From the concepts we coach, to the language we use, if you’re a gym owner or coach, you would probably agree that when your coaches aren’t on the same page, your business has no chance of running smoothly. Meanwhile, clients become confused by the disjointed information they receive.

“I caught wind of who James (FitzGerald) was and listened to a lot of his interviews. What he had to say about training and life really resonated with me. There was just something about how he spoke when he was on camera, something about the way he talked about the journey of being an athlete and a coach—how it’s bigger than just being about sets and reps,” said 34-year-old Filly, now a father of two.

Mastering the business of coaching is a common struggle for most fitness professionals. Whether it be trying to teach enough classes to make ends meet or having to work a second job to fund the passion, most coaches can relate. So what’s the solution? For many coaches, it’s starting their own fitness business. The control over your own destiny is enticing and the possibilities seem limitless, at first. However, most coaches are better coaches than business owners and end up struggling to make a profit. These five tips pulled from this free coaching course outline sound business practices and will set you on the road to building a sustainable and fulfilling fitness business.

When you have twenty years of collective experience in the fitness world, you’ve seen the landscape change a few times. Jay Ross and Jim and Julie Migliaccio – owner/coaches of OPEX Gold Coast – know when things change, finding the best product that serves your client’s needs creates trust, longevity, and fulfillment for everyone involved.

Confused because what their chiropractor told them about their incorrect movement pattern conflicts with what their physiotherapist said. And what their physiotherapist said about their shoulder mobility and how to improve it is different than what their fitness coach told them, and is different again from what the other fitness coach told them. And on and on.

“I basically trained myself since I was a teenager. I was always playing around with different things I read and learned,” said Torano, the owner of Aggressive Fitness in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

You love helping others improve their own fitness. You thrive upon sharing your knowledge—what you know now that you wish you knew then. The gym is your second home—it’s the place you want to be.

Longer days and shorter nights signal the beginning of summer. This time of year everyone is maximizing their time outside in order to get tan, but did you know that there are some amazing health and athletic benefits to getting sun exposure consistently? Despite what you’ve heard about sunshine related skin cancer and harmful ultraviolet radiation, there are real tangible benefits to both your athleticism and your health in getting sun exposure.