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Posts by category
- Category: Anatomy & Physiology
- An Introduction To The Cardiovascular System
- Introduction To Motor Skills
- Introduction To The Lungs
- The Vertebral Column
- Introduction To Somatotypes
- Introduction To Bones
- The Role Of GTOS In Monitoring Muscle Tension
- Muscle Spindles – What Every Personal Trainer Needs To Know
- What Is The Valsalva Manoeuvre?
- Plyometrics and the Stretch Shortening Cycle (SSC)
- Coronary Circulatory System
- Heart Valves
- The Hip Flexor Complex
- Muscle Of The Month: The Gluteal Muscle Group
- Muscle Of The Month: The Sartorius
- Muscle Of The Month – Posterior Oblique Subsystem
- Muscle Of The Month – Lateral Subsystem
- Muscle Of The Month – The Deep Longitudinal Subsystem
- Muscle Of The Month: Peroneals
- Muscle Of The Month: Plantar Fascia
- Muscle Of The Month – Scalenes
- Muscle Of The Month – Hip Abductors
- Muscle Of The Month: Piriformis
- Sports Massage: Key Hormones – Human Growth Hormone
- Muscle Of The Month: Serratus Anterior
- Muscle Of The Month: Transverse Abdominus (TVA)
- Sports Massage: Key Hormones – Testosterone
- Muscle Of The Month: Iliotibial Band (ITB)
- The Structure And Function Of The Skin
- Sports Massage: Key Hormones – Glucagon
- Muscle Of The Month: Trapezius
- Sports Massage: Key Hormones
- Key Hormones – Insulin
- Muscle Of The Month: Biceps
- Sports Massage: The Lymphatic System
- Muscle Of The Month: Quadriceps
- The Internal And External Obliques
- The Importance Of Adrenal Health
- Kinesiology
- 5 Common Exercise Injuries
- Lordosis, Kyphosis And Scoliosis
- PH Levels
- Muscle Of The Month: Quadratus Lumborum
- Somatotypes: What Are They?
- The Central Nervous System
- Tests To Assess And Monitor Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
- The Structure And Function Of The Heart
- The Endocrine System
- The Hamstring
- Defining Core Strength
- Muscle Of The Month – Latissimus Dorsi
- What Is Lactic Acid?
- Bone Structure And Classification
- Muscle Structure And Contractions
- Rotator Cuff Muscles – What They Are And How Do They Work
- Contraction Types And How A Personal Trainer Can Use Them
- Category: Apprenticeships
- Category: Business
- Category: Case Study
- Case Study: Liam Pogson
- Case Study: Primal Eden
- Case Study: Lauren Gill
- Case Study: Andy Berry
- Learner Case Study: Rachel Sissons
- Learner Case Study: Joe McKenzie
- Case Study: Lisa Revitt
- Learner Case Study: Cameron Haigh
- Learner Case Study: Emma Taylor
- Learner Case Study: Mitch Lisle
- Case Study – Bob Glover
- Dewi Ferrero – A Career In Fitness
- Jamal Bent Level 2 Apprentice
- James Lang: Exercise Referral Specialist
- Apprentice Of The Year – Sophie Parkin
- CMS: DCLT Testimonial
- Case Study: Kirthi
- Case Study: Nikki
- Case Study: Gym Owner And Personal Trainer
- Category: CMS News
- Personal Training Advanced Learner Loans
- Winner Of The KAL Apprentice Of The Year 2017
- Winner Of The KAL 2016 Apprentice Of The Year
- How Our Employer Engagement Team Can Help You
- Le Tour De Yorkshire
- New Provision Set To Increase Growth
- CMS Sponsor: KAL Apprentice Of The Year
- Active Training Awards Finalists 2015
- Personal Training – Newsletter Promotion
- Category: Consultation & Testing
- The Importance Of Fitness Testing
- How To Work Out Your One Rep Max
- Market Research And Analysis For A Personal Trainer
- Muscular Contraction: The Long, The Middle And The Short
- What Is The New Heart Attack Blood Test?
- MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
- Create Unstoppable Client Motivation!
- Preparing For A Fitness Challenge
- Maximising Behaviour Change
- The Health Belief Model
- Flexibility And Warming Up
- Diet Diaries: Pros And Cons
- Hip-To-Waist Ratio
- Stage Of Readiness
- Body Fat Analysis
- Guidelines For Personal Trainers Taking Blood Pressure
- Genetic Potential In Fitness Training
- Personal Training: Resistance Training For Beginners
- FIDORS: A Personal Trainers Principles Of Programme Design
- Category: Exercises
- 5 Exercises To Combat The Negative Effects Of Bad Posture
- Asymetrical And Unilateral Exercises
- Exercises For Rotator Cuffs
- Overhead Squat Analysis
- Personal Trainer Exercise Of The Month – The Olympic Clean
- The Over-Hand Grip Bent Over Row
- The Back Squat
- Personal Training: Resistance Training – Free vs Fixed
- Category: Fitness Industry / Business
- Personal Trainer Marketing 101
- Ultimate SEO Guide to Winning More Clients as a Personal Trainer
- How To Become A Personal Trainer?
- Personal Trainers And Ethical Conduct
- Results Of The Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends For 2021
- Training In Diverse Environments (TIDE)
- Guidelines For Reopening Gyms, Sports Centres And Leisure Facilities During Covid-19
- Results of the Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2020
- The Developing Role Of A Fitness Instructor
- Sport Massage: A Five-Point Guide To Starting Your Own Sports Massage Business
- Results Of The Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends For 2019
- Automation Of The Fitness Industry
- Starting Your Personal Training Business – Finding And Training Staff
- Starting Your Personal Training Business – Marketing Your PT Business
- Starting Your Personal Training Business – How To Write A Business Plan
- Starting Your Personal Training Business – The First Steps
- Results Of The Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends For 2018
- National Fitness Day 2017
- What Is CIMSPA?
- Results Of The 2017 Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends
- What Are Smart Goals?
- The Success Of Women In Sport: Crossfit
- 2016 Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends
- Wearable Technology – Fun Or Functional
- Movember And Movember – What Are They?
- Work Out Cheaper: The Rise Of Budget Gyms
- Childhood Obesity – What Can We Do
- Rising From The Ashes
- Pt: What Is Blue Ocean Strategy
- 2015 Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends
- Grow Your PT Business With DREC
- Personal Training And Your Accounts
- Couch To 5k
- What Is Mixed Martial Arts?
- Are We More Active Than We Used To Be?
- 2014 Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends
- The Crossfit Craze
- Ten Exercise Myths A Personal Trainer Should Know: Part 2
- Ten Exercise Myths A Personal Trainer Should Know: Part 1
- Personal Training – How To Attract New Clients
- The Importance Of Qualifications In The Fitness Industry
- Results Of The 2013 Worldwide Survey Of Fitness Trends
- How Much Does A Personal Trainer Earn?
- What Is REPS And What Does It Mean To Me?
- Category: Health
- Components Of Fitness And The Effects Of Exercises
- Benefits of Health, Fitness, Exercise and Physical Activity
- Introduction To First Aid
- Components of Total Fitness
- Stages of Atherosclerosis
- Metabolism of Alcohol
- Behaviour Change Techniques and Motivational Strategies in Personal Training
- The Difference Between Health And Fitness
- Benefits Of Physical Activity For Chronic Conditions (Part 1)
- Classification, Prevalence, Exercise Prescription And Treatment/Pharmacology Of Depression, Anxiety And Stress
- Exercise Prescription And Pharmacology Treatment Of Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes
- What Is Leptin?
- Do You Have The Will To Win?
- Fitness And Mental Health
- 10 Tips For Making And Keeping New Year’s Resolutions
- World Health Day 2016
- The Benefits Of Swimming
- Yoga And Mental Health
- International Walk To School Month
- Can Vigorous Exercise Fight Off Flu?
- Nordic Walking – Moving On Up!
- What Is Physical Literacy?
- What Is Bikram Yoga?
- What Is Orthorexia?
- How To Avoid Cold Weather Injuries
- Is Your NEAT Holding You Back?
- Energy Expenditure During Exercise
- The Importance Of Sleep For Exercise Recovery + Performance
- Exercise And Mental Health
- Exercise V Diet
- Body Mass Index (BMI) And It’s Indication Of Health Status
- Category: Nutrition
- Alcohol: What Every Personal Trainer Should Know
- An Introduction To Minerals
- An Introduction To Vitamins
- The Importance Of Water
- Introduction To Protein
- Introduction To Fats
- Introduction To Carbohydrates
- Providing Nutritional Advice
- Psychology of Nutrition and Health
- Food Labels: Counting Calories And Hidden Fat
- BMRS: Calories, Body Fat And Burning Energy
- What Is Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) And How Does It Work?
- Using METS To Calculate Calories Burned
- All You Need To Know About Meal Prepping
- Vitamin B Complex
- What Does Five Portions Of Fruit And Vegetables Look Like?
- Pros And Cons Of A Low Carb, High Fat, Medium Protein Diet
- Which Diet? – Part 1: Weight Watchers And Slimming World
- Eat Well Guidance
- What Is The Glycemic Index And Glycemic Load?
- Should You Take Creatine?
- Nutritional Supplements – Yes Or No?
- Food Tracking Apps: What And Why
- Essential Major And Trace Minerals
- What Are Minerals & Why Do We Need Them
- Hypercholesterolaemia
- The Detox Diet – Does It Work?
- The Benefits Of Reducing Sugar Intake
- How To Avoid Weight Gain During Winter
- Pescetarianism And Veganism
- What Do You Know About Caffeine?
- The 5:2 Or Intermittent Fasting Diet
- Do You Know Your Macronutrients?
- Personal Training And Nutrition – Does Green Tea Burn Fat?
- How To Make Your Barbecue Healthier
- Effects Of Protein And Carbohydrate On Resistance Training
- How To Go Gluten Free… And Why
- Obesity And Diabetes: The Effects Of A High Carb/Fat Diet
- Personal Training: Vitamin D – Your Day In The Sun
- The Importance Of Hydration
- Does Beetroot Juice Help Endurance Performance
- Post Workout Shake
- The Role Of Protein And Recommended Intake
- Sports Drinks: Hypo, ISO, Hyper-Tonic
- Category: Personal Training Career
- Category: Specialist
- Musculoskeletal Implications For Special Populations
- Pre And Post-Natal Exercise – The Do’s And Don’ts
- Overuse Injuries In Golf
- What Are The Causes Of Obesity?
- The Pain Gate Theory
- The Menopause
- Key Hormones – Oestrogen
- New ACSM Guidelines For Pre/Post Natal
- Pedal Power: How To Improve Your Cycling
- What Is Blood Doping?
- How To Train Clients With Asthma
- Exercise For Those With Mobility Issues
- Should Young People Do Strength Training?
- The Benefits Of Exercise During The Menopause
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Resistance Training For Hypertension
- Lower Back Pain
- Osteoporosis
- Gym Instruction For Adolescents
- Personal Training: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
- Personal Training – ‘Diabetes’
- Category: Sports Massage
- Sports Massage: The Effects And Benefits
- Delivering Sports Massage In A COVID-19 World
- Sports Massage – The Process Of Soft Tissue Repair: The Chronic Stage And Factors
- Sports Massage – The Process Of Soft Tissue Repair: The Acute And Sub-Acute Phases
- Sports Massage – Sprain Or Strain?
- Sports Massage: Massage, Stretch Or Strengthen
- Sports Massage: The Digestive System
- Sports Massage – Organelles
- Sports Massage – The Structural Organisation Of The Body
- Sports Massage Treatments
- Sports Massage: The Urinary System
- Category: Training Methods
- Long-Term Behaviour Change
- Introduction To Stretching
- Monitoring Exercise Intensity
- Guidelines to Teaching a Session
- Behaviour Change Approaches
- Barriers to Exercise
- Action Planning
- An Introduction To Goal Setting
- Barriers to Exercise Participation
- How A Personal Trainer Can Use Interval Training
- PNF Stretching – A Powerful Technique For Personal Trainers
- Hypertrophy Training
- OBLA Training
- Using The RPE Scale
- Interval Training – What Ratio Is Best?
- The Deadlift – And All Its Variations
- The COM-B Behaviour Change Model
- The Biopsychosocial Model
- Periodisation: What It Is And How To Use It
- The Components Of Fitness – Part 1
- Neural Adaptations Vs Hypertrophy Adaptations
- What Are The Stages Of Learning?
- What Is Supercompensation?
- What Are MTOR And AMPK?
- The Importance Of Self-Reflection And Self-Evaluation
- The 5 Stages Of Risk Assessment
- How To Complete A Swot Analysis And A Personal/Professional Development Plan
- How To ‘Woop’ Your Health And Fitness Goals
- Intensity-Based Hypertrophy Training
- Using School Games For HIIT
- Hypertrophy Training – Matrix 21s
- Advanced Training Methods For Hypertrophy – Peripheral Heart Action Training
- Advanced Training Methods For Hypertrophy – Drop Sets
- Advanced Training Methods For Hypertrophy: Escalating Density Training
- Advanced Training Methods For Hypertrophy: German Volume Training
- Training In The Heat During Rio 2016
- Should You Use Weight Lifting Straps?
- Fat Burning Zone – Marvel Or Myth?
- CMS Has A Chat With Andy Bolton
- 5 Exercises To Improve Your Scrummaging
- Your First Triathlon – A Quick Guide
- Strength Training For Distance Running
- Sports Massage: The Bowen Technique
- Personal Training And EPOC
- What Is Suspension Training?
- The Myth About Burning Belly Fat
- The Origin Of Kettlebells
- How To Improve Proprioception
- Personal Training – The FITT Principle
- The Pros And Cons Of Barefoot Running
- Resistance Exercise: How To Avoid Overtraining
- The Benefits Of Strength Training For Women
- How A Personal Trainer Can Apply PNF Stretching: Part 3
- Vibration Training – Is It All It’s Shook Up To Be?
- Personal Training: Exercises For The Core
- Functional Training – A New Tool For Fitness Professionals
- Going To Failure In Strength Training
- Neuromotor Exercise Training
- How Personal Trainers Can Use PNF Stretching – Part 2
- Self Myofascial Release (SMR) Stretching
- Contrast Training
- Complex Personal Training Techniques And Benefits
- Advanced Plyometrics
- An Introduction To Plyometrics
- Interval Training To Motivate A Client And Progress Fitness
- Fitness Instructing: The 5 Types Of Strength
- Personal Training: Cardio-Vascular Intensity
- Category: Uncategorised
- ACSM Worldwide Fitness Trends 2024
- ACSM Fitness Trends 2022
- The McGill Big 3 – Low Back Exercises
- Feeding Strategies For Endurance And Strength-Based Sports
- Exercise Prescription And Treatment/Pharmacology OF COPD
- Benefits Of Physical Activity For Chronic Conditions: Part 2
- Classification And Prevalence Of COPD
- The Importance Of Long-Term Behaviour Change In Developing Patients’ Health And Fitness
- Classification, Prevalence, Exercise Prescription And Treatment/Pharmacology Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- The Treatment Of High Blood Pressure With Drugs
- Is Dark Chocolate Good For You?
- What Is Ghrelin?
- The Components Of Fitness – Part 2
- How To Design An Infographic And Educational Information Handout
- Level 3 Diploma In Personal Training
- An Overview Of The New Level 2 Gym And Level 3 PT Fitness Qualifications
- All The Gear, No Idea
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- Level 3 Online Diploma In Supporting Clients With Long-Term Conditions
- Level 3 Award in Supporting Pre and Postnatal Clients with Exercise and Nutrition (online)
- Level 4 Certificate In Physical Activity And Weight Management For Obese And Diabetic Clients (Online)
- Level 4 Certificate in Exercise for the Management of Lower Back Pain (online)
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- Workout Plan
- Warm-Up
- VO2 Max
- Target Heart Rate
- Superset
- Static Stretching
- Rest Period
- Repetition (Rep)
- Progressive Overload
- Plyometrics
- Overtraining
- One-Rep Max (1RM)
- Muscular Strength
- Mobility
- Metabolic Conditioning
- Isotonic Exercises
- Isometric Exercises
- Interval Training
- Hypertrophy
- Flexibility
- Dynamic Stretching
- Compound Exercises
- Circuit Training
- Cardiovascular Endurance
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Body Composition
- Anaerobic Exercise
- Aerobic Exercise
- Functional Training
- Endurance
- Dynamic Stretching
- Cross-training
- Cardio
- Core Strength
- Circuit Training
- Anaerobic
- Calisthenics
- Body Composition
- Lactate Threshold
- Phosphagen System