The majority of personal trainers have clients over the age of 65. As the population of older adults is expected to increase by 23% by 2066 (ABS 2018). It is therefore important to know how to make modifications and exercise programs for older adults. We’ve come up with 5 key points for you to consider when training elderly clients.
If you’re someone who’s always on the lookout for new and effective workout routines, you might have come across the term HIIT. But what exactly is HIIT, and how can it improve your workout?
Whether you work full time in another industry, or work full time as a personal trainer, bootcamps are a great time-efficient way to engage a large group of clients, and earn an additional income.
Outdoor services, such as bootcamps, account for 30% of the fitness market as many clients would rather exercise outdoors than in a gym. After all, what is better than watching the sun rise as you work out in the morning?
When it comes to achieving our fitness goals, we often push ourselves to the limit in the gym. However, it’s crucial to remember that safety should be our top priority. Nothing can derail your progress faster than a preventable injury. In this blog, we will explore practical tips and strategies to help you avoid common injuries in the gym, ensuring that your workouts are safe and effective.
There are two main classifications of exercises: compound exercises and isolation exercises. In this post, we will cover exactly what a compound exercise is.
A compound exercise is one that uses multiple muscle groups at the same time to perform a movement. A good example of a compound exercise is the squat; it uses many muscles in the legs and lower body, such as the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, glutes as well as engaging the core and lower back and improves compound fitness.
If you’re a personal trainer that has time free during the hours you’d rather be working, you’re probably wanting to find more clients to fill that time. After all, you’re not making money if you’re not training someone.
If that’s the case for you, then you can use that spare time looking for new clients. Here are a number of ways you can use your time to fill up your client book.
Let’s be honest, finding the motivation to run isn’t always easy. Even for the seasoned runners and athletes out there, there are plenty of days where the last thing you want to do is go for a run. Too busy, too tired, hot weather, cold weather, not feeling well, I’ll do it tomorrow – we’ve all been there with ways of talking ourselves out of a run. And while you’ll always regret not going for your run, you will almost never regret just getting out there and doing it.
Plyometric exercises are a training method that are dynamic and explosive in nature. The exercise aims to train the force and speed of the muscles, producing characteristics of the muscles through the stretch–shortening cycle (SSC).
Once all the hard work of study and hands-on experience of qualifying to become a personal trainer has been completed, it’s time for you to put into practice precisely what you’ve learned during your time with Australian Fitness Academy. This can mean either applying for jobs at gyms and health centres around the country, or perhaps even going it alone as a solo enterprise.
Fartlek, a Swedish term for “speed play” is a form of interval training involving continuous activity with randomised short bursts of high intensity efforts. This creative, less structured form of training is a great way to mix up your run workouts and challenge your body to become faster over longer distances. Unlike intervals, where you stop or walk for recovery, Fartlek is continuous running with varying paces, blending endurance with speed. The randomised nature of Fartlek training is designed to continuously shock and stress the body systems, providing both physical and mental gains.
