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Showing posts with label Personal Trainers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Trainers. Show all posts

Shapesmiths, Fitness Coaches and Personal Trainers

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I learned a new word today: "Shapesmith"  Apparently it is an older version of saying fitness coach or personal trainer. The word ...

Off Season Training + Weightlifting

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If you're like me the winter is your off season when it comes to sports training. In my case my primary sport is archery and during the ...

2020 was a Weird Year...

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We all know that 2020 was a strange year. COVID and the resulting lockdowns threw many industries into a state of disarray and chaos. Now th...

The Three Main Types of Personal Trainers

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There are three main types of personal trainers out there, and they can basically be organized on a triangular chart between the three style...

How I used personal training to help my infant son roll, crawl and walk faster, Part Two

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PART TWO By Charles Moffat, Toronto Personal Trainer  April 25th 2018. It has been 6 months since I wrote PART ONE of this series of ...

How to do a Home Fitness Test, without a Personal Trainer

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How to do a Home Fitness Test Further below is a guide for how to do a home fitness test to determine your current cardiovascular, strengt...

How I used personal training to help my infant son roll, crawl and walk faster, Part One

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By Charles Moffat, Toronto Personal Trainer. Okay so my infant son Richard is roughly 3 months and 2 weeks old, and he is already rolling ...

How to tell whether you are doing a good job as a personal trainer

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#1. When your clients start bringing you "thank you gifts" and drinks for instructing them. Recently when a student gave me a gift...

What is the difference between Amateur Athletes and Professionals?

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What is the difference between Amateur Athletes and Professional Athletes? Well, for starters lets talk about Food and Nutrition . One o...

Gym Personal Trainers and Why I Don't Like Them

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Many years ago, long before I became a personal trainer myself, I signed up for a gym membership here in Toronto and got a complimentary ses...

The Pet Project, Part One - Our Cat is Fat

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A little over a month ago my girlfriend and I got a cat. Her name is Victoria. We got her via Pet Smart and the Toronto Humane Society . S...

Training Montages - What they get right and get wrong

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"There is a saying, a very old saying: When the pupil is ready the master will appear." - Zorro, played by Anthony Hopkins, i...

Specialized Personal Training - Catering to the Needs of the Client

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On several occasions I have been contacted by men who are into MMA (so-called "Mixed Martial Arts") who are looking for a trainer ...