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Barbell Workout for Women
Kari Fry |
Barbell Workout for Women
We sat down with Personal Trainer and Study Active assessor Louise to get her thoughts on barbell exercises and how to create a winning barbell workout. Introduction to Barbell Workouts...
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Strength Training for Runners
Kari Fry |
Strength Training for Runners
Strength training can be an important tool for runners to incorporate into their workout routines, helping them to exercise key muscle groups, develop a good core strength and improve endurance....
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How to Gain Muscle
Kari Fry |
How to Gain Muscle
Many people often enter the gym or work with a personal trainer with the goal of gaining muscle. We spoke with Personal Trainer and Study Active assessor Colin Archer to...
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The Best Ab Workouts for Women
Kari Fry |
The Best Ab Workouts for Women
Ab workouts are often a focus for women in their fitness training and a popular question asked of Personal Trainers is which exercises are the best ones. We caught up...
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Training: Treadmill vs Running Outside
Kari Fry |
Training: Treadmill vs Running Outside
Many people like to include running in their workout routines. We asked Personal Trainer and Study Active assessor Louise Henderson to talk us through some of the differences and benefits...
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Best Exercises to Lose Belly Fat
Kari Fry |
Best Exercises to Lose Belly Fat
A common question asked by clients to Personal Trainers is how they can best lose belly fat. Whilst spot reduction unfortunately does not exist we asked Personal Trainer and Study...
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What is Hypertrophy Training?
Kari Fry |
What is Hypertrophy Training?
Hypertrophy with regard to muscle and exercise/training is defined as "an increase in the size of muscle cells" (Quinn, 2021) In essence, the theory of hypertrophy training is to make...
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How to Get Better at Pull Ups
Kari Fry |
How to Get Better at Pull Ups
Pull ups are a great example of an upper body exercise and having the correct form can make all the difference to the results they can provide. We sat down...
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Squat Alternatives
Rob Spicer |
Squat Alternatives
Squats can be an excellent form of exercise, but they aren’t always suitable for everyone and for some people, they may be looking for the best squat alternative to adapt...
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How to Find Clients for Personal Training
Rob Spicer |
How to Find Clients for Personal Training
An important question for all personal trainers is how to find new clients for their personal training business. We sat down with Personal Trainer Hannah Groves to ask her thoughts...
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10 of the best stretching exercises for the lower back
James Luscombe |
10 of the best stretching exercises for the lower back
As a nation we are facing an epidemic of lower back pain hence the need to take good care of our backs through appropriate lower back exercise and lower back...
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James Luscombe |
Funding your course with an Advanced Learner Loan
Exploring pros and cons of funding a Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer course via a Government 19+ loan versus self-funding. Advanced Learner Loans (also called 19+ loans), are like university...
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Why personal trainers with a Level 3 or Level 4 nutrition qualification should not be writing meal plans or providing non-generic or specialist advice - Study Active - Personal Trainer Courses
James Luscombe |
Why personal trainers with a Level 3, Level 4 or Level 5 nutrition qualification should not be writing meal plans or providing non-generic or specialist advice
Study Active & The Association for Nutrition (AfN) The Study Active philosophy is to provide the correct information, advice and guidance to our students. With regards to this, a question...
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