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How to Be the Best Gym Trainer | Top Skills & Success Tips
Jonathan Buffard |
How to Be the Best Gym Trainer | Top Skills & Success Tips
Being a gym trainer is more than just leading workouts. If you’re looking to elevate your career and become an exceptional gym trainer, here are the ten key skills and...
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What's the Cost For Opening a New Gym?
Jonathan Buffard |
What's the Cost For Opening a New Gym?
Aspiring gym owners are stepping into an exciting business opportunity that combines a passion for fitness with the drive to succeed. Starting a gym requires a solid grasp of the...
How to create a home gym
Jemma Walsh |
How to create a home gym
Whilst a gym membership has long been seen as the standard action to take in order to get fit, since the pandemic (when gyms closed) the concept of a home...
How to Improve Your Deadlift
Kari Fry |
How to Improve Your Deadlift
Not an exercise for everyone, but for many, the deadlift is a favourite and challenging part of a workout routine. The deadlift is a complex move, so it is important...
The Best Tricep Exercises for Women
Kari Fry |
The Best Tricep Exercises for Women
Incorporating tricep exercises into your workout routine can provide a number of benefits, and there are many different exercises you can choose from to mix up your workouts each week....
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...
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....
Effective Kettlebell Workouts
Kari Fry |
Effective Kettlebell Workouts
We asked Personal Trainer and Study Active assessor Rebecca Ireland to share her advice and recommendations for getting the most out of using kettlebells and creating effective kettlebell workouts. IMPORTANT:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...