The 8 Key Mistakes That New Personal Trainers Make When Writing a Strength & Weight Loss Workout Plan

The 8 Key Mistakes that New Personal Trainers Make When Writing a Strength & Weight Loss Workout Plan

If you are a newly certified personal trainer, your first task should be actually writing some personal training programs for your future clients. In the below video, I take you through the process of actually writing two personal training programs: a strength program and a conditioning program. Then we’ll analyze the program together as we focus on correcting the 8 key mistakes that new personal trainers make in their programs.

Mobility Training

Mobility vs Flexibility vs Yoga vs Stretching

Exercise is essential for good health, but I am assuming you already know that.  But did you know Mobility Training is just as essential?  Do you even know what Mobility Training is and how it differs from concepts like flexibility, yoga, and stretching?  That’s what this article is all about.  Because without sufficient mobility, you cannot be all that you wish to be.  This applies whether your chosen craft is golf, strength training, CrossFit, or endurance running.  You are not as efficient as a runner, you are more likely to get injured as a golfer, you are slower in CrossFit than you ought to be, and as a powerlifter, your recovery times are slower.  Mobility is critical for all sports and physical activities.  Period.

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Exercise Optimization in Personal Training

Exercise Optimization

Exercise Optimization of: Accessories vs Conditioning vs Correctives vs Warmups vs Cooldowns. Exercise Optimization is key to designing effective personal training & CrossFit workouts. Exercise Optimization is the specific selection of which exercise should be done, at what time, and in which sequence.

8 Tips for Designing Strength and Weight Loss Programs Final 3

8 Tips for Designing a Strength and Weight Loss Workout Plan

Designing strength and weight loss workout plans is both an art and a science.  One needs to consider intensity volume, frequency, exercise selection, and order.  But a successful personal trainer also needs to build fun and engaging workouts.  Here are 8 expert tips for building out a better workout plan.  Plus, we include 8 workouts designed for beginners starting a weight loss and strength workout regimen.

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