Do You REALLY Understand Your Client’s Body Composition?
Written by Master Coach Kim Leggett When your client comes to you with a new goal, it is often one of either two camps – fat loss or muscle gain… but where does improving body composition sit amongst this? The main pitfall of anyone looking to lose fat happens when they step on the scale, […]
Top 5 Tips to Motivate Your Clients
Written by Lauren Irvine There’s nothing more exciting for a client than starting a new program with a coach. Motivation is often high in the beginning, with clients determined to hit their goals. But a few weeks in, they may not be getting results as quickly as they thought, or they’re not as enthusiastic about […]
Strength Vs Hypertrophy Training
Written by Master Coach Kim Leggett When it comes to goal-specific resistance training, understanding the acute training variables and how to change these over time in order to elicit the right results is one of the most-challenging aspects of programming. Variables such as exercise selection, sequence, sets, reps, rest periods and time under tension will […]
Understanding Maintenance Calories
Your client has finished their fat loss phase, making it to their goal weight. Check. They then followed their reverse diet to a tee. Check.What comes next? What is the benefit of your client eating at their maintenance level of calories? What are “maintenance” calories? When your client is eating at “maintenance”, this is the […]
How to Develop Power- Part 1
Written by Stefan Ianev (Research & Development Specialist) Power is the motor quality that separates the great athletes from everyone else in most sports. World renowned strength coach, Charles Poliquin, who had perhaps the greatest track record of any strength coach in history used to have a saying that in most sports, “The money is […]
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE AUSTRALIAN STRENGTH COACH SEBASTIAN OREB: VIDEO
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE AUSTRALIAN STRENGTH COACH SEBASTIAN OREB: VIDEO
Effective Coaching for Different Types of Clients
Written by Education Manager, Stefan Ianev An important component of coaching which is often overlooked and not commonly used by personal trainers is personality profiling. The more you know about your client’s personality type, the more effectively you can communicate with them, and make better decisions about what type of training and nutrition plan they […]
Program Design for Fat Loss
Written by Master Coach Kim Leggett When it comes to designing a program for a client, we need to firstly look at their goal in order to ascertain what approach and training systems will best elicit results. The number one principle we look at when designing a program for fat loss is ensuring we are […]
Conservative Vs Aggressive Reverse Diets
Written by Master Coach Kim Leggett Going on a diet appears to be the obvious first step for anyone who has made the decision to take control of their physique and lose some fat. However, not everyone should do so! If your client is someone who has a history of yo-yo dieting, severe calorie restriction […]
YOUR ANIMATED STUDENT EXPERIENCE – SSIC LEVEL 1
A Day In The Life Of The Australian Strength Coach, Sebastian Oreb!
Written by Lauren Irvine To celebrate the upcoming launch of our Strength System Level 1 Certification, we spent the day with our course author, Sebastian Oreb to find out a little bit more about one of the world’s most successful strength coaches. As the Australian Strength Coach, Sebastian has trained some of the world’s top […]
How to Begin a Career in the Fitness Industry
Written by Lauren Irvine So you’ve decided you want to become a personal trainer or coach, congratulations! Launching a career in fitness can be exciting, but it can also become overwhelming. You need to consider what course to do, where you’d like to work, and what area you want to specialize in – which can all […]
