Structural Balance for Health & Performance
Written by Kim Leggett (Clean Health Online Master Coach) Achieving ‘optimum STRUCTURAL BALANCE’ may not sound as great as ‘building boulder shoulders’ or ‘shedding 10kg of body fat’, but it is a highly important part of achieving either of these goals, and takes even more significance for anyone who coaches athletes of a competitive sport! […]
Top Tips for Overcoming Client Barriers
Written by Jade McKee Starting AND managing to complete a training and nutrition program may be difficult for your client at times. They might start out with the best of intentions, not anticipating any of the potential barriers that may make reaching their goal feel near-impossible at times. The National Health Survey, completed by the […]
What’s The Deal With FODMAPs?
Written by Astrid Naranjo (Clean Health Accredited Clinical Dietitian) Have you or your clients ever experienced bloating, wind and pain in the stomach?You can thank FODMAPs! FODMAP stands for:FermentableOligoDi andMonosaccharidesPolyols They are small-chain of carbohydrates found in foods naturally or as food additives (1) If your body is sensitive to FODMAPs, these can draw water […]
Posing 101
Written by Jade McKee The number one thing to keep in mind when your client decides to enter a bikini competition is that EVERYTHING matters. They are not entering the bodybuilding division – where it’s mainly the quality of their physique that will determine the outcome on the day. To learn how to get your […]
Setting & Reaching Strength Goals With Your Clients
Written by Kim Leggett (Clean Health Online Master Coach) Whenever you start coaching a new client, one of the first questions you should ask them is, ‘what is your goal?’ More often than not, they will say, ‘I want to get stronger.’ But that goal isn’t good enough. Not because it’s not something to strive […]
Top Tips for Pricing Your Services as a Personal Trainer
Written by Kim Leggett (Clean Health Online Master Coach) How do you price your services as you go off into the world of personal training? If you’re struggling to price your coaching services, you’re not alone. One of the most common struggles that new personal trainers find as they start working is finding the right […]
Tempo Revisited
Written by Stefan Ianev (Clean Health Research & Development Specialist) Over the years my stance on many areas relating to training and nutrition has changed and evolved as new and better research become available and I gained more in the trenches experience in the gym. One of those areas in particular is tempo or repetition […]
What to Pack in a Show Day Bag
Written by Jade McKee (Clean Health Online Master Coach) Have you heard Benjamin Franklin’s quote, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”? This rings true for SO many aspects of a competition prep. Packing a bag on show day is one of them. Get it done early – at least by a day […]
Strategies to Burn Stubborn Body Fat
Written by Astrid Naranjo (Clean Health Accredited Clinical Dietitian) If you want to understand how to optimize and reduce stubborn body fat, you have to understand a few key points. The fat burning process: First, let’s review the fat burning process. In order for fat to be lost from a particular area, there are few […]
Top Tips For Self-Care
Written by Jade McKee (Clean Health Online Master Coach) When life gets busy it can be easy forget to take care of yourself. Work can be stressful with strict deadlines to meet, on top of family commitments, and personal goals you are working overtime to achieve. You can be so focused on the end result […]
Is Full Range Always Better for Hypertrophy?
Written by Stefan Ianev (Clean Health Research & Development Specialist) How many times have we all heard or read phrases like: “You must use a full range of motion” “Go all the way down” “Lock out at the top” “Touch the bar to your chest” “Ass to grass” “Partial range equals partial development” … The […]
Understanding the Fat Burning Process
Written by Astrid Naranjo (Clean Health Accredited Clinical Dietitian) Before getting into this topic, we are going to start off by saying fat is a macronutrient but depending on the context, fat can also mean different things (e.g. specific molecules, cells, tissue/food, and/or a physical body state). On a cellular level, there are a bunch of […]
