Assessment: Can Your Clients Actually Do What You Want Them to Do?
There’s a lot that needs to be taken into consideration when assessing a new client. Their unique injury history (past and present), goal(s), training experience, time constraints, equipment availability, even their favorite 90’s tv teen drama (if it’s not Party of Five we can’t be friends)… …all are taken into account and cross-pollinated with my […]
The Art of the Indicator Set
The 21st century has graced us with a bevy of technological advances: High-speed internet. Telescopes that now treat us to images of Black Holes Nanotechnology to help improve manufacturing, healthcare, climate change, and agriculture. Pizza crust made out of cauliflower. The health/fitness sector has also benefitted. Trainers have the ability to work with clients from […]
3 Ways to Improve Your Deadlift Without Deadlifting
For the sake of brevity, this post assumes you can perform a deadlift – trap bar, straight bar, a bag of groceries of the ground, a person, whatever – without shitting your spine. If you can’t, go seek out a reputable fitness professional to show you how. Or, you can always check out THIS Cliff […]
5 Things You Can Do Today to Retain Clients
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the most savvy business person. I likely wouldn’t be able to tell you my P & L breakdown for the month of December, I probably wouldn’t be able to tell you how many sessions I completed that month either, and I assuredly, still, would need a few […]
The Power of Test, Re-Test: How to Supercharge and Add Value to Your Assessment
I often speak on the importance of the test/re-test concept with regards to assessment. It’s nothing fancy or elaborate. You test something – whether it be range of motion or maybe a strength discrepancy – implement a “corrective” modality if something’s deemed out of whack, and then re-rest that shit to see if it worked. […]
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Assessment: Can Your Clients Actually Do What You Want Them to Do? January 30, 2026 -
The Art of the Indicator Set January 23, 2026 -
3 Ways to Improve Your Deadlift Without Deadlifting January 16, 2026