An exciting career in the fitness industry is just around the corner. CMS Fitness courses offer a range of health and fitness qualifications, from a Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training to a Level ...

Today’s fitness blog discusses the use of METS to estimate calorie expenditure. METS, or metabolic equivalents, are a highly effective way for personal trainers to measure their clients’ progress.

Ratio: the lactic acid ratio is: 1:4, 1:3 or 1:2. It is recommended you start on the highest ratio (1:4) and progress down the ratios as your lactic acid tolerance and lactic acid removal pathways ...

Relapse Movement out of the circle Loss of motivation and commitment. Barriers are presented [reasons for not continuing with change] Exercising decreases or ceases due to an injury, job change, ...

Dealing with Client and Participant Complaints Think of a complaint as an opportunity to solve a problem and make the customer happy. Handling clients and participant complaints and ensuring you ...

Customer Service Customer Service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction, ensuring that a product or service has met the customer’s expectations. It’s ...

Common Barriers to Exercise Participation Screening, personal-profiling, and goal-setting help provide an accurate picture of an individual and allow a personalised training programme to be designed.

Carbohydrate requirements in different groups. The Athlete Many considerations for carbohydrate requirements and athletes are discussed later. AS already established, carbohydrates, in particular ...

Flexibility refers to the range of movement possible at a joint or joints and will be influenced by the type of joint (ball and socket, hinge etc). The agonist or prime mover creates movement at a ...

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are a group of conditions that affect the bones, joints, muscles and spine, and are a common cause of severe long term pain and physical disability. Special ...

An Introduction To Bones Bones are the rigid parts of the skeleton that support and protect the body’s organs. They are made of living tissue that can grow and repair itself. Bones also produce blood ...

INTRODUCTION: Mitch Lisle has been a personal trainer and manager at The Treadmill Gym in Halifax, West Yorkshire for the past five years. BACKGROUND: Born and bred in Yorkshire. While in the sixth ...