Flip Your Script

Over the years I have treated patients and trained clients who have/had pelvic floor dysfunction of some sort. The commonality of these types of issues is more prevalent than you think. One in three women will experience a pelvic floor disorder (PFD) in their lifetime. For women, PFD’s occur when women have weakened pelvic muscles…

With the aging Boomers around the country, Physical Therapists, Personal Trainers and other professionals who work with the aging population have found themselves overrun with treating balance issues, neurological diseases, bone and joint problems and a handful of other problems that affect a person’s ability to function from day to day. Personal Trainers like myself…

I struggle with this issue on the reg and it never gets any easier. Ask any serious trainer who is in the market about bettering themselves and making themselves available to a broader client-base, we all think about it constantly. Why? The fitness world is an ever-changing environment, constantly adding new and interesting workouts, apps…

Let me start out by saying that I truly admire bodybuilders for the hard work that they put in to their bodies day in and day out because obviously it’s not something everyone can do. What sparked this entry was a conversation I was having at work about somebody who frequents the gym, actively competes…

As I’ve stated many times before, personal fitness trainers are multi-faceted in their jobs because let’s face it, we have to be. You can’t teach someone how to be a people person, either you have the gift of versatility when you speak to a client or you don’t. Sure, you can wiggle your way through…

I was watching a TikTok yesterday which contained an interview with a so-called ‘Trainer’ saying that sometimes fat-shaming is needed to help motivate a client to self-motivate themselves into progressing in their fitness journey. Using phrases like ‘I had a fat client who……or ‘Fat-clients need to suck it up sometimes because….’ THIS IS NEVER OKAY…

In today’s society, it seems that men are becoming more and more displaced in regards to how we’re seen as contributing members of society due to the boom of strong, independent females as well as causes such as Planned Parenthood, the Feminist movement and such others. Now, do not misconstrue what I am trying to…

If you have a goal, any goal, the biggest part of achieving that goal is breaking through those annoying voices in your head telling you that for whatever reason, you can’t achieve it. Any fitness instructor and trainer will tell you that every client they’ve ever had has felt like this at some point, from…

Since the dawn of time, men’s sexual health has always been a topic of great importance for the person involved as well as their partners. From pills to tonics and beyond, we’ve always tried to improve on our sexual virility and potency. Since Viagra came on the scene, it’s been a ray of hope for…

Fat-shaming and body shaming are relatively new terms to edge their way into the vernacular of American language but here we are. These types of discrimination have been going on since the beginning of civilized time, we just didn’t have names and phrases to convey what it was. Fat/Body-shaming is the direct or indirect way…