Have you ever been in a conversation with a client thinking you knew exactly where it was going? Instead of listening did you launch into giving a bunch of information only to find out that was [...]
Confidence is such a dynamic social cognitive construct. In much of the reading I’ve done on confidence it talks about successful athletes having it and less successful athletes not having [...]
The results of many self reported studies suggest that cooperative (versus competitive) sports enhances girls’ physical ability self-concept and physical appearance self-concept, where [...]
I am currently working with a female triathlete who is dealing with several challenging issues, but the most difficult issue for this athlete, as is true for many athletes, has been her negative [...]
As much as I love the post-workout adrenaline rush, and the general feeling of well-being that you earn through consistently taking good care of yourself, that feeling isn’t usually enough to get [...]
For centuries women didn’t participate in physical activity due to medical fears of sterility or fear of becoming too masculine. Near the end of the 19th century industrialization and technology [...]
On Monday I talked about the psychological benefits of exercise. As a personal trainer it’s important that you understand these because besides losing weight and getting stronger these are [...]
Supporting people who are new to exercise is not as much about the exercise as it is the relationship, the support and how you communicate with your client. Part of that relationship, support and [...]
I have been saving this blog for the right time and now seems like a good time to talk about therapy on the internet. Why? It’s this time of the year that people write New Year’s [...]
What does ‘Happy New Year’ mean to you? For me it means that hopefully 2012 is a happy year. And ‘happy’ means what? It means different things to different people and that [...]
