You do not have to be an athlete to be fit. You do not have to “get really good at something” to enjoy the type of fitness that the fitness industry should generally be promoting, general health-related fitness. Yet, the fitness industry continues to conflate athletic fitness and ‘training’ with general health-related fitness. It is … Read more
Previous: The Data Dump In Fitness Information | Table Of Contents I saw a fitness post the one day that said, “If there is no progress there is no health benefit.” I replied that this is not necessarily true, but the author of the post decided not to engage me on the subject. The statement … Read more
Blogs and magazine articles abound that are aimed at changing people’s attitudes about fitness. I particularly notice those that concern attitudes towards strength training. Just recently I complained about the “selling of strength training” and much of my writing concerns strength training “propaganda” as I call it. More often, however, it is not propaganda. In … Read more
Since the term fitness community is used so often and people even consider the fitness industry to be a ‘community,’ the title of this article may need some clarification. Of course, there are communities built around fitness, but there is no ONE fitness community. Instead, there are many different groups. These groups are what social … Read more
I try to keep my cool, but when 20-something certified “fitness trainers” start going on about how nobody wants to work hard, I start getting antsy. Sometimes I think that before you make such a statement you should have to list out your job history. Does it look something like this? 2012: Graduated High School … Read more
A big bad word that I stopped using a long time ago, when working with people in their strength training: EXCUSE. As the title suggests, I think this can be a lazy attack word for personal trainers who may not really understand the responsibilities and stresses with which their clients have to contend. I cringe … Read more