This week we’re bringing you ways to assess and think about your fitness, how to build a quality strength program, some benefits of single-leg training and a round up from CES. Until next week!

This post is a year old but everything said a year ago holds true today here. Tracking your progress is an important part of improving health and fitness for many people, so here’s 11 different ways to assess your fitness level, some of which are more useful than others when it comes to working with your clients.

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Hand in hand with the above article, Kevin Cann reminds us that strength is a broad concept with many components to it, not just because you can lift 3x bodyweight in your deadlifts.

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Jordan Syatt wrote this article last year, as a comprehensive view on how best to approach your strength training program design. And it really is comprehensive!
Jordan takes you through how he views best practice for the entire process: assessing clients, understanding movement patterns, different strength training programming designs and a lot more, all in enough detail for you to take what you learn and apply it appropriately to yourself and your clients.

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Arguments have been going on for a long time in the fitness world around the benefits of unilateral vs bilateral leg training. Mike Robertson shares five good reasons to include single-leg training in your clients’ routines.

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The Consumer Electronics Show took place earlier this month. Sid Shah takes us through some of the most interesting fitness, health & wellness products that were on display.
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