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It's essential to work your rear delts (posterior deltoids). Bent over dumbbell lateral raises are good, so are reverse pec deck as Ronin4help said.

I'm a Trainer out of California, but I'm moving to Eugene Oregon in May/June. Any Trainers have any advice or tips on a good gym in the Eugene area to apply to as a trainer?
What's the market like...

I'm a big fan of Excel and Word. It's a lot easier to write out workouts for your clients once you have a basic spreadsheet already set up. There's really no limit to what you can do with these two...

Well said Tony. I can respect your opinion.

Yeah, we established that we're not talking about professional coaches who make millions or Olympic athlete coaches. We're just talking about the average gym trainer.

I understand why a lot of trainers would get upset at the idea of someone trying to rush their certification process. However being certified is just a very small but necessary part of being a...

The military will actually pay for a decent portion of your certification if you still have your GI Bill. NASM also has several different academy's you can go to and receive classroom hands on...

Pull ups usually mean palms forward away from your body. Chin ups are palms facing in towards your body. Usually, depends on who you talk to I guess.

Two things you have to do is start training some people to know and see if it's something you can do 6-8 hours a day, and then sign up for a certification and get studying. Most of the people that...

I'd tell your girlfriend to do 10 sets of 1 rep of her max lift in Bench press. After that do 500 sit ups. Have her do that twice a week and tell her she has to eat lots of double cheeseburgers,...

Are you running on the sidewalk? Shin splints develope a lot easier from running on concrete. If you can run on dirt it's ideal, then grass, then the street and last is the sidewalk. Also check your...

Very few people actually need a special pair of shoes designed for them. It's real nice and everything but usually unnecessary. The only reason to look into that would be if you were getting injuries...

On a Scale from 1 to 10 I would give jump roping an 8.5

pcproffy,

You know a lot of people took me writing this as a way of me saying that I'm better than everyone else. I'm just saying this what being a personal trainer means to me.

As for your...

I love jump rope, I do 10-20 minutes in my workouts whenever I'm cutting weight. Awesome cardio.

People are becoming a lot more injury cautious now in days and that's why newer trainers are starting to promote 90 degrees now. Most of the certifying schools are teaching 90 degrees. The truth is...

You're an idiot dude. Run along and let the grown folks talk.

I train mainly as a bodybuilder and understand why a lot of bodybuilders don't like cardio. Yet the truth remains that doing cardio gives you the conditioning to intensify and do more advanced weight...

The crazy thing is that people are getting more gym memberships and shopping at healthier markets more than ever but obesity still continues to grow. There are a lot of people that want to eat right...

I've always felt like leg press is over rated as a compound exercise. It's a good exercise, but doesn't compare to squats, RDL's, or lunges. But you can absolutely do them in the same workout. I...