“Shoulders back, chest up.” It may be the most common cue we use, and of course, it’s coming from a place of wanting to ensure safety through good technique. We say it because a tall, open posture looks strong, and because someone once said it to us. The trouble is…
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Eighty per cent. That’s the share of UK secondary schools still putting fitness testing into the PE curriculum, from a survey of 260 of them across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. What’s even more interesting is that sixty-two per cent of those PE teachers either agreed that fitness testing…
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Take the stairs. Although it’s one of the most repeated pieces of health and activity advice, it’s also one of the most underrated, perhaps because its benefits aren’t always immediately obvious. Nobody really believes sixty seconds of anything is going to make any difference whatsoever. But, some recent research using…
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Whatever you charge an hour, you probably arrived at it by rounding up from what the last trainer in your gym was charging, or by picking a number that felt defensible when a client asked. That is how almost everybody in this industry sets their price, because there is nothing…
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Most Pilates instructors learn the same thing, and that’s avoid flexion for anyone with low bone density. That usually means no Roll Down, Roll Up or Rolling Like a Ball. The rule is often presented as fact. Its main source is a 1984 study of 59 women. Only nine were…
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