Christopher Gagliardi

Repetition tempo is a key, yet often overlooked, variable in resistance-training program design. This article explores how movement tempo influences muscular adaptations, including strength, hypertrophy and power, and examines the latest research on the topic. Gain practical insights on adjusting tempo to align with client goals and ensure that your clients experience effective and engaging training sessions.

Community-based outdoor movement offers three levels of benefits: physical activity, being outdoors and social connection. Learn ways to connect with both nature and your community to improve your physical, mental and emotional health.

To support your immune system, live a healthy lifestyle, as defined by the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine. Read on to learn how to optimize immune system function through exercise, nutrition, restorative sleep and other behavioral changes.

Navigating exercise intensity can be challenging, but understanding VT1 and VT2 makes it easier. This article demystifies these key thresholds and shows how health and exercise professionals can use them to guide clients toward safe and effective workouts.

What can you do to help your clients regain the motivational feeling they felt at the beginning of the year and get back on track with their goals? Here is a four-step process you can use with your clients to reinvigorate their vision of living a healthier life and tips for sticking with the pursuit of goals after the initial excitement wears off.

Walking is also a low-impact activity, says Chris Gagliardi, personal trainer and scientific education content manager at the American Council on Exercise.

Pre & post-natal training is going to look different than your average training session. Check out these specific considerations personal trainers need to make.

Are you struggling to understand the primary energy pathways and how the body uses the energy formed from each system? Here’s a quick breakdown of the phosphagen, anaerobic and aerobic pathways that fuel the body through all types of activity.

Learn about the new blood pressure guidelines and the impacts that they have had. Last year was the first time they were updated since 2003.

There has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of diabetes over the past several decades, which makes it increasingly likely that you will work with clients who have some form of diabetes. Here is a basic primer on how insulin affects the body and the different types of diabetes you may encounter among your clients.

Posture and movement assessments are essential to designing an exercise program that meets the needs of your clients. Through these assessments, you can identify which muscles need to be stretched or strengthened to help improve overall function and movement.

Partner exercises are a great way to add some creativity to your workouts, as well as offer possibilities for small group and group training. Check out this fun and unique partner workout, which includes exercises that are done during a jiu-jitsu class to help improve strength, balance and coordination.

Partner exercises are a great way to add a new challenge to your routine and keep your workouts fresh. This unique jiu jitsu-inspired partner warm-up is a fun way to prepare your body for your next workout, as well as improve your strength, balance and coordination.

The Brazilian art of Jiu Jitsu offers an excellent way to strengthen and increase agility throughout the entire body. The exercises featured in this Jiu Jitsu-inspired routine can add great variety to your existing program or be used to create an intense, total-body workout.