Program Design

As health and exercise professionals, we often work with clients who have weight-loss goals. But are we doing a disservice or potentially harming clients if intentional weight loss is the primary goal? Learn why a weight-neutral approach may be a more effective way to achieve long-term success and improved health outcomes for your clients.

This article identifies four possible causes of knee pain and describes six exercises that could help to reduce it and get you back to enjoying the activities you enjoy.

As the weather warms up and it becomes more enjoyable to be outside, you can add variety to your clients’ exercise programs by incorporating more outdoor workouts. Check out these seven options for designing outdoor workouts that could help clients focus on burning fat to achieve a healthy body weight.

Meeting weight-loss goals can be tricky, but it can be helpful to consider that losing weight ultimately comes down to creating and sustaining daily habits that, when achieved, support weight loss. Learn how “small” thinking can lead to “big” changes when it comes to habits and achieving longer-term goals.

As a health and exercise professional, you are most impactful when you can help guide your clients to uncover and shape their own goals, as opposed to telling them what you think they should do. Your job is to help them figure out the root of their goals—the reasons why they want to accomplish them. Here are some ideas for how you can help them get started.