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What mind skills does a life coaching client need to hone?
So you’ve hired a life coach to give you advice, consulting, counselling and mentoring. As a life coaching client, your coach will guide you as you take on a specific project, goal or transition. But are you honing the right mind skills? Honing the right mind skills Understanding what a…
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What are the eight limbs of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras?
Yoga teaches us to unite our body, mind and spirit. While it does sound like a very personal thing, it also involves the world and people around you. The Ashtanga Yoga System, which is more commonly known as the eight limbs of yoga, provides guidelines on how to live a…
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What is a Physiological Fitness Assessment?
Physiological fitness can be defined as fitness relating to the physical aspects of the human body. Other than psychological and emotional fitness assessments, physiological fitness assessments involve testing a client’s cardio-vascular fitness, muscular strength, flexibility, gait, and others. This article takes a look at what physiological fitness is, when to…
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What Is a Cardio-Respiratory Fitness Assessment?
A cardio-respiratory fitness assessment involves determining how efficiently an athlete’s cardio-respiratory system functions and is a good indicator of how physically fit they are. This assessment is all about endurance, or how well your heart, lungs and muscles work in conjunction while exercising over a specific time period. Let’s take…
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What are inverted poses in Yoga?
An inverted pose is when your hips and heart are higher than your head. In other words, you are upside down. Inverted poses often require good core, shoulder and arm strength to avoid injury. With some poses, inversion is a lot more obvious, like the handstand. However, many of the…
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Common Muscle Injuries a Personal Trainer Needs to Know About
Muscle injuries are all too common in gyms and on sports pitches across the planet. Every single athlete has had to deal with their fair share of these, and they almost always set an athlete back due to recovery time. Luckily, if personal trainers are able to identify muscle injuries…
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