Each Sunday, the PTDC publishes a list of the top fitness content from around the web in four different categories: Articles, Videos, Social Media Posts, and Podcasts.
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Best Content of the Week
Perfectionism, impostor syndrome … whatever you want to call it, it’ll hit you at some point it your career. It’ll hit your clients at some point in their fitness journeys too.
Check out this week’s top article from Erica Suter, who explains how she coaches her athletes through perfectionist plateaus.
—Dani Singer
Best Article
How Youth Female Athletes Can Beat the Perfectionist Trap — Erica Suter, ericasuter.com
Scrub the words “Youth Female Athletes” from the title and put your name in there. We all get stuck in the perfectionist trap sometimes, where you’re frozen in indecision and just can’t seem to get started. This article will give you a gentle kick in the pants to snap out of this mindset so you can grab life by the horns.
— Shane McLean
Best Video
Best Exercises to Improve Your Deadlift — Chad Wesley Smith, Juggernaut Training Systems
This week’s best video is short, to-the-point, and a must-watch for trainers who coach powerlifters or just want to maximize their potential at the big lifts. Chad Wesley Smith shares three of his favorite deadlift variations, what sort of phase and program to use them in, and which part of the exercise they’ll help improve.
— Esther Avant
Best Social Media Post
Posted by Mike Howard on August 12, 2021
The best way to make a habit stick? Make it easy. We make thousands of decisions each day. It’s no wonder we routinely choose the path of least resistance. Instead of trying to fight against this truth, make it work for you. Mike Howard shares five actionable ideas to start making fat loss easy, automated, and successful.
— Christina Abbey
Best Podcast
Breaking Through Plateaus — Jason Leenaarts, Revolutionary You with guest Allan Bacon
Allan Bacon and Jason Leenaarts discuss breaking through nutrition and training plateaus. Bacon talks about how to track food intake accurately (plenty of people forget to count sauces and butters). And he delves into the science of underestimating intake and overestimating activity. Bacon also looks at the human side beyond the numbers to address the full spectrum of how to best help clients break through ruts.
— Mike Howard
More Great Fitness Content
[Article] Food Addiction: Why It Happens and 3 Ways to Help (or Get Help) — Alex Picot-Annand, Elnaz Moghimi, Precision Nutrition
[Video] Can You Fix Valgus Collapse? — Tim Anderson, Original Strength
[Social Media] Is Soreness an Indicator for Muscle Growth? — Ben Carpenter, @bdccarpenter
[Podcast] Are BCAA/EAA, HMB, Collagen Supplements Worth It? — Steve Hall, Revive Stronger with guest Stuart Phillips
| The AuthorDani Singer is a nationally certified personal trainer and nutrition coach based in Baltimore, Maryland. As CEO & Director of Fit2Go Personal Training, he specializes in helping busy professionals make fitness practical. Dani also serves as a fitness expert for national publications such as Reader’s Digest, Muscle & Fitness, and SHAPE Magazine. Keep up with Dani and his team on Facebook and the Fit2Go website. Esther Avant is a certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, mom, and military wife who coaches women online. As the owner of Esther Avant Wellness Coaching and founder of the Gone For Good weight loss program, she specializes in helping do-it-all women lose weight and keep it off by making exercise and nutrition fit their lifestyles, not the other way around. You can find her at www.estheravant.com, on Instagram, and on Facebook. |
