Fitness Innovation Workshop

The DEXA Scan: How They Are Helpful for Fitness Clients With or Without Osteoporosis 💥

Many personal trainers wear a health and wellness cap, with interests going far beyond exercise, though it’s all interwoven. Osteoporosis and bone fractures are common issues, especially in our aging population. A DEXA scan is a non-invasive test that measures bone mineral density to assess if a person is at risk of osteoporosis or fracture. Some companies and organizations may abbreviate the scans as DXA. Understanding how screening tests like DEXA scans and prevention measures work, may be of interest to fitness professionals. 👇🏼

https://www.nfpt.com/blog/dexa-scan

我不會預測什麼歷史，但沒有什麼是不可能的。

Facing Fatigue Factors: Exercise Fatigue vs. Chronic Fatigue 💥

Professional Trainers and many clients have started or will soon establish “new normal” patterns for exercise after our COVID-19 “gap year.” One aspect of this gap year emergence is fatigue, which NFL Coach Vince Lombardi once asserted “makes cowards of us all.” 👇🏼

https://www.nfpt.com/blog/facing-fatigue-factors-exercise-fatigue-vs-chronic-fatigue

【結合專項訓練知識打造更好成績】

香港人十分鍾意做運動，唔少運動項目都會搵專項教練去學，不論打拳定係跑步，游水定係跳舞，都鍾意搵返個專項教練教自己。但係，作為專項教練既你，又可唔可以係你既專項以外搵多一樣幫到自己專項之餘同時擴闊自己市場既專業知識？

私人教練既知識最適合幫到各類教練為自己既學員提供更針對性既強化練習，唔係淨係可以上網搵下片睇下邊啲動作啱用啱操就算，更重要係當你掌握到私人教練既訓練理論同教學模式，配合返你自己既專項運動，例如教拳既教練點令自己學員更有氣有力，教跳舞既又點樣可以維持柔軟度之餘仲可以提升爆發力去表現？呢啲都會係FIW-NFPT-CPT私人教練課程幫到你。

除此以外，你仲可以幫到你既學生喺有特定需要既時候提供埋相關專業服務，又或者可以係市場上成為私人健身教練之餘，再搵到更多既學生加入自己既專項訓練，到時可以練到更多拳手同舞者，幫到人又幫到自己呢！

如果你都想知道更多有關用唔同既訓練方法達到有效既訓練目標，不妨留意住我哋專頁，或者報讀即將舉辦既FIW-NFPT-CPT課程啦！相關活動資料：https://www.facebook.com/events/456720412195531

Understanding Achilles Tendon 💥

In Greek mythology, the warrior Achilles was known to have one weak spot: his heel. Because of this, the idiom Achilles’ heel is often used to describe one’s weakness or vulnerability. It might be surprising to learn that the Achilles tendon is actually the strongest tendon in the body. A closer look at the Achilles tendon can give a better understanding as to why, despite its strength, this tendon is vulnerable to injury.

More importantly, understanding the Achilles tendon allows us to be vigilant in injury prevention and to support our clients as they try new activities or as they progress. 👇🏼

https://www.nfpt.com/blog/understanding-achilles-tendon

我點燃了火，我每天都訓練，我添加更多的燃料。在恰到好處的時刻，我讓比賽發光。

Using the 5 “Whys” to Identify Client Wants and Needs While Goal-Setting 💥

When we first meet with a client, it is standard practice of effective trainers to have goal-setting exploratory discussions; you can’t know where to lead your client if you have no idea where they want to go. But goals are like feelings: unless people have a ton of experience exploring them, it’s very difficult to understand them let alone name them. To help your clients identify their authentic health and fitness goals, you can delve much deeper into their wants and needs while goal-setting by using a series of “whys”. 👇🏼

https://www.nfpt.com/blog/5-whys-indentify-wants-and-needs

「職場知識，即學即用私人教練生存技巧」

FIW-NFPT-CPT國際認可的私人教練課程將私人教練內容分成五大課題，包括「人體解剖學」、「人體生物力學」、「體適能組成要素」、「訓練計劃的設計、執行與調整」及「專業操守與溝通技巧」。

當中既「專業操守及溝通技巧」就直接教導學員由第一步點樣為自己定位，到第一次接觸訓練對象既時候，逐步逐步拆解客戶疑難，配合專業既私人教練專業範疇指引，點樣可以為訓練對象安排適合既訓練課程之外，再配合唔同既資源去為訓練對象安排完整既健康生活模式。

一個課程最重要既，唔止係課程內容，更重要係學返嚟既嘢係咪同實際情況相關，而當實際情況面對既問題解決唔到，FIW更提供六個月指導，所有考試合格的學員除了獲得由美國NFPT直接發出的國際認可私人教練證書之外，更可以獲得導師提供六個月的支援服務，讓學員係實際面對訓練對象時所觸及既問題都可以搵到導師幫手提供意見，不論係訓練方法定係溝通技巧，都可以獲得全面既支援，手把手教你成為專業私人教練。

如果你一直擔心，讀完個課程都唔知自己做唔做得嚟，我哋既課程就解決咗你呢個問題啦！心動不如行動，報讀即將舉辦既FIW-NFPT-CPT課程啦！相關活動資料：https://www.facebook.com/events/456720412195531

NFPT Blog May 2021 Favorites 💥

The month of May ushered in slightly warmer weather for those of us in a temperate climate, more gym openings, and eased restrictions, and a slight uptick in energy and excitement around the fitness industry with the slowing down of the pandemic. We’re eager to get back to work and leave the negative consequences of this year behind us!

Now that more folks are going back to the gym, the question of tax exemptions and health insurance incentives may come up. We also wanted to know more about loss of internal hip rotation—a bigger problem than we probably thought—and how to program a quick bodyweight workout for our clients still working out at home. And let’s not forget the feel-good entries of celebrating professional trainer milestones and learning from the silly mistakes we make as fitpros! Read on! 👇🏼

https://www.nfpt.com/blog/nfpt-blog-may-2021-favorites

不到最後，不算終結。

💥 WHY IS IT CALLED A DUMBBELL.... And other fitness terms you always wondered about 💥

Dumbbells, Tabata, Bulgarian split squat?

Who came up with these less-than-intuitive names and what do they really mean?

https://www.nfpt.com/blog/why-is-it-called-dumbbell

【ABCDE飲食健身法 | Part 2/3】

在Part 1，我們已提及過身體裏有最好、最理想的「貨源」去創造最大程度的肌肉增長，甚至比合成類固醇／荷爾蒙更甚，那究竟有什麽“秘方”可以觸發（Trigger）這些貨源啟動？

我們很奇怪在香港甚至整個亞洲也沒人發現這秘方。在過去的22年裏，筆者不斷閱讀及練習有關體適能（General Fitness）、體能（Strength & Conditioning）、功能性訓練（Functional Training ）及健美運動（Bodybuilding）等等的知識，從没一次看過有人提及此方法，更別說有相關文獻了。

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這方法的特別之處，在於可以令任何人增加肌肉，無論是男性或女性，有健身甚至不健身也可以。你可以說它是一種強大的「合成代謝雞尾洒（Anabolic Cocktail）」，將所有增加肌肉的荷爾蒙混合在一起，形成最天然、最有效的配方。

在1996年7月刊的Muscle Media，Michael Mooney提及過：沒有可能在只用一種合成荷爾蒙（Anabolic Hormone）包括胰島素（Insulin）、生長激素（Growth Hormone）、類胰島素生長因子（IGF-1）或睪固酮（Testosterone）的情況下，就能提供理想的肌肉增長環境。Mooney更提及這就是為何從事健美運動（Bodybuilding ）的人需要多種藥物搭配（Stack），去嘗試模仿身體天然及完美的「增長肌肉荷爾蒙搭配（Hormonal Muscle-building Stack）」。

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用多種藥物搭配的方法雖然也有很大的效果，但我們並不鼓勵，一來犯法（在相熟藥房能買到的Testoviron、Testosterone Enanthate、Sustanon、Deca Durabolin、Proviron、Insulin、Humatrope……等等，一旦在街上被執法人員發現而你沒有醫生處方（Medical Prescription）的話，輕則罰錢留案底，重則監禁。而用黑市藥的話，除了有以上的違法情況，更可能有藥物和標籤不符（量不足或藥不對），使你蒙受金錢損失，更嚴重者，是肯定會令你身體受到極大傷害。

用這秘方--ABCDE飲食健身法（Anabolic Burst Cycling of Diet and Exercice）就沒有上文的問題了。這個方法簡單、直接，用飲食的循環就可以啟動身體的多種增長肌肉「天然荷爾蒙」了。

在Part 3，我們會描述怎樣去製訂ABCDE的計劃。