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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

How I Fixed My Chronic Back Pain — Yusef Smith, Propane Fitness

Chronic back pain is something you’ll hear about from your neighbor, your mailman, your mother, your clients. You may have experienced it yourself. It’s not just depressingly common, it’s incredibly debilitating for some.

Worst of all, nobody really understands back pain. Doctors and therapists have pieces of the puzzle (unless we’re talking about the gurus who promise to balance your chakras), but too many practitioners are prisoners to their own confirmation bias. In their eyes, every patient’s back pain is caused by whatever the practitioner is trained to fix.

In this week’s top article, Yusef Smith tells how he, as a doctor, navigated the controversies to find the true cause of his own back pain, and to make it stop.

— Dani Singer

Best Article

Can End-Range Training Prevent Injuries? — Jenni Rawlings and Travis Pollen, jennirawlingsblog.com

You may have read that closing the gap between your active and passive range of motion lowers your chance of injury. But that’s not always the case, as Jenni Rawlings and Travis Pollen explain in this detailed, well-researched article on mobility, yoga, and strength training.

— Shane McLean

Best Video

Is Fasted Exercise Better for Fat Loss? — Layne Norton

You’ve likely been asked this question a time or two: “Will I burn more fat if I don’t eat before I work out?” The answer, as Layne Norton explains in this highly digestible primer on fasted vs. fed training, it really depends on what you mean by “more.”

— Esther Avant

Best Social Media Post

Posted by Aadam Ali on Thursday, June 25, 2020

Aadam Ali’s infographic breaks down the role insulin plays in the body, explaining why it’s not the reason we pack on body fat. You’ll want to bookmark this one, both for your own reference and to share with your clients.

— Christina Abbey

Best Podcast

Toss a Coin to Your Trainer — John Berardi, Dean Guedo, and Andrew Coates, The Fitness Devil

Precision Nutrition cofounder John Berardi is as close as anyone we know to a living legend in the fitness industry. In this entertaining chat, he talks about writing for T Nation, launching a business in the early days of the internet, building a team of all-stars, and enjoying a sustainable career in fitness and nutrition.

— Mike Howard

More Great Fitness Content 

[Podcast] The Great Weight Vest Experiment — James Krieger, Dean Guedo, and Jeb Stuart Johnston, Barbell Mesearch

[Video] The Best Core Work for Weightlifters and Powerlifters — Darren Barnes and Aaron Horschig, Squat University

[Article] Five Metrics You Should Focus on When You Return to the Gym — Kevin Mullins, kevinmullinsfitness.com

[Article] Simplifying Core Strength — Tom Morrison, tommorrison.uk

[Social Media] Total Calories Matter More than Food Quality for Weight Control — Jason Falcon

Tired of training clients at 5 a.m.?

We all have to pay our dues. For many fitness pros, that means training clients or teaching classes or opening your gym long before the sun comes up.

But if you’ve been paying those dues for years on end, maybe it’s time for a change. Time to try something different. Time to consider another way to make a living while still doing what you love.

That’s why we created the Online Trainer Academy.

Since 2016, we’ve helped thousands of personal trainers, nutrition coaches, and gym owners—serious, passionate fitness professionals like you—launch online training businesses.

Some now do all their coaching online. Others do a combination of in-person and online training. Still others work part-time with online clients to supplement their income from another business.

They all have one thing in common: What they were doing before wasn’t working for them.

They needed a change, and their Online Trainer Academy Level 1 Certification gave them the knowledge and skills to make it happen.

If you love coaching but hate doing it on someone else’s schedule, maybe it’s time to try online training.

Consider this your wake-up call.

The Author

Dani 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.