Off-Site Training: Considerations for Training Children with Special Needs
If done incorrectly, leaving the comfort of the traditional training environment can become chaotic. These basic guidelines will make it a positive experience.
Don't Sweat the NEW Stuff
Change can manifest disaster for a child with autism. Here are three steps to follow when presenting something NEW in the training schedule.
Five Gray Areas You're Not Considering
These areas will significantly increase how a child is progressing in the gym.
12-Week Progress Report
Blaine needs this training to help address the stress and frustrations he will have all his life.
Four Exercises Your Child Wants To Do
Using some basic equipment from elitefts, here are four easy and inexpensive ways to make typical exercises child friendly.
Developmental Strength: Modifications & Some Choices
Every client has the right to an effective program. It's all about applying accommodating, modifying, and offering support.
Whoopee Cushion Invasion
All fell victim to this except for Matt Goodwin, who has become so accustomed to such wet bugle blasts as to not notice.
Talking about Autism with Matt Wenning
I like training athletes, but when you can help a child walk or save someone's life, that's a big deal.
Creating the Schedule
Dave and I planned that Tuesdays would be a good day that Blaine and I could routinely work together.
I Train. You Train. We Train.
Dave wants the best for his son; he wants the world for his son; a world that also balances movement, strength, exertion, all with a self-motivating willingness to be active.
Autism Awareness: Resources
April is Autism awareness month. Reliable, accurate, and useful information should be accessible to those faced with the diagnosis of a loved one and the inevitable challenges that will arise.
Four Things My Decade of Autism Fitness Programming Has Taught Me
Whether you are training high school athletes, professional sports icons, or people with special needs, you're working with human movement and behavior..and there will always be underlying correlations.
People Do What Works
It's often a challenge to train an unmotivated client or a client with special needs. However, if you can apply some basic behavioral fundamentals, you can be empowered to take control of your training sessions and help your client reach his/her goals.
Specialized Training Programs for Children with Disabilities
It's an area that is in dire need of attention; however, basic programming knowledge will not suffice. If you want to help children with disabilities, specialized knowledge and insight must first be gained.
Getting Children with Special Needs Excited to Exercise
Getting kids to exercise is never the easiest of tasks, especially when working with those who need a little more attention. However, it's all about finding what brings them joy.
Under the Bar: Fathers and Children with Disabilities
Rather than just being the guy called in to school when mom is angry, dads have a valuable roles and responsibilities. Involving and encouraging fathers to be directly involved is critical.
IRON: How to Take Control of Life and Live It on Our Terms
It has been nearly a year since I last had a bad day and I feel like a completely different person now.