[The Best] How to Avoid Fitness Industry Scams, and More

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Best Content of the Week

Best Article

How to Avoid Health and Fitness Scams: The Baloney Detection Kit — Tom Venuto, Burn the Fat Blog

As long as people demand shortcuts and loopholes, there will always be health and fitness scams. Venuto quotes from The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan to help you counter claims that are simply too good to be true—and to avoid falling for them in your own practice. 

— Shane McLean

Best Video

Should I Change my Diet and Training During my Menstrual Cycle? — Layne Norton

Have your clients mentioned that their monthly cycle affects their strength or energy levels? Have you noticed it in your own training? If so, you may wonder if it’s something you should consider when programming for female clients. In this five-minute video, Layne Norton explains the research on performance at different points in the cycle.

— Esther Avant

Best Social Media Post

Fitness goals involve tradeoffs. The more ambitious the goals, the more we have to sacrifice to achieve them. The key, Cartmill writes, is to understand how important those things are to our happiness. If the answer is “very,” you need to adjust your goals accordingly, and stop beating yourself up over your choices. 

— Christina Abbey

READ ALSO: Four Steps to Help Your Clients Find Their “Why”

Best Podcast

An Obesity Doctor Tackles Myths and Truths of Fat Loss, Fad Diets, Biohacking, Cholesterol, and More — Ted Ryce with guest Spencer Nadolsky

In this info-packed episode, Dr. Nadolsky talks about his social media presence (you’ve likely seen or shared one of his memes), the science behind keto and carnivore diets, the nuances of cholesterol, and why dietary polarization so closely resembles political polarization. 

— Mike Howard

More Great Fitness Content 

[Podcast] Learning to Love Yourself Along the Journey — Nicole Hagen with guest Dezi Abeyta

[Video] How to Regain Foot Mobility — Tim Anderson, Original Strength

[Article] The Rock Lied: It Does Matter! — Bryan Krahn, bryankrahn.com 

[Article] Five Rules of Weight Loss — Steve Kamb, Nerd Fitness

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