How To Warm Up Personal Training Clients | Free Google Sheets Trainer Form Included!

[@reneejeffers8962]

I am really enjoying your videos. I just passed my NASM exam and received my Personal Trainer certificate. I'm both excited and nervous about getting started training clients but I feel like your instructional videos are very helpful in increasing my knowledge and confidence. They are easy to follow, to the point, and enjoyable to watch. (Actually helped me pass my exam!) So Thank you. I think a 5 minute warm-up that is focused on the muscles that will be used in the work-out--and/or muscles that are sore--is ideal.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for the kind words and support! Also, congrats on passing your exam! Agreed! 5 or so minutes is pretty ideal for a typical warmup.

[@BB-kb5br]

I've been binging your videos lately because I just finished my ISSA Personal Trainer and Nutritionist Certification and am very nervous to get out in the field and begin my career with 0 experience. Your videos give me a new level of confidence so when the time comes that I can afford to quit my full time job and start training, I will constantly be reverting back to your videos. Great content for beginners and I'm sure for experienced trainers as well. Thank you.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for the kind words and support! That anxiety goes away pretty fast once you’re doing your thing in the field. The beginning is tough though! Stick with it and you’ll do great!

[@manuelgranada5509]

Bro you commented this a year ago, how was your first year? Im literally in the exact same position rn, 0 experience and im getting my ISSA certs 😭😂

[@FoamyMugs]

im almost ready to turn in my ISSA exam, hows it going for you so far? @@manuelgranada5509

[@brendankelly6487]

same here!

[@avidzik9749]

With an older client i would do a longer warm up. Thanks for breaking this down. very helpful

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for the support! You certainly could do a longer one! If you count those activation exercises, this warm-up is fairly long as well though

[@michaelc1541]

I would kill for a postural assessment video, especially with examples for folks who are minimally kyphotic/lordotic and those who are morbidly obese. I find myself struggling more with postural assessment with those two populations.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

I’ll definitely make one at some point soon!

[@Fitnesskatalyst]

My warmup routine includes 2-3 movements for every joint of our body. I start from 2 exercises for neck, 2-3 exercises for Glenohumeral joint, moving to back and ends up with hip joint and ankle joint. It lasts for 6-8 minutes. Now after watching your video, I am reconsidering it to change and focus on warm up depending upon the part of body I am going to train. But I consider warming up our back is essential for every exercise session weather its upper body or lower body. I add Cat cow, cobra to mountain and Quadruped thoracic rotation to my every warmup routine.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That’s a great warmup! Definitely covering all of the bases with that!

[@katieparler7290]

I would love a video going through various stretches especially targeted towards beginners. Some you could use with patients with a variety of factors (obesity, muscular weakness, balance issues, etc.). Appreciate all the content!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That’s a solid video idea! I’ll look into that!

[@lauracentenopersonaltrainer]

Thank you for these videos! I have been training since 2018 but sometimes I still second guess myself. I have been writing my clients workouts to keep track of their progress since day 1 but I hadn't come up with the perfect google sheet, I think yours will save myself time from programming. Also thank you for keeping things simple! I have felt during the years the "pressure" of the IG influencers making things up constantly and it is so good to be reminded that keeping things simple (but not boring) is okay!. I am so glad that I have found you !

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Glad you found it helpful! Simple is often better!

[@carolinalopez6973]

This was SO helpful! Thank you!!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Of course! I’m glad you found it helpful!

[@CoachJerwin]

Big Help for me as a Beginner Personal Trainer Salute sir

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@YukiLK90]

New to training and honestly your videos are amazing. Thank you!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Glad you are finding them helpful!

[@TheSiggy1990]

I'd say I'm in-between on the warm-ups. I primarily focus on the warm-up to be closely related to the focus of the workout. Ex: leg day=more lower than upper body warm-up. But I still do my best to have a client perform a full body warm up with core activation before the working sets. And depending on the weight the client can lift, maybe one or two warm-up sets of the exercise. Ex: bench press max of 50lbs dumbbells, warm-up with 12 reps using 15 or 20s depending on how the client feels that day. All and all, the warm-ups lasts about 5 minutes total. Thanks for the amazing content. Looking forward to the next video. 🤘💪🤘💪

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks! It sounds like you’re doing a great job!

[@theironforce3000]

Great info here! Definitely some new tips I can take in addition to what I've already been doing with my clients. I just discovered this channel today, is there a video where you talk about instructing/guiding clients with warmups and actual workouts online remotely?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for the support! Unfortunately, this video right here probably has the most info on how we handle warmups. More online coaching stuff is on the way though!

[@theironforce3000]

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation You're probably right, I skim through the entire library and is the only one that's closely tied into what I was asking. Thanks again! You guys are awesome 👏

[@joedavid9020]

Love your videos they are the best I’ve seen -I feel like when people think of warn up ,the mind set is already that of “I need to get this out of the way so I can work out “But I try to get my clients to see the entire routine as an adventure not outcome based *while* exploring and experiencing each Moment with intrinsic value .Just a thought-Thank you for what you do .🙏🏼

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for the kind words and support! I really appreciate it! 💪

[@CharlestonTracy]

I tell my clients to get there early and get on treadmill/elliptical/bike to get warmed up. I still warm them up with resistance bands and the TRX. Typically I do chest opener and then squats with TRX. Depending on the client. I have one with Sciatica and I have to stretch her out more. Other clients have knee issues. It’s so challenging when there are limitations.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Those sound like good options! Limitations do change the game though for sure

[@peterkilian7467]

Amazing video, as always! I am wondering if you do any specific shoulder/lat warmups, particularly before a client performs pushups/pullups? Again, thanks for the great content!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

I would say that I do more warm-up type work for those sorts of exercises in the activation phase of the workout. After the SMR, and two additional things something like a band pull apart could come before a bigger pulling move for instance.

[@annettecuke7523]

Awesome!! This video was a game changer for me!!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That’s awesome to hear! Thanks for the support!

[@gavhlev2853]

Another great video. These are exactly my questions are as a new fitness trainer

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for your kind words! Glad it was helpful!

[@gavhlev2853]

Would you talk about sports coach even just in schools known as conditioning specialist? Also tactical trainer for tactical athletes?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

I’ll probably cover some of that stuff in different videos later on

[@fitintheblank]

Thank You

[@prodigyofmany]

Do you by chance have a video going into depth on how to set your schedule as a personal trainer when it comes to clients?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That’s something I’ve talked about a bit in a few videos but I don’t have any one video that covers it specifically. You can get a decent feel for my day/schedule by watching this video though: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2e2nIR9itx7aas

[@prodigyofmany]

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation ok thank you

[@qaisarbacha7945]

thanks you sir keep continue your information

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks Qaisar!

[@davidhammond7561]

Another helpful video. Thank you.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@BigDees19]

great video man glad I suscribed

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks for your support!

[@jovanmontalvo9377]

Great content as always!, Question, what app/program did you use for the fancy muscle animation and kettlebell squat animation?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks! I use Canva for pretty much all of that stuff

[@luistiantjr]

Especially with exposure

[@ronaldkrom6386]

As I work with primarily older clients, 65 and above, I have them warm up slower and a little longer

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That’s certainly a good call!

[@qaisarbacha7945]

make a video on body weight loss exercises

[@fitintheblank]

Great Video Sir

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thank you!

[@nailah338]

can you do a video on cool down exercises and/or post workout protocol

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

I’ll be covering that one very soon!

[@ebonyhalfacre_fitness4262]

Hello Jeff, I would like to know why should core exercises be done at the end of a session?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Good question! Core moves would be considered accessory moves for the most part. Unlike a barbell squat, deadlift, row, or some other move that uses many muscle groups at once, most core moves don’t have a huge effect on the entire body. They effect the core and maybe some of the surrounding muscles in a less intense way. Core moves, like other accessory moves also tend to be a bit easier form wise than more complicated compound lifts. We want to do those more complicated moves early in the workout.

[@linobviel1625]

Please make a video on warming up beginner obese clients

[@dcdelacruise]

before when i was training my friend (for free) I made her do 3 minutes on the treadmill and let her do battle ropes on 3 sets of 1 minutes as warm ups..did i do too much? she seem to be okay with it

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That probably wasn’t too much but you may want to customize things a little bit more to the specific client

[@dcdelacruise]

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation yeah i agree but we only have 1 hour to do so since she has work afterwards. next time I will do a 5-10 minute cardio and stretching. Thanks so much again Coach Jeff

[@itscoachkrishna2335]

How to know which muscles are tight or weak and overactive, and which ones need to be stretched and strengthened?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

I mentioned which ones were too tight/weak and overactive and underactive for the two postural patterns in the video. Other than looking at those examples, you’d have to analyze clients on a person to person basis.

[@kristenness6034]

I'm going to be working with a client who had a stroke this year; my certification class started we should warm up longer, would I do maybe like 10 minutes of a warm up or does that seem to long? I was thinking like 8-10 minutes to be safe.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Good question! You could have your client do some light cardio before your session starts, and then do the warm-up shown in the video after that. Of course keep the intensity low with this client the whole time. You’re right though, this client should warm-up longer than usual.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

You may want to skip the SMR with this client as well. I would have the client consult their Dr.

[@kristenness6034]

Why skip the SMR? Is it just because of the supine movement or another reason? She has been cleared by her physician but she's my first client with some serious health issues so I was also considering sending a sample workout to her physician to ensure it was safe?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

@@kristenness6034 I think that’s a good idea to run it by the doctor! The supine position was my concern.

[@kristenness6034]

Awesome! Thanks for the advice!

[@JD-hu3dg]

Niceee!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks JD!

[@Fr4nko_]

how do you pick the order of the excercises?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

The biggest compound moves come first and then I work backwards from there. Most of the core work, if not all of it will be done at the end.

[@one-8fitnesszone3]

How can we replace old exercise with new one ?? How can we make s list of exercise

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Thanks again for the support! You don’t necessarily want to replace old exercises. You should just always be looking for ways to make things more challenging over time. The best exercises tend to be the simple ones like squats, bench press, lunges, etc. If your client can do those moves without any issue those would be the sorts of ones you’d want to include in your plans. If they can’t do those moves pain free, or with good form than have them do other moves. Hopefully, that answered your question!

[@inside_nicks_mind4823]

How long should core be ?

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Ultimately it depends on the client. I try to keep core relatively short though. In most sessions direct core work will only end up being 5-10 mins max.

[@inside_nicks_mind4823]

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation do you recommend supper setting 2 workouts of different muscle groups rather then keeping the super sets in the same muscle group ?

[@Shamo_Canada]

why do they call it warm-up? Does it really warm up the muscles?? How do our bodies understand the difference between warm-ups and main workouts when these movements are almost the same?

[@lvl18abilities]

Temperature can impact elasticity of muscles. Warm ups also improved nerve conduction and increase blood flow to the muscles that need it, joint lubrication, and also psychologically prepare clients, which definitely affects quality, good question.

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Good answer!

[@xXxCaTxThExCaTxXx]

LOL I once bought a six session training package from goodlife, and they put me with a trainer who took 5+ minutes out of my session to make me warm up by walking on a treadmill. It kind of made me lose respect for trainers and turned me off from the career entirely if I'm honest. Thanks for letting me know that isn't the norm!

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

Ya unfortunately that’s common in the field. There’s a big discrepancy in trainer quality. We’re not all like that though!

[@AndersonCarrilloLetuse]

What’s mean M1 M2 ? Thank

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

It stands for mobility or movement. You basically just want two warmup movements in addition to the SMR.

[@tylerr2311]

Theres no evidence, that upper cross syndrom can lead to pain

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

That’s false. There’s a lot of evidence that upper and lower cross syndrome can cause pain. Not everything is conclusive though, since pain is somewhat hard to research. Here’s a recent study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35391580/ There are many more where that one came from btw.

[@tylerr2311]

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation Physical inactivity leads to pain, not a certain posture

[@tylerr2311]

theres no causality between a certain posture and pain

[@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation]

@@tylerr2311 I agree that physical inactivity can cause pain. There’s plenty of evidence that says posture can as well though.

[@tylerr2311]

show me the evidence. The study u linked didnt show the relationship between posture and pain.