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Best Content of the Week

This week's best fitness content starts off with you and developing your own writing confidence, courtesy of Shane McLean and Tony Gentilcore. Then we look at your clients, as Magali Ramirez talks hip thrusting for a bigger butt and Caleb Burgess explains misconceptions about anterior pelvic tilt and lower-back pain. Finally, we round off with John Berardi's deep dive into how you and your clients must work together in order to avoid the messy pitfalls of a weight-loss journey.

— Dani Singer

Best Article

Writing Confidence for Fit Pros -- Shane McLean, tonygentilecore.com

We know one of the keys to standing out and getting clients is to write and write well. But a lot of fit pros feel it's all been done before and they have nothing left to add to the conversation. But this is wrong according to Shane McLean and Tony Gentilcore. The world needs to hear what you have to say, and Tony and Shane give you the blueprint to do it.

— Shane McLean

Best Video

Five MUST TRY Hip-Thrust Variations for a Bigger Butt - and Learn Perfect Hip-Thrust Form -- Magali Ramirez

Magali Ramirez is new to YouTube but not to helping her clients build some serious muscle. In this week's best video, she explains how to do five hip-thrust variations (and the benefits of each), several of which would be perfect for clients who want to focus on building their glutes but may not have access to very heavy weights.

— Esther Avant

Best Social Media Post

— Christina Abbey

Best Podcast

The Problem with Weight Loss -- The Dr. John Berardi Show

Dr. John Berardi takes an incredibly well thought-out and nuanced approach in this first of a three-part series on weight loss. The episode is thought-provoking and engaging—taking on every possible angle of weight, health, stigma, and the interplay between them. He leans into realms of implicit bias and cognitive traps that are easy to fall into—especially with fitness professionals. There are interviews spliced into the program that really add depth and breadth to the quality of the episode. This is persuasive and thought-provoking material that may have the power to change minds—or at the very least make you think deeply.

— Mike Howard

More Great Fitness Content 

How Much Exercise Variation Should You Use? -- Christian Thibaudeau, Thibarmy.com

Lactate vs. Lactic Acid Explained -- Matt Casturo, The Movement System

How to Stop Winging Shoulder Blades -- @moveu

Weight Loss, Training, and the Menstrual Cycle -- Simon Mitchell, Lean Life Radio

Philosophy of Mind -- Michael Matthews, Muscle for Life

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