On August 25, 1999, I appeared on Breakfast Television, a popular morning show in Toronto. As luck would have it, the editor-in-chief of Flare Magazine was in the audience. After my segment—where I discussed posture evaluation—she approached me, handed me her business card, and asked if I’d be willing to submit an article on the…
When I started personal training in the mid-’90s, most of my education came from muscle magazines. I had subscriptions to all of them. Combined with years in the gym and thousands of articles and books, I felt ready to train clients. I also had a university degree in kinesiology and health science, but in reality,…