Simple Approach to the OPT Model for Home Training

Join NASM Master Instructors and hosts Prentiss Rhodes, Wendy Batts, and Dr. Marty Miller for a discussion on simple approaches to the OPT Model for home training.

It no secret that 2020 has thrown everyone for a loop, especially for those in the fitness industry. Since the spread of COVID-19, many personal trainers have been scrambling to find ways to deliver effective workouts to clients while practicing social distancing in the process.
Thankfully, the NASM Optimum Performance Training™ (NASM OPT™) Model helps provide workout solutions for clients that require little to no exercise equipment. The Stabilization phase of the NASM OPT™ Model is ideally suited for bodyweight exercises that your clients can do from the safety and comfort of their homes.

⏱Timestamps:
3:35 Embracing disruption and change in 2020
5:58 The role that technology plays in at-home training
14:21 How to keep your workouts simple
18:40 Simple and easy tools to use
21:45 Exercises you can do at home
25:30 Dumbbell exercises and training techniques
27:30 Band exercises
31:40: Suspension training techniques
37:55 Kettlebell training techniques
39:00 Open Q&A

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[juliestarling]

Would've been nice if they expanded further into non-equipment based modifications/progressions in each phase for these very obvious exercise selections. Now that woulda been "Outstanding!".

[loveyourplanetx]

Gobet Squat and OHP clean & snatch..

[sdragon]

Even when i was doing this course, i never understood the relationship between science and the OPT model. Why someone ha to do 6 weeks of stability type of training only? Who can say that the client isn't ready to do muscular endurance type of training. It's being proven that the science can tell you exactly what you want. The funny is that you have a plank as a stability exercise. There are better alternatives that can teach someone balance and coordination. Stability is all about strength. Without strength you can't have balance.

[sarabertoldo]

It is way too hard to follow a topic with her saying "again", "you know", "uhmm.." and all kind of filler words after every sentence.... I had to quit watching because i was seriously getting frustrated by this.