LTB Podcast #439 Danielle Bemmer: Training Through Injuries, Empathy, Adaptation, and Creative Solutions
Jan 21, 2026
Danielle Bemmer, a seasoned personal trainer at Curious Fitness, focuses on rehabbing clients with injuries. She shares how her personal injuries shaped her empathetic and creative coaching style. Danielle discusses integrating prehab into regular workouts, emphasizing the importance of communication in rebuilding client confidence. They explore inventive rehab techniques using minimal equipment and highlight the joy of celebrating client progress. With insights on patience, accountability, and adapting training, Danielle shows how to keep clients motivated even through setbacks.
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Lived Injury Experience Shapes Coaching
- Experiencing injuries changes how you coach by increasing empathy and understanding of clients' fears.
- Danielle Bemmer says this lived experience gives coaches a different, more patient approach to programming.
Knee Injuries Built Practical Knowledge
- Danielle became known as the "knee queen" after two ACL injuries and varied recoveries.
- She used that experience to adapt exercises for many clients with different knee niggles in one class.
Warm Up Every Joint First
- Prioritise thorough warm-ups and joint-specific prehab before heavy work to protect previous injury sites.
- Danielle schedules 10–15 minutes of knee and shoulder prehab before starting main lifts.