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Since introducing the Inspire the World to Fitness® initiative in 2003, IDEA members have sent in numerous motivational accounts of how they’ve helped bring about positive change in others. Whether they trained a former nonexerciser to run a marathon or modified a class so that a dis...

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Business owners and program directors rely on IDEA Fitness Manager for reports on employee motivation, client retention, money management and innovative management tools. This newsletter is published 5 times a year and is available to IDEA program director and business members! If you are interested in receiving this information, simply call member services at (800) 999-4332, ext. 7, o...

The Inner IDEA community represents many different personal and professional paths, united by a common vision of a deeper, more meaningful understanding and practice of wellness.

The Inner IDEA community represents many different personal and professional paths, united by a common vision of a deeper, more meaningful understanding and practice of wellness.

Sound nutrition is an essential element in every person’s overall wellness blueprint. You can do everything else right—as far as exercise, rest and body-mind harmony go—but if you’re not fueling your body sensibly, it will eventually catch up with you. In fact, we think nutrition is so important to wholeness and balance that we devote a full CEC issue to the topic ...

It takes a certain amount of self-awareness to realize you are resting on your laurels. If you’ve been teaching the same combinations in slightly different ways for the past 5 years or your personal training sessions lack functional luster, it may be time to go back to “class.” Perhaps all you need ...

Digital IDEA Fitness Journal Feedback I noticed your article on medical fitness (December digital IDEA Fitness Journal) in the “best of” list. You did an excellent job, and I still believe that it is the wave of the future. Years ago, medical nutr...

Sound nutrition is an essential element in every person’s overall wellness blueprint. You can do everything else right—as far as exercise, rest and body-mind harmony go—but if you’re not fueling your body sensibly, it will eventually catch up with you. In fact, we think nutrition is so important to wholeness and balance that we d...

Calling All Fitness Facility Managers and Owners Do you find it difficult to maintain qualified personal trainers? Do you find that many new hires leave the profession due to burn out? If so, we want to hear from you. If you have experience with burnout among trainers or have tried-and-true methods to help combat this problem, we may call on you as a p...