
Features
HIIT Vs. Continuous Endurance Training: Battle Of The Aerobic Titans
A look at the science of high-intensity interval training.
Exploring Hip Pain: Femoroacetabular Impingement
As a personal trainer, what can you do, in conjunction with allied health professionals, to help clients with this hip dysfunction regain activity?
IDEA FitnessConnect: Horizon Report
Ways fitness professionals are leveraging IDEA FitnessConnect and its advanced tools for 2012.
Continuing Education Quizzes
Get up to 5 CECs quickly with quizzes from this issue.
Personal Training
Figure Competition Training
Client Success Story: Training for a figure competition can improve health and vitality.
Creating A Profitable Fitness Franchise
Profit Center: Discover the ingredients you need to turn your fitness business into a recipe for success.
Design, Execute And Modify A Program For Your Client
Ex Rx: The more you know about modifications and your clients, the easier it is to design a successful session.
Nutrition
Group Exercise
30 Step Skills Every Fitness Instructor Should Have
Group Ex Skills & Drills: Step remains a mainstay in fitness facilities—how are you keeping up with the demand and staying safe?
Buddy Up To Cool Down
Ebb: Take advantage of boot camp team spirit and partner up for postworkout stretches.
Sample Class: Jump Rope Circuit
Class Take-Out: Create a total-body workout using three simple pieces of equipment.
Creative Ideas That Inspire
Buzz: Help people build a wellness foundation with a strong schedule of options.
Mind-Body-Spirit
Mindfulness Practice: Empowering Fragmented Teens To Become Whole
Inner IDEA: Through innovative programs, youth discover their inner selves, face fears and embrace personal power.
In Every Issue
Nutrition Scope Of Practice Revisited
Fitness Forum: Should we deconstruct boundaries for giving food/nutrition advice to apparently healthy clients?
Sleep Deprivation: Cognitive Function And Health Consequences
Research: A lack of proper sleep can put you at risk for a number of negative consequences.
Fitness Handout The Exercise–Brain Connection
