February 2023 - IDEA Health & Fitness Association

Marching On

By Judy Minich | February 28, 2023 |

Time marches on, but it’s never too late to get in step with better ways to boost your career. Here are six ways you can propel yourself—and your business—forward and spring ahead toward achieving your goals.

Modern Batch Cooking

By Elizabeth Shaw, MS, RDN, CPT | February 28, 2023 |

Purple cauliflower for batch cooking meal prep supersets

We’re sharing how to create hassle-free and healthy meals that can be thrown together in a matter of minutes. The secret? Batch-cooking!

IDEA Health & Fitness Association: 40 Years of Wellness

By Joy Keller | February 28, 2023

IDEA’s path has been leading-edge, storied and full of heart. We grew from a fledgling association and a small annual gathering of fitness professionals into a respected industry leader, continuing education provider and imagineer of the impressive IDEA® World Convention. IDEA has come to this exact moment in time as a sum of all the parts, moments, people…

Restorative Nap Time for Adults

By Sandy Todd Webster | February 22, 2023 |

Clients need coaxing sometimes. Try a gentle nudge to help them to step it up—or step it down. Restorative nap time for adults, anyone?

4 Resources for Black Mental Health and Wellness

By Sarah Kolvas | February 21, 2023 |

Group of black women caring for young black girl to show Black mental health

Below we highlight organizations and resources seeking to create better outcomes for Black mental health and wellness.

Purposeful Fitness Education Enters a New Era

By Joy Keller | February 15, 2023 |

There are more ways to exercise than ever before, but there’s also more information to sift through, which can be confusing for both personal trainers and their clients. This is why it’s so important to keep education standards as high as possible, which IDEA Health & Fitness Association excels at, in part with an annual event that helps personal trainers succeed in a crowded field.

American Heart Month

By Sandy Todd Webster | February 8, 2023 |

February is American Heart Month, which gives you a great reason to engage both clients and staff on a number of cardiovascular health topics. Why not consider the following? Did you see the American Heart Association collaborated with a panel of dietitians, nutrition researchers and physicians to provide tips for heart health nutrition in its…

Black History in Our National Parks

By Judy Minich | February 7, 2023 |

Our national parks have a history of segregation–but a future of inclusion for all.

Black Women Walking Toward Wellness

By Joy Keller | February 7, 2023 |

Health disparities in women’s health funding, research, delivery, innovation and data collection are well documented. Consider this: Poor outcomes are amplified for women of color (Beim 2020).