Virtual Team Meetings That Inspire and Motivate
Improve your fitness business with these strategies for motivating and inspiring your staff through virtual team meetings.
Top Tech Strategies for Fitness Business Success, Part One
Learn how to best weave online or virtual technology into your business plan to rebuild your fitness business in a digital-first world.
Avocados for Gut Health
Improving your gut health may be as simple as adding avocados to your daily diet, according to a report from the University of Illinois.
Introducing IDEA’s DEI Committee
The IDEA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is an assembly of notable fitness professionals whose purpose is recommending actions that help IDEA meet the needs of our members and the larger industry.
Gait Retraining May Reduce Risk of “Runner’s Knee”
New insight on whether “runner’s knee” may be preventable can help you support clients who are struggling with this condition.
Family Meal Planning
Try some of these family meal planning strategies and healthy recipes, which you can customize for your family’s lifestyle.
Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting is enjoying new popularity among people trying to lose weight, and studies show promising benefits for the body and brain.
Working Moms Get Less Exercise
American working moms are at risk for low levels of physical activity, according to another study by Baylor University researchers.
Physically Active Working Moms Cope Better
Data showed an association between moderate-intensity physical activity and higher levels of life satisfaction during the pandemic for working moms.
WHO’s New Message on Physical Activity
Do your motivational messages incorporate the latest evidence-based practices on how to support behavioral change in your more sedentary clients?
A Food Plan? Just What the Doctor Ordered!
Routine healthcare visits need to include some form of a rapid dietary assessment tool, according to the American Heart Association.
Women Pace Better Than Men
Women pace themselves better than men when running marathons, according to an analysis of 10 years of marathon results on RunRepeat.com.
New Era of Wearable Technologies
Innovations in soft and wearable electronics will soon make personal fitness monitoring possible in all types of conditions.
Arsenic in Rice
Rice is a staple for millions of people, but the grainy dark side is that it often contains arsenic, a carcinogen that contributes to health problems.
Married Couples Share Risk Factors
Small-group personal training may benefit married couples, as nearly 80% of them share heart disease risk factors and behaviors.
America’s Growing Appetite for Diets
A report shows that the number of U.S. adults on a special diet for weight loss 2015–2018 was up 14% from a decade earlier.
The $121 Billion Mental Wellness Economy
Mental wellness is emerging as a new industry based on consumer spending in four major markets, according to the Global Wellness Institute.
Plant-Based Antioxidants We Need
Polyphenols are a class of plant-based antioxidants found in coffee, but we may want to get more from vibrant fruits and vegetables.
