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We all know it: that dire moment when we return home exhausted from a harried day and realize we have no idea what to make for dinner and no bandwidth to even consider cooking from scratch. In the past, options for fast, convenient nourishment were to nuke a TV dinner or call for fat-soaked pizza or the sodium tsunami of Chinese take-out. How times have changed. Home-delivered meal kits have become one of the biggest, um, home-cooking trends.
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Are you in menopause? Chances are that you sometimes feel that you are not in control of your body! If you are seeking ways to cope with unpleasant menopausal symptoms, you may want to try yoga and other mind-body practices.
Shirley Archer, JD, MA, 2008 IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year, an award-winning author and IDEA’s mind-body spokesperson, explains the research and application of mind-body exercise on menopause.
Irritability and Mood Swings
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Regardless of fitness level, flexibility training is vital. Here’s how to figure out which technique is best for your clients.
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I could not live without the Tabata Pro™ Timer and MyFitnessPal apps. Tabata Pro Timer is essential to my private and small-group training sessions and our group running program. I can set three different timers to meet all my interval needs.
MyFitnessPal enables my clients to track exercise as well as food and water intake, and to share these publicly or just with me. The app provides accountability for my clients’ fitness and nutrition goals.
What nutrition strategies, food items or food consumption habits help to ease your stress?
Share your ideas with Sandy Todd Webster at swebster@ideafit.com.
The next time you pick up a dumbbell and hand it to your client, take a moment to celebrate the hard‐working hand. The hand is an anatomically refined dynamo that's often taken for granted until something as benign as a paper cut shifts the focus distally. Here are some interesting facts to grasp:
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All of us instinctively use visualization (aka imagery) to help us perform better. Have you ever mentally practiced your own performance before physically executing it? Perhaps you've mentally rehearsed the exhilaration you'll feel once you've completed an event you've been training for?
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There's nothing like post–knee surgery downtime to catch up on my IDEA Fitness Journal reading. The February 2017 issue is just chock‐a‐block full of delectable goodness. In particular, I enjoyed Ryan Halvorson's article "Embracing the Joy of Movement" and Kelly McGonigal's "Ready to Love Your Stress?" Even after 38 years as a fitness pro, I learn something every issue to help me improve as a group fitness leader and baby boomer specialist. Both articles made their points logically, succinctly and persuasively.
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Brace your taste buds for a delicious, warm and welcoming flavor explosion! This soup recipe from chef Matthew Kenney can be the perfect centerpiece for a light spring lunch, a tantalizing start to dinner, or even a savory breakfast.
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Asthma is nothing to ignore or minimize in your clients. Even if asthmatic clients haven't had an episode in a long time, you need to keep asthma at the forefront of your mind throughout your programming and during their sessions.
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As a golfer, you want to stay injury-free to practice and compete regularly, which ultimately lets you hone your skills and elevate your performance.
To help avoid injury and boost level of play, you need to understand how two key muscle and soft-tissue systems—the posterior oblique system and the anterior oblique system—affect the golf swing.
The journey I took to open my own facility was long and happened in small steps. I was working in a big gym in Washington, D.C., when I decided it was time to step out on my own. My landlord was also a client, and when I told her what my intentions were, she suggested moving out of my studio and into a one-bedroom apartment in the same building. I turned the living room into the workout space and used the bedroom as my living space. I financed the move through what little savings I had, $2,000, plus a $1,500 loan from my parents.
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A second edition of the award&-winning cookbook from Rebecca Katz—The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen (Ten Speed Press)—brings the healing power of delicious, nutritious foods to those who crave a revitalizing meal. With 150 new and updated recipes, this science-based resource is a must for people battling or recovering from cancer, and for anyone serious about eating healthful and mouth-watering foods.
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Dear ACE Family,
As a nonprofit organization with a mission to get people moving, we believe that together with the over 65,000 ACE Professionals worldwide we can make a measurable impact on the physical-inactivity epidemic in this country and around the world.
In order to measure our impact, we produce a report each year detailing exactly how we put our mission into action, and I’m very pleased to announce that the 2016 report is complete. The full report is available at ACEfitness.org/ImpactReport, but I’m excited to share some highlights here.
RESEARCH: How Effective Is The Ace Integrated Fitness Training® Model?
Investigating The Training Efficacy Of And Responsiveness To The Ace Integrated Fitness Training Model.
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Since its inception in 1982, IDEA Health & Fitness Association has aimed to build a community of like-minded professionals who are the driving force behind greater health and wellness worldwide.
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I always do what is best for my clients. As a result, the majority of the time I do not send them on vacation with exercise homework. The only time I do this is when it is truly what’s best for the client and if the client wants it. If I do develop a plan for vacation, under no circumstances do I call it “homework,” as people exercise more when it doesn’t feel like an obligation.
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Using a food processor to grind cauliflower into tiny “grains” makes a couscous alternative that’s perfect for gluten- or grain-free diets. Use French lentils or canned chickpeas instead of black lentils, if you prefer.
To find more inventive, healthy and delicious plant-based recipes, check out IDEA Fitness Journal’s new sister publication Vegetarian Times, at www.vegetariantimes.com.
? C black lentils 1 large or 2 small heads of cauliflower 2 T olive oil
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Dear ACE Family,
February is American Heart Month, and we all have a role to play in helping to raise awareness of our nation’s leading cause of death.
RESEARCH: Investigating The Physiological Responses To Trx® Suspension Training.®
How Effectively Does The Trx Suspension Trainer™ Deliver Short- And Long-Term Health Benefits?
In the past decade, the TRX Suspension Trainer has become an incredibly popular piece of fitness equipment in studios around the world. The manufacturer, along with the equipment’s many proponents, have claimed it provides a variety of workouts that improve mobility and flexibility, build lean muscle and improve core stability.
The Study
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