Shirley Archer
Shirley Archer, JD, MA, is an internationally acknowledged integrative health and mindfulness specialist, best-selling author of 16 fitness and wellness books translated into multiple languages and sold worldwide, award-winning health journalist, contributing editor to Fitness Journal, media spokesperson, and IDEA's 2008 Fitness Instructor of the Year. She's a 25-year industry veteran and former health and fitness educator at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, who has served on multiple industry committees and co-authored trade books and manuals for ACE, ACSM and YMCA of the USA. She has appeared on TV worldwide and was a featured trainer on America's Next Top Model.View FitConnect Profile
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If any of your clients are expecting a baby, you may want to recommend that they add pool training and water fitness to their workouts.
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Researchers have created a model of care for physical therapy students to implement movement interventions to reduce opioid abuse and misuse.
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Which strength training protocol is more effective for young male clients: a split workout or total-body training? It depends on their goals.
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Evidence shows the breathing practice, High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), benefits cardiovascular health.
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Physical activity sets children up for a healthier life. And here’s yet another reason to encourage fitness related to inflammation in kids.
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In a study on the benefits of brisk walking, researchers found that aerobic exercise can improve the integrity of connective brain tissue.
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For athletes, the risk of experiencing irregular heart rhythms, known as atrial fibrillation, is 2.5 times higher than it is for nonathletes.
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Endurance athletes with naturally higher iron levels may enjoy a competitive advantage because of the boost to their oxygen capacity.
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If you work with stroke survivors, speed walking after a stroke will help them get a step ahead in their cognitive fitness.
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An overview of what scientific evidence supports, common breathing dysfunctions and a sampling of effective breathwork exercises.
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Physical activity can mitigate the risk from poor sleep. This insight on exercise and sleep is according to new research findings.
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Here’s another research-backed link between exercise and brain development for parents who don’t yet prioritize their children’s playtime.
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When promoting the value of regular exercise, consider sharing the bank account benefits from lower healthcare costs in the golden years.
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On days when mental energy is low, the benefits of music for running can help by lifting performance back to normal levels.
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What are the best exercises for menopause? A combo of aerobic and strength training seem to be the most effective exercise program.
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Researchers revealed more risks of steroids, finding that using anabolic androgenic steroid over time accelerates brain aging.
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How many steps a day does it take to stay healthy? This study found that 4,500 steps per day produced healthy results for longevity.
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Research finds that people with hearing loss have significantly poorer physical function over time compared with those with good hearing.
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What Is Meditation? Meditation is an approach to training the mind, similar to the way fitness is an approach to training the body. Someone with no knowledge of fitness tools and methods may think her lack of strength or endurance is inevitable; she may not see that it could change with consistent training and a…
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Fitness professionals can take advantage of a newly discovered health and fitness motivation as facilities begin reopening.
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