Pregnancy and Postpartum Exercise
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Women who take daily doses of extra-strength Tylenol® need to monitor their blood pressure
Women who take daily doses of extra-strength Tylenol® need to monitor their blood pressure, according to a study published online in the August 15 Hypertension. The study involved 5,123 women participating in the Nurses’ Health Study at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. None had high blood pressure when the trial began. Wome…
Obese Men Not as Fit as Obese Women
There may be a good reason to approach the sexes differently when designing exercise programs for obese clients. A study published in the July issue of Chest (2005; 128 [1], 256–62) found that severely obese men were more carbohydrate intolerant and had less physical endurance than severely obese women. This conclusion led researchers to believe that gender plays a strong role in p…
Acupuncture and Exercise Reduce Pelvic Pain for Pregnant Women
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Physical Activity Improves Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Do you have a client who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer? There is evidence that continuing an exercise program may improve her chances of survival. A study published in the May 25 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (2005; 293 [20], 2479–86) found that women with breast cancer who participated in physical activity equal to walking 1 or more hours pe…
Study Evaluates Exercise Capacity in Women
Exercise capacity decreases with age—this is something most fitness professionals already know. But until recently, scientists did not know how much exercise women should be able to do relative to their age. Researchers answered this question in the August 4 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (2005; 353 [5], 468–75) by creating a nomogram, which is a graph…
Triathlon Training for Women
Quick Training Tips: Do’s and Don’ts
Do substitute indoor cycling classes for an outdoor ride if time is tight. Generally speaking, 1 hour indoors in a cycling class is equivalent to 11⁄2 hours spent cycling outdoors.
Do use interval training in the pool. At first you may be limited by arm fatigue, so an int…
Functional Exercise Improves Task Performance in Older Women
A study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2005; 53 [1], 2) found that functional exercise was more effective than resistance exercise for improving daily task performance.
The subjects—98 healthy women, all aged 70 or older—lived in a “community leisure center” in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Researchers random…
Multiple Sets Better Than Single Set for Trained Postmenopausal Women
Pretrained postmenopausal women gain more strength from multiple-set protocols than from single-set training, according to a study published in last November’s Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2004; 18 [4], 689–94).
Researchers from the University of Erlangen, Germany, examined 71 subjects, who were randomly assigned to begin with 12 weeks of the single…
Soy Forumula Concern
Although mothers today commonly opt to breastfeed their babies, many infants are still fed formula. Now, a study published online in Pediatric Research last December suggests that soy formulas may inhibit intestinal development in babies.
During animal studies, researchers determined that many common soy formulas on the market today contain high concentrations of an isoflavone…
Obese Women More Likely to Lose Brain Tissue
Women who go through most of their lives obese are more likely to lose brain tissue, according to a study in the November 23 issue of Neurology (2004; 63, 1876–81).
Swedish researchers considered the relationship between BMI (i.e., the subject’s body weight in kilograms divided by the square of her height in meters [kg/m2]) and brain atrophy in 290 women …
Media Morsels
Public Transportation Campaign Gets L.A. MovingIf you live in a sprawling city like Los Angeles—and spend most of your time commuting—how do you lose weight, save money and discover areas of your city that you didn’t know existed? Enter Metro Fit, a fitness awareness campaign that encourages L.A. residents to incorporate more exercise into…
Mind-Body Benefits for Pre/Postnatal Women
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Midlife Emotions and Weight Gain
Are you a woman in your 40s or 50s? The physical and psychological changes that occur during these midlife years can cause emotional stress, which may lead to unwanted weight gain.
Emotions & Weight Gain
Women’s midlife challenges.Bernadette is a sensitive, successful but overworked 56-year-old client of mine. When she came to me 2 years ago, she was emotionally distraught and desperate to change her body, her energy level and her outlook on life. In addition to holding a demanding job, she was struggling with the onset of menopause. Hot flashes continually interrupted her sleep, and her workaholic behavior left little time to relax.
Understanding The Female Athlete Triad
With Olympic gold in her sights, gymnast Christy Henrich trained over several years with a goal of achieving contender status on the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team. But then a…
The Pregnant Athlete
How much is too much exercise during pregnancy? What sports should you avoid?
The Best Mentors for Women: Male or Female?
When personal training was a new industry, many trainers did not have mentors because they were the pioneers. Now, times are different. Savvy personal trainers know that good mentors can boost their careers. (See “The Mentoring Pathway” on page 34 of the March 2003 IDEA Personal Trainer.)
Eating Disorders Affecting Women in Midlife
Did you know that experts are noticing an increase in eating disorders among middle-aged and older people? The Remuda Ranch, a treatment center for females with eating disorders in Phoenix is seeing more middle-aged and senior women with such problems for the first time. The center gives the following reasons for the rise in eating disorders among this age group:
a dramatic increase in youth consciousness compared
to 20 years ago
Exercise a Fountain of Youth for Older Women?
Let your older female clients know that the exercise they are doing with you today may give them many more tomorrows, according to a research report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, May 14.
