Fitness Journal
– Spring 2022

Weight Bias: How Does It Influence Our Industry?

Anti-fat bias harms our clients—and us—in myriad and significant ways that our privilege and perspective may make it difficult to see. Here’s what the research shows, plus steps we can take to be more inclusive for clients of all shapes and sizes.

In honor of IDEA’s 40th anniversary, we sought out 40 ways the wellness revolution is impacting our industry and your business opportunities. We hope you have as much fun exploring them as we did collecting them.

Think your facility is “managing just fine” without a group fitness manager? Time to challenge your perceptions and highlight this role’s impact on membership, retention, staffing, safety and more.

Helping seniors regain balance and function through spinal stabilization.

Research: Engaging in Youth Fitness

A worthy and potential new horizon awaits.

Six steps to building a top team.

This modern twist on batch cooking, modeled after training supersets, has you making a few staples at the same time so you can enjoy greater nutrition “gains” throughout the week.

Use a simple formula to help participants manage pain.

Group fitness instructors reveal the lessons, skills and experiences they gained during the pandemic.

Learn how to make your classes welcoming to everyone.

Recovery: Using Heart Rate Variability to Maximize Performance

Four case studies explore the individual variability of HRV.

Health Coaching/Behavior Change: Use the Psychology of Motivation to Stop Quitting

Understanding why people stop exercising—and how to keep them going.

Inner IDEA: The Connection Between Pets and Wellness

Can animals help clients thrive?

Connect with your clients through technology.

Get to know our marketing and sales coordinator.

Research shows that hitting the pool can provide a wave of (effective) exercise fun.

Attending 2022 IDEA® World in Las Vegas, July 20-24, is not a gamble, it’s a guaranteed win.