December, 2010
IDEA Fitness Journal - December, 2010
Tapping into Group Profitability
By taking a cue from personal trainers’ success with boot camps and small-group training, group fitness instructors can create their own special niche.
By taking a cue from personal trainers’ success with boot camps and small-group training, group fitness instructors can create their own special niche.
You Want Me to Eat When?
Why meal timing and frequency are important to helping your clients successfully lose weight.
Why meal timing and frequency are important to helping your clients successfully lose weight.
Beyond Energy Imbalance
A review of weight management research reveals how people lose weight—and keep it off.
A review of weight management research reveals how people lose weight—and keep it off.
Exercise Program Order Does Matter!
Research supports a specific exercise program sequence for older-adult clients.
Research supports a specific exercise program sequence for older-adult clients.
Sample Class: Intervals Stepped Up
Switch things up with athletic movements on (and around) the step.
Switch things up with athletic movements on (and around) the step.
Promoting a Fitness Bucket List
Help clients achieve meaningful goals and stay loyal to your business.
Help clients achieve meaningful goals and stay loyal to your business.
Wordless Warm-Down
Use this silent ending in your next water fitness class.
Use this silent ending in your next water fitness class.
Yoga-Pilates Fusion: The State of the Union
Experts discuss what works and what doesn’t when fusing these two mind-body disciplines.
Experts discuss what works and what doesn’t when fusing these two mind-body disciplines.
How to Really Teach to Beginners
A strategy to help you connect authentically with people unfamiliar with movement.
A strategy to help you connect authentically with people unfamiliar with movement.
Core Stability for Enhanced Daily Function
Instruct clients to perform this core warm-up program each morning for optimal results in—and out of—the gym.
Instruct clients to perform this core warm-up program each morning for optimal results in—and out of—the gym.
Small Changes and the Obesity Epidemic
Can obesity be decreased in incremental steps?
Can obesity be decreased in incremental steps?
Cardiovascular Disease and the Mind-Body Connection
Relax your body and calm your mind for a longer, healthier life.
Relax your body and calm your mind for a longer, healthier life.
Mind-Body Research Update
Summaries of key studies on yoga, Pilates, qigong and other mind-body topics.
Summaries of key studies on yoga, Pilates, qigong and other mind-body topics.
Paving the Way for a Healthy Pelvic Floor
Turn on the Pelvic Core Neuromuscular System with triplanar movement and functional education.
Turn on the Pelvic Core Neuromuscular System with triplanar movement and functional education.