October 2015 Archives - IDEA Health & Fitness Association

“Do your clients perform stretches before a workout, or do they do a dynamic warm-up and then static stretching at the end?”

Crowdfunding 101

Can this increasingly popular platform help you launch your next business or product?

Becoming an Adaptable Personal Trainer

Adjusting to a client's changing needs is imperative if the training relationship is to endure.

Improve Your Diet, Change the World

Innovation, investment, controversy and confusion at the forefront of food.

Recipe for Health: Spinach and Caper Sauce on Pasta

Five Ways to Cut Food Waste at Home

Ask The RD: Are all types of fiber created equal?

Emerging Male Eating Disorder Is Tied to Supplement Use

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TECHNIQUE: Roasting Fall Vegetables

Boost the Power of Raw Vegetables With Eggs

Creative Ideas That Inspire

Learn new tips and tricks from these fusion classes.

Sample Class: Circuit Progressions

Add specific challenges to help participants get stronger.

Help Students With “Tech Neck”

Use the cool-down to teach good postural habits.

How to Deal With an Obsessed Member

Document troublesome interactions with class participants, and set strong boundaries around sharing personal information.

Meditation: Practicing for Life

Veteran teachers Ezra Bayda and Elizabeth Hamilton talk about the challenges and joys of sticking with meditation through life's ups and downs.

Achieving “Critical Mass” at the IDEA World Fitness Convention™

Toward a Minimum Standard of Practice

Cliff Collins says that a global effort by qualified fitness professionals to provide effective interventions for the inactive has never been more important--or more possible.

The Impact of Chronic Pain

An Epic Afterburn

What's all the fuss about excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC)?

Dynamic Duos

How do fitness industry power couples succeed and thrive?

2015 IDEA Fitness Industry Compensation Trends Report

Eight years after the economic downturn, things are mostly looking up for professionals who power the fitness industry.

2015 IDEA World Fitness Convention™ A 5-Day Lesson in How to Bottle Lightning

This annual "Super Bowl" of health, fitness and nutrition drew nearly 12,000 pros from 50 countries to celebrate what they do best: Connect, transform, and Inspire the World to Fitness®.