Exercise Program Design
The Nature Prescription
It’s easy to feel stressed, distracted, or even disconnected with today’s uncertainties and fast-paced society. But there’s one powerful solution that doesn’t cost anything and is right outside your door:…
Time Spent Outdoors Boosts Health, Fitness, and Well-Being
In an increasingly digital and fast-paced world, the call of the wild is more than poetic—it’s essential to human health. Emerging research shows that spending time outdoors is a profoundly…
A Comprehensive Approach to Lasting Wellness through Holistic Health
In today’s fast-paced world, many individuals seek more than just physical fitness—they crave complete well-being. Holistic health offers a transformative approach that integrates the mind, body, and spirit, helping people…
Integrating Exercise into Clinical Mental Health Care
In recent years, the role of exercise in mental health treatment has gained significant attention. Beyond its physical benefits, regular physical activity is now recognized as a valuable component in…
Mid-Life Nutrition
As a fitness professional, you understand the profound role movement plays in health, longevity, and quality of life. But when it comes to aging well, exercise is only half the…
Exercise and Its Impact on Mental Well-Being
The Impact of Exercise on Mental Well-Being Exercise is widely known for its physical benefits, but its impact on mental well-being is just as significant. Whether it’s a brisk walk,…
How can Wearable Fit Tech Make Your Class Even Better?
Wearable fitness technology has transformed how people track their health and performance. From heart rate monitors to smartwatches, these devices offer real-time insights that enhance workouts and improve training efficiency….
Weight Lifting Recovery Tips
Weightlifting is an excellent way to build strength, improve muscular endurance, and enhance overall fitness. However, proper recovery is essential to optimize muscle growth, prevent injury, and ensure long-term progress….
Study Finds a Heart-pounding Workout May Suppress Appetite, Especially in Women
Here is a reason why you might want to have more of your clients go all-in on HIIT: that type of exercise may keep hunger at bay. A high-intensity workout…
Benefits of Athletic Brain Endurance Training
We’ve all experienced mental fatigue—that feeling when you’re too tired to pay attention or make decisions. Mental fatigue can lead to increased accident risks and poor choices. Elite athletes practiced…
Athletes Have Better Working Memory
Better sports performance is consistently linked with superior working memory performance, according to findings published in Memory. Researchers from University of Jyvaskyla, in Jyväskylä, Finland, conducted a meta-analysis of 21…
How Long to Form a New Habit?
New exercisers face the challenge of sticking with a new activity program. Personal trainers are all too familiar with clients who quit when they don’t experience fast, visible results. Sharing…
Striding Lunges vs Stationary Forward Lunges
Longer steps while lunging and striding maximize muscle recruitment, according to a small study of young, healthy male and female adults published in Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology .Researchers…
Holistic Approaches to Health: Combining Physical Training with Mental Well-being for Optimal Client Results
Holistic health is an increasingly popular and effective approach to fitness and wellness, especially as we come to understand the complex connections between the body and mind. Health and fitness…
Running for Health: A Brief Review
In the 5th century BC, the physician Hippocrates stated: “All parts of the body, if used in moderation and exercised in labors to which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy…
Rotational Power: Moving Beyond the Sagittal Plane
Many clients enthusiastically participate in rotational sports, such as golf, baseball, softball, tennis, pickleball, hockey, lacrosse, handball and volleyball. As fitness professionals, one major goal is to help our clients…
Yoga and Low Impact Exercise Helps Older Women with Incontinence
Incontinence is one of the most common health issues for women as they age. Yoga and low impact exercise for at least 12 weeks significantly reduced incontinence episodes, according to…
How Exercise Reduces Depression
Physical activity, particularly aerobic exercise, is known to reduce depressive symptoms, but how is not understood. Researchers from University College London reviewed multiple studies on depression, exercise, motivation, dopamine transmission,…
Exercise and Diet Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
More good news promotes the value of exercise. A recent 3-year-long study by University of Eastern Finland researchers focused specifically on men with a high genetic risk of type 2…
Outdoor Gait Training and Shin Splints
Many exercisers enjoy treadmill running, but often suffer from shin splints. Outdoor gait training and home exercises significantly reduced pain for subjects in a 4-week study conducted by University of…