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The Cooper Institute now offers a free online tool for youth fitness, The FitnessGram Playground, to improve kids’ physical fitness and mental well-being.
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Data showed an association between moderate-intensity physical activity and higher levels of life satisfaction during the pandemic for working moms.
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Do your motivational messages incorporate the latest evidence-based practices on how to support behavioral change in your more sedentary clients?
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High-intensity interval training prevents impairments in glucose tolerance, among other negative effects, from a short period of sleep restriction.
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Vigorous exercise may lessen food cravings and counteract mood impairments resulting from multiple nights of short or fragmented sleep.
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Program directors vying to attract male participants to group exercise classes may want to consider men-only programming to increase physical activity.
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While social media influencers are known to affect purchasing decisions, it’s unclear whether they can positively influence health and fitness behaviors.
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More people share the viewpoint that those with obesity are being blamed for the disease, rather than getting medical help to manage it, according to research.
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Researchers examined information from 168 countries to find data supporting the advantages of healthy behaviors, including being physically active.
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Key strategies for making human connections with clients to help fitness professionals during this “new normal” and beyond.
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Add volunteering to the list of lifestyle activities that can promote health and well-being, according to a recent large-scale longitudinal study.
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The best way for parents to motivate kids to be active may be to emphasize a child’s feelings of choice, competence and social relatedness.
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A great opportunity exists for health and wellness coaches ready to embrace the online/virtual environment through telemedicine and online coaching.
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Whether it’s been a few weeks or a few months, personal trainers must update programs to fit clients’ current status, not their pre-coronavirus fitness levels.
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According to a report in JAMA Paediatrics, spending too much time in the gaming world could be bad news for body composition down the road.
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In an industry that strives to help people improve health and fitness, there is still a significant amount of judgment and stigma toward people with obesity.
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What can research teach us that supports lessons from people who consistently live longer than average in the world’s Blue Zones?
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University of Leeds researchers in England found an association between heart health and active commuting among data for 43 million British working adults ages 25–74.
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Following five lifestyle habits may increase the years you live free of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer, according to a study in the BMJ (2020; doi:10.1136/bmj.16669).
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“The message we get from the fitness industry is that your body is the problem, and it’s your job to fix it,” says Gillian Goerzen, author of The Elephant in the Gym: Your Body-Positive Guide to Writing Your Own Health and Fitness Story (Winchelsea Media, November 2018) and owner of the Super You Studio. This pressure can be even more pronounced in athletes — and in the fitness professionals who train them. In fact, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, some of the hallmarks of a successful athlete — mental toughness, commitment to training and pursuit of excellence — can easily slide into asceticism, excessive exercise and perfectionism, which are signs of anorexia nervosa.
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IDEA Fitness Journal
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December 2019
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