Exercise
Designing Exercise Programs With Clients
New research suggests that participants should help with adapting and designing exercise programs to their own preferences.
Benefits of Eccentric Exercise
A study found that eccentric exercise movements are the most effective at increasing muscle strength and size.
Muscle Strengthening for Longevity
Research shows some benefits of using muscle strengthening for longevity, as strengthening activities are linked with a lower risk of death.
Walking With Wearable Activity Trackers
Wearable activity trackers encourage people to walk up to 40 minutes more per day, leading to more weight loss over 5 months.
Programming for Exercise and Medications
Here’s a look at common medication groups, and recommendations for programming for exercise and medications.
Degrees of Functional Abilities, Demystified
The Hierarchy of Functional Aging model includes eight categories of functional abilities to help you assess and training clients.
Exercise and Heart Failure Risk
Consistent moderate or vigorous exercise is linked with lower heart failure risk among white adults compared with those who did not exercise.
Overcoming Genetic Predisposition With Exercise
Whether you have a genetic predisposition for a longer or shorter life, your lifespan can be influenced by exercise and physical activity.
Hypnotherapy for Behavior Change
Blink Fitness has created Gymnosis™, a hypnotherapy program to help motivate people to start and continue exercising.
Influencing Childhood Activity
Researchers studied influences over children to lead physically active lives, since childhood activity results in better health as an adult.
Hitting Daily Activity Goals for Results
When it comes to hitting training goals, daily activity may be more important than meeting a weekly total minute goal.
Exercise for Fat Loss
Female clients who aren’t getting results with food planning, may need a customized approach involving more exercise for fat loss.
DNA and Exercise Effects
Love for physical activity is inherited, as a genetic data review shows associations between exercise and DNA regions.
Leisure Activities and Exercise for Older Adults
Research shows that doing different recreational and exercise activities is linked with as much as a 13% lower death risk for older adults.
Effects of Footwear on Back-Squat Biomechanics
Does footwear impact squat biomechanics? For experienced lifters, wearing shoes with flat or elevated heels does not affect loading or ROM.
Types of Exercise and Memory
Planning a workout to help improve mental performance may be possible as scientists tease out the effect of types of exercise on memory.
Update on Prolonged Sitting
Prolonged sitting is linked with earlier death risk from all causes and for major cardiovascular disease, according to a large study.
Walking Faster, Not Farther
10,000 steps a day may reduce disease risks, but research shows that walking faster may provide even more benefits than step volume alone.
Physical Activity Levels, Obesity and Breast Cancer
Researchers noted an association between higher rates of breast cancer and obesity, recommending more strategies to increase movement.