Enhancing Your Performance with Functional Mushrooms
Why choose risky supplements when you can choose natural, health-promoting alternatives such as mushroom pre-workout?
Read MoreSummer Self-Care Tips
The past 3 years have been a rough road for most people, and now is a great time to review some summer self-care tips.
Read MoreIDEA® World Returns to L.A. Live
SAN DIEGO, May 30, 2023 – Success in the fitness industry revolves around knowledge, inspiration and community — and in answering the call to help others find a path toward well-being, supported with the best career tools. Fitness professionals find all they need to succeed at 2023 IDEA® World, July 12-16, in Los Angeles. This…
Read MoreIDEA and ACE Take Proactive Step Toward Meeting the Needs of Health and Fitness Professionals With New Effective Speaking Course
San Diego, CA, April 24, 2023 – IDEA Fitness & Health Association (IDEA) and the American Council on Exercise (ACE) take a proactive step towards meeting the needs of health and fitness professionals by co-marketing a new speaking course, developed by Artitudes Design agency. The course titled “Creating Connections: Speaker’s Academy for Fitness Professionals –…
Read MoreWhat is “World”?
Do you keep hearing buzz about “World” online, in fitness classes and at the gym? In 1984, 600 aerobics instructors gathered in downtown San Diego for the first IDEA World Fitness Convention. Nearly 40 years later, IDEA World is still going strong with over 10,000 fitness professionals converging in Los Angeles July 12-16. With a…
Read MoreWorld Summit Accepts Charter and Elects Council
San Diego– April 14, 2023 – The first ever global federation for the health, fitness, and physical activity sector, World Active, has entered its second phase. Almost 50 national federation representatives from five continents gathered at the first World Active General Assembly on April 13, 2023, during FIBO Global Fitness in Cologne, Germany. They agreed on…
Read MoreIDEA Health & Fitness Association Joins World Active
“Aimed at Uniting the Health, Fitness, and Physical Activity Sector Globally” San Diego – April 4, 2023 – IDEA® Health & Fitness Association proudly announces its participation in and full support of World Active. World Active, formerly the World Active Forum, is a worldwide platform, and future federation, that unites the health, fitness and physical activity…
Read MoreQuit Quitting!
How the psychology of motivation can help you quit quitting and protect you from the forces determined to derail your dreams.
Read MoreIDEA Health & Fitness Association: 40 Years of Wellness
IDEA’s path has been leading-edge, storied and full of heart. We grew from a fledgling association and a small annual gathering of fitness professionals into a respected industry leader, continuing education provider and imagineer of the impressive IDEA® World Convention. IDEA has come to this exact moment in time as a sum of all the parts, moments, people…
Read More4 Resources for Black Mental Health and Wellness
Below we highlight organizations and resources seeking to create better outcomes for Black mental health and wellness.
Read MorePurposeful Fitness Education Enters a New Era
There are more ways to exercise than ever before, but there’s also more information to sift through, which can be confusing for both personal trainers and their clients. This is why it’s so important to keep education standards as high as possible, which IDEA Health & Fitness Association excels at, in part with an annual event that helps personal trainers succeed in a crowded field.
Read MoreInspire Forward
How is IDEA Health & Fitness Association evolving in support of its members and the entire fitness, wellness and sports industries? Amy Boone Thompson, IDEA’s owner and CEO, summarizes the top three activations and innovations from 2022. Discover what IDEA has planned to help fitness professionals exceed expectations in 2023. Explore more industry news, insights…
Read MoreMental Health and Wellness for the New Year
Exercise can help you provide mental health and wellness benefits without any of the side effects of pharmaceutical treatments.
Read MoreIDEA History Timeline: 40 Years of IDEA Highlights!
As we close IDEA’s epic 40th anniversary year, let us pause for a few moments of nostalgia and enjoy the IDEA History Timeline.
Read MoreMaking Fitness Essential
Fitness professionals don’t need evidence that we are essential but it’s vital we gain the support of governments and healthcare pros.
Read MoreHealthy Holiday Substitutions
Try these tasty healthy holiday substitutions from Abbie Gellman, spokesperson, recipe and product developer, author, and educator.
Read MoreFix Your Posture to Improve Your Performance
Muscle tension around the head, neck and shoulders can limit range of motion, alter movement patterns, reduce breathing efficiency, increase stress and lead to pain.
Read MoreHave a Ball This March Madness
As health enthusiasts and basketball fans alike make their March Madness brackets and plan game-time snacks, it’s important to enjoy the foods and activities that make you feel good. Sunsweet is encouraging health enthusiasts to have a ball this Spring by leaning on nutritious and delicious foods to help you feel energized ahead of and during March Madness.
Read MoreFighting Chronic Inflammation
The low-down on how exercise can combat chronic inflammation and how this impacts those who have diabetes.
Read MoreWhat Do You Think About Exercise Gamification?
Exercise gamification is increasing in popularity. What methods are you using to introduce gamification elements into your training programs?
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