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The Nature Prescription

By IDEA Editorial Staff / April 30, 2025

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: nature. From improving your mood to strengthening your immune system, spending time outdoors is a proven way to boost health and well-being. Whether it’s a…

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Time Spent Outdoors Boosts Health, Fitness, and Well-Being

By IDEA Editorial Staff / April 30, 2025

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 powerful intervention for physical fitness, mental clarity, and emotional resilience. From reducing stress hormones to enhancing immune function, nature provides a holistic health strategy that’s…

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Health Benefits of Green Exercise

By Shelby Spears / October 11, 2021

the proliferation of “green exercise” programming resulting from mandated gym closures during COVID-19 has been striking and, by many, welcomed. Like so many of the adaptations that have evolved during this era of pivots, exercising outside is likely here to stay and will give gym owners, fitness entrepreneurs and clients alike more options for creative programming moving forward. Fit pros can use these ideas to keep green exercise sessions fun, safe and productive.

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Pocket Outdoor Media and Outside branding

An Exciting Announcement from IDEA

By ... / February 23, 2021

IDEA Health & Fitness Association’s parent company, Pocket Outdoor Media, has acquired iconic outdoor brands like Outside magazine and will be known as Outside.

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