Archive for December 2023
Embracing the Future: Top 5 Projected Fitness Trends for 2024
Now that 2023 is over, let’s explore the top five future fitness trends that will shape the fitness industry in 2024 and beyond.
Read More2024: A Future Reimagined
As we stand at the threshold of a new year, it’s not just a change in the calendar; it’s an opportunity for a fresh start, a chance to set forth on a journey of professional growth and achievement. The dawn of this new year brings with it the promise of new beginnings, and as members…
Read MoreMeet a Team Member: Vivian Griggs
Get to know our event marketing and expo manager.
Read MoreSpecialty Certificates
Group fitness instructors share insight about choosing specialty certificates in group exercise and trends to look for.
Read MoreTime-Restricted Eating and Resistance Training
Recent research on time-restricted eating and resistance training, plus several practical application tools to implement with your clientele.
Read MoreParenting and Finding Exercise Time
Generally speaking, fitness program directors and creators may want to brainstorm how to offer family focused fitness programs, or how to provide more robust child care.
Read MoreSugary Drinks and Hair Loss
Research reveals a possible link between drinking sugar-sweetened beverages—such as sodas and sports drinks—and hair loss.
Read MoreThe Paradox of Obesity with Normal Weight
New research adds evidence to support moving away from using the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a sole assessment tool to measure cardiometabolic disease risk and overall health.
Read MoreAre Students Too Buzzed on Energy Drinks?
Reliance on energy drinks was found to be strongly associated with drug, alcohol and tobacco use in undergraduate students.
Read MorePilates Mat Training Improves Physical Fitness in Mid-Life Women
Eight-weeks of Pilates mat training improved both fitness levels and body composition among mid-life woman, as reported in a study in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Read MoreCycle Barre
Cycle barre combines two very accessible forms of exercise, with formats that are easy to start at any level of fitness.
Read MoreStrength Training Helps Build Both Strength and Muscle Mass
The largest review study of protocols for increasing muscle strength and size revealed that all variations of reps, weights and sets produced improvements in muscle strength and size when compared with no training.
Read MoreFamily Meals Improve Diet Quality
On average, more drawn-out family meals induced kids to eat 3.32 more pieces of fruits and 3.66 more pieces of vegetables.
Read MoreResistance Training Reduces Both Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
Eight weeks of resistance exercise training consistent with current exercise guidelines led to clinically meaningful, large reductions in depressive symptoms among young adults.
Read MoreStatistics Confuse Nutrition Studies
According to a report, the discrepancies in findings in nutrition studies may come down to the use of statistics.
Read MoreHigh-Sugar Food and Brain Activity
Researchers have demonstrated that foods with high sugar and fat content such as sweets and fried foods alter our brain activity.
Read MoreWalking and Lower Chance of Depression
Recent research findings show that moderate-intensity activity of as few as 20 minutes, 5 days per week, can lower risks of depressive symptoms and reduce the odds of experiencing major depression.
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Mental Training and Endurance Performance
Three weeks of mental training among untrained exercisers improved endurance exercise performance by 10% over those that did not receive mental training, as reported in the European Journal of Applied Physiology.
Read MoreMycoprotein for Muscle Growth
A diet rich in mycoprotein produced similar muscle-building results as deits containing protein from meat.
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