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Join IDEA’s Support Squad!
Now that you have the IDEA World brochure to select your sessions, I’ll point out that there’s been a lot of buzz on our IDEA World Convention Attendees Facebook Group regarding different ideas for...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Adventure To Restore Your Movement
Have you ever wished you could reconnect your mind and body? Many of us feel out of sync with ourselves. We want to feel better, but we don’t know how to begin. What if you could learn a simple...
View ArticleWhy SMART Goals Might Not Be Smart for Exercise
Let’s take a step back and consider whether SMART goals are what we or our clients need. SMART goals are all about, well, setting goals. And goal setting is important because we need to know where...
View ArticlePilates Benefits for Older Adults
Research shows notable Pilates benefits for seniors. Older adults in a 6-week mat Pilates program who met twice weekly for 1-hour sessions significantly improved functional mobility, mobility, gait,...
View ArticleFood Additives and Our Microbiome
It can feel like a real gut punch! Just take a peek at the ingredient list of most processed packaged foods including energy bars, nondairy milks and salad dressings, and you’ll almost always see them:...
View ArticleArtificial Sweeteners May Not Be a Heart-Smart
Drinks with artificial sweeteners, defined as drinks containing nonnutritive sweeteners, have been marketed as a healthier alternative to their sugar-sweetened counterparts, but they also may be bad...
View ArticleTahini: Buy or Bye?
Peanut butter’s Middle Eastern brethren, tahini, has become a staple in more American pantries. Made from ground up sesame seeds, this velvety spread has a nutritional resume that makes it a salubrious...
View ArticleExercise, Adolescents and Depression
The pandemic was particularly challenging for adolescents with depression, with girls at greater risk for both depression and anxiety than boys. Offering cardio programs for adolescents may be an...
View ArticleTime-Restricted Eating: What Do You Think?
Less complicated than many of the intermittent fasting options, time-restricted eating, where you simply squeeze your eating into a narrower timeframe with no requirement for overall calorie...
View ArticleThe Importance of Vitamin D
For more great information on the importance of vitamin D, consider this 4-year follow-up investigation from The Journal of Nutrition. The study involved 4,814 individuals, all of whom were free of...
View ArticleLift Weights for Better Sleep Quality
What kind of routine leads to a better night’s sleep? According to recent research, resistance training may be superior for sleep quality improvement than aerobic exercise or a combined weight/cardio...
View ArticleIsometrics or Static Stretching for Runners?
Many runners don’t know that static stretching can impair athletic performance and increase injury rates (which is why it’s important for you to educate your clients who like to run). It may be...
View ArticleCollege Athletes Need Sports Nutrition Education
Turns out female collegiate athletes may be missing the mark when it comes to sports nutrition. In a Journal of American College Health study, 14 female collegiate volleyball athletes from a National...
View ArticleIDEA Announces New Ownership
As IDEA prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary, we are thrilled to tell you that Amy Boone Thompson, former vice president and general manager of IDEA, is now owner and chief executive officer of...
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IDEA Health & Fitness Association Announces New Ownership
SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2022. IDEA Health & Fitness Association, the world’s leading organization for fitness and wellness professionals, announces new ownership as it prepares to celebrate its 40th...
View Article3 Ways to Rock Group Fitness
Group fitness has experienced massive change over the past three decades, and now it’s the main value proposition in membership pitches. People will pay for a group fitness community they enjoy....
View ArticleRise Above #Fake Fitness Influencers
Are you as weary of #fake fitness influencers as I am? My editorial colleague Joy Keller put together a marvelous campaign about this for IDEAfit+ Members recently and I wanted to draw your attention...
View ArticleThe Science of Food Choices
It should be easy, right? Make an eating plan, buy the food, eat healthy. But then our clients or members quickly bump into something that derails everything. Sometimes it’s other people—a child who...
View ArticleRecipe: Peanut “Beans” and Greens
Calling peanuts “beans” may be taking a bit of liberty with these power-packed legumes, but this recipe provides a unique and delicious bean-inspired way to consume them. Nothing says comfort like a...
View ArticleDiet and Dementia
A paper from researchers in Greece published in Neurology reported that people who eat a pro-inflammatory diet are far more likely to suffer from dementia, compared with those eating a diet lower in...
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