Why Fitness Professionals Should Join the MedFit Network
There are approximately 100 million baby boomers (aged 50 and over) in the United States making up 30% of the nation’s population and three-fourths of its wealth…
Cancer Treatment – Becoming Your Own Advocate
From day one, when I got hit with the devastating news, I knew the only way I would survive would be to advocate for myself and my survival. Not many people are taught how to do this nor do they do it.
How To Use Your Heart Rate To Guide Your Workout
Have you ever taken a group exercise class? If so, you may have noticed that students are oftentimes at various fitness levels. So, how do we detect if we are pushing ourselves hard enough, or even too hard? One tool we can use is a heart rate assessment.
Useful Tips for Relieving Back Pain During Pregnancy
While there is no doubt that pregnancy and motherhood are the happiest moments in a woman’s life, however, it comes with its own share of problems and challenges.
Alzheimer’s and Exercise
It’s been estimated that over 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, according to the Alzheimer’s Foundation. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia which attacks the nerve cells in the brain. It results in a lack of memory and eventually language skills. This can be very difficult, both on the individual suffering from the disease as well as the caregivers looking after them.
Facility Spotlight: Physicians Fitness, Restoring and Improving Muscular Function in Columbus, OH
Physicians Fitness offers comprehensive assessments and one-on-one sessions geared towards the improvement and maintenance of high quality muscle function and motor control system capabilities.
Member Spotlight: Exercise Therapy and Special Populations Trainer in Rockville, MD
Jennifer Christophel’s expertise is exercise therapy and special populations; she has extensive training and is authorize to work with arthritis, osteoporosis, disc pathologies, SI joint dysfunction, cardiac patients, joint issues and replacements, pelvic floor dysfunction, fibromyalgia, ELS, cancer, recovering athletes and more.
Meal Planning for the Week
To make meal planning and prepping a pleasant experience, we must keep things as simple as possible by organizing. Nothing can discourage me from making meals more than getting started and realizing I don’t have a certain ingredient or utensil.
The Rise of Skinny Fat People
What the heck is skinny-fat?? Skinny-fat or, MONW – Metabolically Obese Normal Weight, is a term used when a person may look skinny or at least normal weight on the outside but because of poor nutrition and lack of exercise, is a mess in terms of health on the inside.