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Study Reveals Most Brits Don't Know What Muscles They're Working At The Gym
Any personal trainer will tell you that the key to getting the most out of your gym session[1] is knowing what areas of your body you’re working. But a new study reveals a whopping three quarters of Brits are unable to locate basic body muscle groups and therefore fail to focus on key areas when […]
The Importance of Identifying Your Client’s “WHY”
“When you know the why, you are willing to try.” Credit goes to the 2006 ACE Personal Trainer of the Year Jonathan Ross for that assessment. In the early days of personal training, the “fit folks” in the gym were asked to help the newbies. The programs these fit folks put together […]
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Readiness to change is a vital facet to committing to New Year’s resolutions
Wanting to lose weight or quit smoking are often resolutions made at the beginning of the New Year. One University of Alabama at Birmingham wellness expert says there is a key ingredient to being successful health-wise in the coming year. About half of the most popular resolutions made each year are health-related, according to the […]
How to Help Your Clients Set Goals They Can Achieve
One of my favorite client exercises has nothing to do with weights or a cardio sweat session. In fact, it is more of a mental exercise—setting a goal. Most of us can throw together some mean workout routines and offer great nutrition advice, but how effective will those tools really be if our […]
Echolocation acts as substitute sense for blind people
Human echolocation operates as a viable “sense,” working in tandem with other senses to deliver information to people with visual impairment, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Ironically, the proof for the vision-like qualities of echolocation came from blind echolocators wrongly judging how heavy objects […]
Maternal supplementation with multiple micronutrients compared with iron-folic acid
In Bangladesh, daily maternal supplementation of multiple micronutrients compared to iron-folic acid before and after childbirth did not reduce all-cause infant mortality to age 6 months, but did result in significant reductions in preterm birth and low birth weight, according to a study in the December 24/31 issue of JAMA. Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common […]
Weight training appears key to controlling belly fat
Healthy men who did twenty minutes of daily weight training had less of an increase in age-related abdominal fat compared with men who spent the same amount of time doing aerobic activities, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues. Combining weight training and aerobic activity led to […]
Partner HIIT Workout: Pre-holiday Workout for Co-workers, Comrades and Couples
December 23, 2014, 12:00AM PT in Fitnovatives Blog | With the holidays approaching, there will plenty of time to work out, right? Wrong! We all know that when holidays approach, family events, work parties and the hub-bub of holiday shopping can throw a wrench in our plans to stay fit and healthy. […]
Family criticizing your weight? You might add more pounds
Women whose loved ones are critical of their weight tend to put on even more pounds, says a new study on the way people’s comments affect our health. Professor Christine Logel from Renison University College at the University of Waterloo led the study, which appears in the December issue of the journal Personal Relationships. “When […]