Rest, often the most overlooked component of any successful fitness endeavor, actually ranks highly in importance, regardless of one’s chosen sport. Dedicated athletes typically prefer…
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Category: Health Behaviors and Psychology
Recovering from Coronasomnia
If your clients have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, struggle with stress, intrusive thoughts, or show symptoms of sleep deprivation (increased daytime sleepiness, impaired concentration…
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The Power of the Regular Walk Break
Walking has clear benefits for the body and mind. It improves cardiorespiratory health, reduces stress, helps maintain muscle mass and bone density, and gets the…
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What I Wish I Knew About Workout Program Design
My experience as a health and exercise professional started in 2003 after graduating with my bachelor’s in Exercise Science and achieving my first certification (NSCA-CPT).…
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Waist Circumference vs BMI: Helping Clients Measure Up
Educating our clients on how to improve health outcomes certainly falls under the purview of health and fitness coaching. With that, explaining the relevance of…
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Simple Steps to Reduce Stress and Sleep Better
In honor of stress awareness month, let’s pause for a moment to reflect on how stress and sleep are intertwined, and how we can support…
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Inner Fitness: How Altruism Keeps Us Healthy
A healthy diet, exercise, and screening for disease will always remain the cornerstones for lifelong health. Yet many experts — including, apparently, the well-respected late…
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Body pH: How to Obtain Optimal Health Balancing Acid and Alkaline Foods
The body is a complex machine, with so much chemistry and physiology involved in its optimal performance (or lack thereof) the average person would be…
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The Up and Downsides of Social Media
Oh, social media, how I love and despise you in equal measure. Social media provides just as many benefits as it does barriers or downsides.…
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Should Eating Disorder Treatment Include Exercise?
Despite the fact that exercise may improve a range of biopsychosocial outcomes in patients with eating disorders (ED), exercise does not figure prominently, if at…
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Melatonin: Hormone or Supplement
Melatonin is both a hormone found in the body and a supplement that can be taken orally. The human body produces melatonin deep inside the…
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Men’s Health and Cycling: Is There a Higher Risk of Infertility?
Mountain biking and competitive cycling, among the world’s most popular modes of exercise, carry the potential risk of male infertility and other risks to men’s…
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