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USA Today reported that more research shows that even small amounts of aerobic exercise help lower coronary heart disease risk, according to a review published recently in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association. The mega-study is part of a growing body of research showing that some physical activity provides health benefits — even [...]

Can you limit your sitting and sleeping to just 23 and 1/2 hours a day – finding just 30 minutes in your daily routine to spend on exercise? Dr. Mike Evans puts forward that provocative question in a popular YouTube “visual lecture” explaining the single best thing we can do for our health: regular exercise [...]

By Jacquelyn Lofaro You’ve all heard of it, you all have it, but what is it and how does it affect you? Blood Pressure (BP) is the force of blood against your artery walls when your heart pumps blood. BP is measured by two numbers. The systolic number, known as the “top” number, is the [...]

By Brian Samuel Members take notice of your landscaping, parking lot and building before stepping inside your fitness center. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. One of the many times I heard this was back in college when I [...]

by Gail Fast, M.A. How do you keep good employees? Today, more and more companies are struggling to find the answer. Current research tells us that personal growth, recognition and fulfillment are more important than money to an employee who is deciding whether to stay or go. The trend in the marketplace has employees jumping [...]

by Gail Fast Hiring good employees is like sifting flour. After you finally get through the layers of advertising for the position, reviewing the resumes, interviewing the applicants and doing reference and background checks, you, hopefully, will be left with the right person for the job. Finding hard working, talented and motivated individuals with the [...]

Although many fitness/wellness centers have eliminated fitness assessments as a requirement for participation in an exercise program, the ability to establish baseline data and document psychological adaptations to exercise are key elements of a sound health and fitness program. The fitness assessment, although non-diagnostic, serves as an important tool for measuring a member’s health status [...]

Some fitness plans promise great results with brief workouts. But can you take these shortcuts to good health? Perhaps you’ve seen one of these fitness guides at your local bookstore. Maybe a Curves franchise has opened in your area. The claim is that a few minutes of exercise a day will shape you up or [...]

by Gail Fast The day-to-day operations of your fitness and wellness centers may seem second nature to your full-time employees. But, to part-time or substitute staff, the management of your center is anything but routine. To these temporary employees, many who work as little as a few hours per week, every workday is different. Therefore, [...]

by Amy Scanlin, M.S. Understanding how the military trains will help you to design and implement military-style training programs in your facility. Military training conjures up images of push-ups, sit-ups and running in the rain.Think GI Jane, An Officer and a Gentlemen and even Full Metal Jacket. While many military movies are purely fiction, the [...]