Routines represent more than just a series of repetitive actions in which we engage on a daily basis. They form the backbone of a balanced and productive existence. By incorporating routines into...
Health Behaviors and Psychology
Fitness articles related to health behaviors and psychology as it relates to motivation, sports psychology and other factors affecting wellness.
Biohacking Offers a Pathway to Achieving Personal Goals
Biohacking, an emerging term and trend these days, refers to incremental shifts we can make in order to “hit the reset button” on both body and lifestyle. Biohacking involves making small, strategic...
New Year Resolutions ~Using Behavioral Psychology to Boost Client Adherence and Motivation
Decades of research on what defines success in terms of adherence to a medication schedule revealed a multitude of factors. This same social-behavioral science research can apply to individuals who...
Discerning Disordered Eating from Eating Disorders
It’s not uncommon for fitness professionals to encounter clients struggling with disordered eating at some point in their careers. While distinct from clinical eating disorders, behaviors like...
Steroids and Diabetes: The Potentially Lethal Duo
In almost all gyms and fitness centers across the country, trainers will find individuals who choose to take anabolic steroids as part of their training regimen. As fitness professionals, we cannot...
Readjusting the Scales: Striking a Balance Between Body Neutrality and Body Positivity
At this time of year, many individuals begin thinking of getting into better shape to kick off the New Year. While this always remains a laudable goal, it often goes awry, leading some down a...
Understanding the Consequences of #fitspiration – How Influencers’ Use of Social Media Can Negatively Impact Body Image
Insufficient physical activity remains a major public health concern, heightening the risk of a multitude of health concerns as well as negatively impacting mental health. Many far-reaching public...
Wellness and Fitness: Different Sides of the Same Coin
In our daily attempts to live healthy and productive lives, it helps to realize that good health encompasses so much more than just exercise and having a fit body. Fitness, health, and wellness...
Creating Inclusive Spaces for Fitness Clients
Fitness, when presented properly and professionally, boasts the capacity to transcend borders, cultures, and backgrounds. However, despite its universal appeal, the fitness industry as a whole often...
Trainers Can Go Beyond Exercise and Integrate the Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine into Client Workouts
Lifestyle medicine, a branch of evidence-based healthcare emphasizing disease prevention over curative medicine, seems greatly underemphasized in today’s Western medicine approach. Lifestyle...