2010 Fitness Trends

When the calendar turns over to January of 2010, many people will begin to implement New Year’s resolutions that include some type of health and fitness goals. People vow to live healthier lives throughout the new year, whether that includes adding various forms of exercise, starting a diet, or eliminating negative habits. While each person’s decision is his or her own and must be based on personal preferences and objectives, it is interesting to note the predicted trends for the year based on past years, and those trends might be an indicator of programs that are easier to find and more reasonably priced due to popularity. Each year, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)...
Training emphasizes efficiency on a budget

The American Council on Exercise recently announced the top 10 fitness trends for the new year -- based on an annual survey of personal ...
How to Work Workout Into Day

For others, "low-cost and easy fitness alternatives range from dusting off old dumbbells to jumping rope or kickboxing in front of the television," the ...
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SOMERSWORTH — Personal training studio Physique Fitness will be offering new programming to help bring fitness to seniors and the true beginners to group ...
Free fitness classes at Rocky River Civic Center

ROCKY RIVER -- Starting today January 4), Rocky River Recreation Center is offering free fitness classes for all residents as well as non-residents through ...
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Many, for sure, are about fitness. As a result, the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA, like so many gyms, is flooded every January 1st with folks getting fit. ...
Manitowoc County residents gear up for fitness challenge

... residents will be working out, eating healthy and making better lifestyle choices as they compete in the Lighten Up Manitowoc County fitness challenge. ...
The Hidden Benefits of Exercise

Now it is working with a number of medical and fitness groups to develop a National Physical Activity plan, to be released early this year, to encourage Americans to adhere to the guidelines. The guidelines, developed by the Department of Health and Human Services and available online at health.gov/paguidelines, recommend that adults get at least two hours and 30 minutes weekly of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity, or one hour and 15 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise, or an equivalent combination of both. The guidelines also say that additional health benefits can be had from as much as doubling the minimum recommendation for aerobic exercise. Also reco...
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Find fitness friends who will lead you to success. They will encourage you to keep going when challenges come your way: Weight loss plateaus, exercise boredom, emotional eating and feeling of giving up.But being with a group, you have to consider how you eat after burning all the calories. Make sure that healthy eating is also part of your topic.Portion and quality controlIf you have no medical condition that would require a special diet, don’t even attempt to start one.Focus on portion control before modifying the quality of your food intake. Write everything in a notebook and try to limit your food servings. If you’ve been us...