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New Study Measures the Power of Health Advisors

Ever wonder how your health might change if you worked with a personal trainer or some other sort of health coach? Possibly quite a bit, according to a new U.S. government study published today.

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Illustration by Donkeyhotey. https://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/

On average, it found that people who are overweight and have at least one other risk factor for heart disease could lose significant weight, cut their risk of diabetes in half and improve their cholesterol and blood pressure as well.

Based on that, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended some sort of “behavioral counseling” to everyone in this category. Continue reading New Study Measures the Power of Health Advisors

How My New IDEAFit Sisters Can Keep You in the Pink

So there I was at 7:15 in the morning last Thursday, the only man surrounded by 140 women doing yoga, most of them young enough to be my daughters. And I was thinking, “Did I take a wrong turn?”

IDEA World Blogfest Workout
IDEA World Blogfest Workout

The answer I decided by the end of my four days at IDEA World Fitness Convention, was “absolutely not.” But it took me a while to know that.

IDEA World brings together fitness professionals — especially personal trainers — from all over the world to exchange ideas about getting people in shape.

This year it included an optional two-day seminar on fitness blogging, essentially a meeting of 140 people within the larger meeting of 12,000.

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When I signed up, I knew I was in for a feminine experience. Continue reading How My New IDEAFit Sisters Can Keep You in the Pink