When Saori Kawano arrived in New York City in 1978 from Yokohama, most Americans’ ideas of Japanese food ended at instant ramen and onion volcanoes. Since then, if you’ve enjoyed hand-cut soba noodles or an omakase dinner, or admired the graceful curves of a rice bowl or the flash of a Japanese knife blade, you…
Every year, the IDEA World Convention brings together thousands of exercise professionals and health coaches who share a passion and enthusiasm for getting people moving. Of course, it’s educational, with sessions led the most knowledgeable and experienced industry leaders. But, in many ways, the convention is also a celebration – a place for exercise professionals…
What happens to your engine at the end of a long car trip? It doesn’t require a degree in automotive engineering to know that once you’ve reached your destination, your car’s engine stays warm as it gradually cools to a resting temperature. Here’s a cool fact: The same thing happens to your body after exercise….
Do you have clients that cringe at the thought of stretching at the end of a session or students that constantly cut out of class before the cool-down? For some, it’s a question of perceived lack of time. For others, the thought of spending time stretching doesn’t sound exciting or sexy, despite the fact that…
It’s not a topic you probably want to talk about, but if you are constipated, making healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle can help get things moving again. Identifying the Source of the Problem Constipation is generally defined as having fewer than three bowel movements per week. While it can be caused by something…
Chardonnay is both ubiquitous and despised, neither for good reason. The grape is grown all over the world, more for reasons of commerce than of quality. This has meant a lot of mediocre and bad chardonnay, which has led many wine lovers to dismiss it categorically. That’s a shame, because a lot of great chardonnays…
To borrow from the late efficiency expert Stephen Covey, no one ever plans to fail, they simply fail to plan. While originally offered as one of his legendary Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, this concept also applies directly to exercise; specifically, how to design an exercise program. Without proper planning and preparation to enhance…
Today’s active aging market is the largest growing fitness demographic in the industry, with more than 10,000 people in North American turning 65 years old each day. We now know more about aging than ever before, and peer-reviewed, published, refereed research offers some great news: Of the five types of aging—chronological, functional, biological, psychological and…
Yoga is an ideal form of exercise to open tight and stiff hips. Tight hips typically result from sedentary lifestyles or, conversely, from overuse during sports and other activities. Â Although the cause varies, people typically experience tightness in one or more areas of the hip. The poses described below focus on specific areas of the…
To some, Halloween officially kicks off the holiday season, and along with it the challenge of enjoying yourself while managing to limit your intake (or disbursement) of unhealthy treats. So when it comes to Halloween and the time-honored tradition of doling out candy to ghosts, goblins, and – of course – Frozen Princesses, one question…