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Health and Home: Where the Heart Is A As a fitness professional, you deal with overweight and undermotivated clients all day long. You help them understand why it's important to focus on good health; you work tirelessly to inspire and motivate them. And while it's true that your clients are important to you, you have to maintain some professional distance. You can't allow your own health to suffe...

Relay Race to Fun & By Joy Keller Fitness Fast-forward to the marriage of two of Haft's life passions: jumping rope and punk rock."I grew up listening to the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and have always felt a connection to the passion, energy, spirit and rebelliousness of punk," he says. "I started jumping rope back when I was wrestling. While my wrestling career was short-lived, I cont...

Getting Kids & Adolescents Excited About Exercise Children are not simply small adults when it comes to getting and staying fit; they present their own unique challenges in terms of exercise motivation and adherence. By Randi Rotwein-Pivnick, MA, MFT I It seems that every time you turn on the news these days, someone is proclaiming the benefits of participating in a regular exercise program. We'...

MASTER CLASS It Starts With You Kymberly WilliamsEvans, MA, talks about the importance of bringing something in and sending something out. Veteran fitness industry professional Kymberly Williams-Evans, MA, might be educating your next batch of instructors, so be nice when you see her at the IDEA World Fitness Convention...

Strengthening Your q Creativity Muscle p q q By April Durrett "C reative thinking requires an outlook that allows you to search for ideas and play with your knowledge and experience," says creativity expert Roger von Oech, PhD, in A Whack on the Side of the Head (Warner Business Books 1998). "With this outlook, you try different approaches, first one, then another, often not getting anywhere. Y...

Encouraging Creativity DISCOVER WHAT HELPS--AND HINDERS-- INNOVATIVE THINKING IN YOUR STAFF. By April Durrett Do you know how to stimulate creativity in your staff? Find out which business conditions boost creativity-- and which don't. get bored. Leaders need to strike the right balance." What Managers Can Do. What are you doing to motivate your staff to be creative? How can you creatively rewar...

FITNESS HANDOUT the science of self-monitoring Did you know that over two centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin used detailed grids to measure his progress toward the 13 goals he had set for himself? He believed this logging process deepened his self-understanding and enhanced his efforts to modify his behavior. Today, many accomplished people use the same technique in their efforts to achieve more a...

Y Attitude Is Everything How to help your clients successfully make lifestyle changes. By Keith D. Harrell You've heard the story before. Your new client has decided to start working out. As she tells you her goals, you discover that she has never been successful at any program, and your health club is her third stab at making a lifestyle change. She explains that something always seems to get he...

research update by Kristine Clark, PhD, RD, FACSM Too Busy to Eat? Over the holidays, too much high-calorie food and too little time can lead to less-than-ideal eating patterns. F rosted sugar cookies, chocolate brownies, creamy fudge and deepdish apple pie--these are just four of the mouth-watering treats that announce the arrival of the "season of overindulgence." November, December and Janu...