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WellCoaches: Foundational Behaviors - Exercise Professionals
Discover how to cultivate connection with your clients by enhancing your presence. Your presence, through the essential skills of connection and communication, is a non-negotiable for clients to connect to the relationship with you and to achieving their goals. You communicate with clients not…
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Footwear's Impact on Athletic Performance and Injury Risk
Locomotor movements are governed by the interaction between the foot and the ground. Consequently, what an individual has on their feet affects movement. By influencing the interaction between the foot and the ground, athletic footwear attempts to do one of two things: improve performance or…
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All Exercise Should be Gender-Inclusive
Exercise professionals can improve inclusion for transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse people. The purpose of this article is to explain why exercise professionals should advocate for gender inclusion and to provide suggestions on how to be more gender-affirming.
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A Non-Invasive Window into Cellular Health: Phase Angle and Impedance Ratio Explained
Phase angle and impedance ratio are two ways to assess cellular health using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA). A low phase angle and high impedance ratio are both indicative of cellular membrane dysfunction and often occur alongside disease/disorder. When conducting BIA assessments,…
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Peripheral Heart Training for Fitness and Health
Peripheral heart action (PHA) training is a simple application of circuit weight training (CWT) that alternates five to six upper- and lower-body exercises performed in a cyclical fashion. Unlike CWT, during which consecutive exercises are typically separated by 15-30 sec, PHA involves minimal…
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Bridging the Physical Activity Intention-Behavior Gap
Dr. Rhodes discusses the physical activity intention-behavior gap, made popular by New Year’s resolutions that people struggle to enact every year. He will provide an overview of what we know about the gap between intentions and behavior, including the different processes that contribute to…
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Exercise and Fermented Foods to Promote Immune Modifying Microbial Metabolites
In this course, Dr. Allen will present the latest research from his lab on the interplay between exercise and bioactive microbial-derived metabolites in humans. He will explore how physical activity influences the production of these metabolites and their role in modulating immune function, with…
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20 min of Exercise a Day Keeps the MASLD Doctor Away
In this course, Dr. Jonathan Stine will discuss the widespread public health issue posed by Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and the critical role of exercise in its prevention and management. He will provide an overview of the epidemiology and growing burden of MASLD and its…
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Muscle Damage and Repair: Why Am I So Sore?
This course will cover how unaccustomed or strenuous exercise can cause damage to muscle, usually manifesting as temporary weakness, inflammation and delayed onset muscle soreness. The first part of this presentation will explain how muscle damage occurs following exercise. We will then explore…
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Contemporary Anti-Obesity Medications
There have been advancements in the pharmacotherapy treatment options for overweight/obesity, which are commonly referred to as anti-obesity medications (AOMs). This session will explore these AOMs and their effects on body weight, body composition, and other health-related outcomes. Moreover,…
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Emotions & Mindsets, Oh My!
This course will cover emotions and mindsets and their influence on behaviors and health. The presenters will provide an overview of the broaden and build theory and highlight research related to mindsets and their impact on expectations and responses. The session will conclude with practical…
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Exercise During Pregnancy: Promoting Health for Two
This course will cover the importance of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and how this theory relates to preventing chronic disease risk in both mom and baby. Dr. Mottola will outline the latest guidelines for exercise during pregnancy and provide key factors for exercise…
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Sports Medicine Essentials
The Sports Medicine Essentials course is designed for medical providers seeking improved knowledge of common musculoskeletal, medical, and cardiac issues affecting athletes and physically active individuals of all ages.
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IPE 2022 | Extraordinary Exercise and Cardiovascular Health: Can there be too Much of a Good Thing?
Renowned experts from around the world talk about the controversy surrounding the health benefits or injury of extraordinary exercise.
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Developing Trusted Collaborative Relationships between Healthcare Providers and Exercise Professionals
There has never been more opportunity for exercise professionals to become an enabled part of healthcare through both preventative and therapeutic care models. The development of the United States Registry of Exercise Professionals (USREPS) has created a utility for the verification of qualified…
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Are You Ready to Recommend Physical Activity for Pregnant People?
Traditionally, pregnant individuals were required to obtain medical clearance before beginning or continuing physical activity during pregnancy. However, with the establishment of the safety and benefits of prenatal exercise, the requirement that all individuals obtain medical clearance for…
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Defining an Optimal Range of Motion in Resistance Exercises for the Shoulder
There is a difference between a full range of motion and an optimal/safe range of motion during the execution of resistance exercises. Commonly practiced resistance exercises involving the shoulder joint can pose a significant risk of injury. A safe and effective range of motion for a variety of…
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A Case for Pilates as Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic condition in which individuals experience complete or partial collapse of the upper airway during sleep with an associated decrease in airflow, oxygen saturation, and arousal from sleep. While the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and…
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Conducting Online Fitness Assessments in Exercise Oncology
This paper presents practical considerations for conducting online fitness assessments in exercise oncology research settings. Screening and assessing participants online are integral components of safe and effective exercise program delivery. Future research is needed to establish the validity…
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Exercise Intervention
Up to four in five individuals with an eating disorder engage in dysfunctional exercise behaviors. Counter to conventional thinking, recommending abstinence from exercise during eating disorder treatment is likely not helpful; yet, most treatments and guidelines provide no intervention to…
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Understanding Pancreatic Cancer-mediated Changes in Body Composition
Learn about changes in body composition in pancreatic cancer patients, including some new data suggesting sex differences in these changes.
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Top Five Legal Liability Risks Facing Fitness Managers
Although fitness managers face many legal liability risks, this course will focus on five that appear to be the most common. Negligence cases involving these legal liability risks and the “take away” lessons fitness managers can learn from these cases will be examined. Explore the outcomes of…
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The Role of Programmatic Accreditation, Certification, and Career Advancement
In recent years, the exercise profession has been actively pursuing recognition as allied health professionals through the establishment of job-specific standards for programmatic accreditation, providing professional certification and credentialing, creating a professional registry (United…
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