The American Senior Fitness Association (SFA) has announced a new brain fitness training program designed for exercise professionals. Brain Fitness for Older Adults teaches senior fitness instructors and personal trainers how to incorporate effective cognitive fitness into physical activity programs, offering seniors the opportunity to boost both physical and mental fitness simultaneously. Brain Fitness for [...]
Americans are looking for clear and concise answers when it comes to how to drop a few pounds this summer and many are turning to their personal trainers to show them the way. The American Council on Exercise (ACE) recently conducted a survey of 1000 ACE-Certified Personal Trainers to get their advice regarding the best [...]
Sitting for hours on end at a desk can often cause discomfort in the back and neck. Here are a few exercises you can do to help ease those aches and pains. Just Shrug it off: One exercise that will help loosen up the shoulders are shoulder shrugs. Simply lift and lower your shoulders in [...]
Don’t WEAR out your workout-tips on choosing workout apparel to make the most of your workout. Start at the bottom: Choose pants or shorts based on the workout you’ll be doing. Loose pants for yoga, tight pants for biking, for instance. Consider wearing tight fitting shorts or bicycle shorts underneath to avoid chafing and embarrassing [...]
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed legislation requiring outdoor football stadiums, soccer fields, baseball fields and other outdoor facilities to have an automated external defibrillator (AED) on hand to help save lives in the event of a medical emergency. House Bill 1279, sponsored by State Representative Daniel J. Burke (D-Chicago) and State Senator Martin A. [...]
A Dutch review of studies indicates aerobic exercise may give older adults a boost in brainpower. The review, published in The Cochrane Library, evaluated 11 randomized controlled trials in the United States France and Sweden, involving 670 adults age 55 and over. The studies found that participation in aerobic exercise programs increased participants’ VO2 max, [...]
For the first time researchers are beginning to understand exactly how various forms of exercise impact the heart. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, in collaboration with the Harvard University Health Services, have found that 90 days of vigorous athletic training produces significant changes in cardiac structure and function and that the type of change varies [...]
A recent article in Crain’s Chicago Business highlights the role that running clubs play in shaping the corporate culture and employee satisfaction at organizations around Chicago, from hospitals to financial institutions. At HSC, we love to hear about efforts to instill a “culture of wellness” in the workplace, much as we work to make schools [...]
We all know that exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. At HSC, we are strong advocates of incorporating physical activity into the school day. It was interesting to see a new study which documents that women who were physically active as teens and young adults were 23 percent less likely to develop [...]
The EnterTrainer is one of the coolest health and exercise gadgets that I have seen. It’s also one of the strangest workout devices that helps overcoming laziness while exercising. The EnterTrainer comes with a universal remote control and powers your TV with exercise. Working with your heart monitor this universal remote control tells your TV [...]
