6 Types of Metabolic Damage Caused by High-intensity Workouts

From challenging workout DVDs for at-home use to demanding outdoor boot camp-style classes and grueling studio-based workouts, high intensity traini...



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8 Signs You're Meant to Be a Health Coach

Have you been considering expanding your career or starting a new one altogether? If you find yourself drawn to the health coaching profession, chan...



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8 Exercises Every Woman Should Be Doing

There are many reasons why women should regularly hit the weights, and the following exercises capitalize on those benefits. So get the girls togeth...



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4 Things Health and Fitness Professionals Need to Know About the Apple Watch

ACE Chief Science Officer Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., attended Apple’s launch event earlier this month, where they unveiled the iPhone 6, iOS8 an...



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Improve Your Strength and Mobility With These TRX Moves

To have longevity in movement (being able to play and do what you love for a very long time), mobility has to be addressed in your fitness routine. Le...



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Anti-aging Benefits of Exercise

Today’s active aging market is the largest growing fitness demographic in the industry, with more than 10,000 people in North American turning...



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How to Create an Effective Circuit Workout

Circuit training has long been known in the fitness industry as a great way to maximize your workout efficiency. There are countless exercises that ...



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Seven Highly Effective Habits of Healthy People

It seems that some people effortlessly move through life making the right choices. They know exactly what to eat, wake up at the crack of dawn to en...



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Strength Training Workout for Beginners

Strength training is an important part of improving your overall fitness, and for women, it can mean much more. In addition to numerous health benef...



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Top 10 Reasons Women Should Hit the Weights

When I was a teenager my grandmother used to tell me to stop lifting weights—it wasn’t lady-like, and the weight room should be a place ...



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7 Highly Effective Habits of Healthy People

It seems that some people effortlessly move through life making the right choices. They know exactly what to eat, wake up at the crack of dawn to en...



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How to Self-Care for the IT Band

The illiotibial band, or IT band, is a band of thick fibers that connect from the most prominent area of the hip bone (iliac crest) and runs laterally...



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4 Myths about Strength Training for Women

It seems as if there’s a lot of information about exercise for women that is based on unfounded myths and even some outright lies instead of f...



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Train This, Not That: The Core Edition

Why do you do core training? To get better abs? Support your back? Improve your athletic performance? Maybe all of the above! When doing any type of c...



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Jiu-Jitsu Inspired Partner Workout

Partner exercises are a great way to add some creativity to your workouts, as well as offer possibilities for small group and group training. Check ou...



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6 Lower-body Exercises to Do Instead of Squats

Hip mobility and strength is essential for many daily activities like bending down to pick up an object or young child from the ground, walking up sta...



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The Changing Face of Group Fitness

In some places, the group fitness business looks much like it did decades ago: hour-long classes, timetables posted on photocopied paper for members...



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Apple's iWatch and HealthKit: What They Mean for Health and Fitness Pros and Their Clients

The fusion of technology and the fitness industry continues at warp speed. This brings both excitement and concern, with users around the world wait...



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The Posterior-chain Workout

The anatomical term “posterior” refers to the backside of the body. Thus, the phrase, “posterior chain,” refers to the muscles...



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