Over the past 50 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of interrelated metabolic disease states, including obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In modern Western... View More
Athletes who take human growth hormone may not be getting the boost they expected. While growth hormone adds some muscle, it doesn't appear to improve strength or exercise capacity, according to a review... View More
If you think Uncle Sam should help us stay healthy, you're not alone. Most Americans think he should. In fact, a national survey commissioned by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association... View More
Threatened by the local association of record companies with 3,000% increases in fees for playing music in group exercise classes, Fitness Australia is fighting back with the help of the International... View More
Precision Fitness, a fitness business model focused on affordable personal training, today announced its number of franchised locations has more than doubled within 60 days of becoming available nationwide.... View More
When the National Institute on Drug Abuse surveyed 48,025 students in a nationally representative sample of 403 public and private schools about lifetime, past year, past month and daily use of drugs,... View More
The NSCA Certification Commission is excited to announce that a new edition of the most-preferred exam preparation textbook for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam will be available... View More
National Health-through-Fitness Day, organized by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA), occurred on March 12, in Washington, DC. Patrick Miles, Director of Retail Sales with SPRI Products,... View More
Documenting a “twofold to fivefold” increase in personal problems among adolescents with persistent sleeplessness, public health researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center... View More
Participation in high school sports has jumped more than 16% over the past decade, and while interscholastic sports play a key role in the successful development of students, they can also lead to injury.... View More
Life Fitness today announced plans to deliver the Nike + iPod experience on all of its iPod-compatible Elevation Series treadmills, elliptical cross-trainers and Lifecycle Exercise Bikes. Later this... View More
Heart attacks and strokes are among the leading causes of death for sufferers, as the inflammation caused by the disease impacts upon the arteries. But an Arthritis Research and Therapy study found those... View More
A study published in the February 2008 issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the official scientific journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), suggests that weight gain brought... View More
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and Les Mills International (LMI) have announced a formal alliance with the mission of helping to promote and build the health and fitness... View More
Recent research confirms what many in the industry already know: Members need accountability in order to lose weight and keep it off. In fact, people who were enrolled in a weight-loss maintenance trial... View More
Health club membership in the United States increased by three percent last year from 42.7 million members (over the age of six) in 2006 to 44.1 million in 2007, according to early estimates from an annual... View More
Personal Training Professionals announces the opening of another personal training studio in Wilton, Connecticut. This is the first new location since offering the concept as a franchise in 2007... View More
The Medical Fitness Association and AARP have joined forces to challenge older adults to walk for health for 10 weeks leading up to the MFA-sponsored Medical Fitness Week, April 21-27, 2008. AARP research... View More
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) today announced that more than 12,000 fitness industry professionals from 70 nations gathered to celebrate the associations 27th Annual... View More
Walgreen Co. has announced that it is taking its fight against childhood obesity to the web with the launch of www.getfitwithwalgreens.com. The new website is the Internet component of the award-winning... View More
