Source: http://clubindustry.com/profits/genesis-health-clubs-close-three-recently-purchased-health-clubs

Genesis Health Clubs is closing three of its recently purchased clubs due to their proximity to other Genesis Health Clubs.

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Source: http://www.karpfitness.com/video-summer-fitness-tips/

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Source: http://www.theptdc.com/2016/06/change-how-you-think-about-success-in-fitness/

Once in a while, I’d get a message from a younger coach, asking me how to become successful, and then I’d start grinning like a little kid on his birthday.

It’s humbling as heck to be perceived as “successful” by your peers. The first time I got that question I asked myself, “Hold on, when did I become successful?” Truly puzzled, I went back through my diary, but didn’t see a day or a time when I had noted my arrival at “success.”

In reality, I don’t think there is just one indicator.

I wish it were just one thing that could make me successful. Likewise, I wish I could get just one certification to make me successful. But it’s actually been a culmination of putting in the hours for days, months, and years; believing that my hard work will eventually pay off because others aren’t willing to do the same; and being honest and real with people.

Whatever the case, I suppose I’m some place where others want to be, but I walked a long, meandering, and oftentimes, unsexy road to get here. At the risk of sounding like the rapper Drake, I started from the bottom…

The start of my training career was really nothing special.

My life as a trainer started in 2009, when I was a 12th grader and started working for a big gym as a “memb…

Source: http://greatist.com/live/new-study-shows-butter-isnt-that-bad-for-you?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed_http–greatistcom-

Butter is not the monster we once thought it was. A new, impressively large study calls butter a middle-of-the-road food—better for you than soda but worse than blueberries. That’s a big upgrade from the way we talked about the spreadable dairy product at the height of the low-fat diet craze.

And while it’s neutral when it comes to nutrition, butter is phenomenal at adding flavor (browning it makes dishes unbelievably tasty). Though like anything else, the study’s authors say it’s best enjoyed in moderation.

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Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/07/reading-for-the-long-weekend-jennifer-graysons-unlatched/

Jennifer Grayson.  Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy.  Harper. 2016.

I thought this book had plenty to say and said it well (and has a great cover).  I did a blurb for it:

Unlatched is a deeply engaging, highly personal, well researched, and thoughtfully balanced account of how modern society has denormalized breastfeeding.  Jennifer Grayson does not expect every mother to follow her example and breastfeed babies for three or four years.  Instead, she asks us to consider how formula feeding became the norm and how government policies perpetuate it as the norm (see especially the stunning chapter on the Women, Infants, and Children program).  She argues compellingly that our challenge as a society is to restore breastfeeding as the default for feeding babies, and to provide the support—political as well as emotional–that mothers need to breastfeed successfully.

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Source: http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2016/07/01/healthy-4th-of-july-recipes/

Happy 4th of July weekend, my friends! To help you get in the spirit, here is a round up of some of my favorite healthy 4th of July recipes from my blog and some fellow dietitians and healthy food bloggers.

Enjoy – and let me know if you try any of them! Happy birthday, America!

Fannetastic Food – 4th of July Cookie Cake

Mom’s Kitchen Handbook – Berries in a Cloud

Nutritioulicious – Red cabbage, Snap Pea, Blueberry Salad <img class="size-full wp-image-46045 aligncenter" src="http://www.fannetasticfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Cabbage-Pea-Blueberry-Salad-003-e1438369604435.jpg" alt="Ca…

Source: http://www.theptdc.com/2016/06/online-classes-or-in-person-workshops-for-ceus/

After you get the necessary certifications to pursue a career in personal training, you have to consider how to keep learning and continue getting better in this competitive field.

One option to supplement your knowledge is to read articles, as you are doing now, and books from experienced thought leaders in the industry. Another is to find seminars, classes, workshops, conferences, and so on to attend. The difference is that to be a personal trainer, reading books and articles is optional, while you actually need to periodically pursue educational opportunities within the industry. Most of the major certifying bodies, including ACE, NSCA, NASM, and ACSM, each require that you fulfill a certain amount of continuing education units, or CEUs, to expand your knowledge and skill set.

CEUs give you the perfect opportunity to enhance your educational background, maintain a high level of professional qualification, and increase your ability to assist and attract clients. The conundrum is that in today’s increasingly digital world, you have more continuing education options than ever, ranging from online courses to in-person workshops.

On one hand, the online courses can seem like the more convenient way to go, but don’t just blindly opt-in to a continuing education class based on convenience. Instead, consider the following three factors bef…

Source: http://romanfitnesssystems.com/articles/app-idea/

I’m going to tell you a mind-blowing secret. You ready?

Here it goes.

Your idea isn’t worth a damn thing.  

Sorry to be blunt, but it’s true. It isn’t worth a thing. Nothing. Nada.

People don’t buy ideas; they buy products. Product can have a number of definitions, but apart from a few successful serial entrepreneurs, it sure as hell isn’t an idea. 

Facebook is a product. Evernote is a product. SnapChat is a product; it isn’t the idea of Snapchat that’s valued at 16 billion dollars, it’s the product.

If You Want To Do More Than Dream, You Need To Build A Product

A product is simply the execution of an idea.

Not just thinking about the app, but building it. Not just figuring out how you can make some tool better, but prototyping and selling it. Not just coming up with a great idea for a business, but starting it.

That’s why your idea is worthless. It’s the execution that’s everything.

Execution is the sole reason why startups get funding. It has nothing to do with the connections that a founder has; that only gets their foot in the door. To get the check that you think you need, the investors need to think the idea is good, but more than that, they need to know that you have th…

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tinybuddha/~3/qoHVRp8R79c/

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ~Albert Einstein

I’m sitting on the couch by myself watching Dexter reruns on Netflix. But I can hardly focus on the show. I’m freaking out because I still haven’t made any friends, even though I moved here over a month ago.

I keep thinking to myself: “Will all my Saturdays look like this?” “Will I actually be able to make new friends and build that social circle I was so excited to have?”

Let me rewind just a bit.

It’s a hot and sunny summer day in Southern California.

After hours of Tetris-like packing, my Toyota Corolla is packed to the brim with everything I consider important. My guitar amp has clothes stuffed in the back of it. Even my snowboard is upside down, forming to the shape of the roof.

I should be exhausted from packing, but I’m not. I’m beaming. Smiling from ear to ear, I can’t wait to start a new chapter in my life.

With a new promotion in hand, I am given the task of opening a new office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have never even been to New Mexico before, but I am ecstatic to meet new people and create new life experiences. So I hop in my car and make the fifteen-hour drive to begin my new adventure.

I’ve arrived in New Mexico, and I am high on life …

Source: http://www.sonima.com/food/cucumber-tomato-salad/

It’s no coincidence that we use texture as a metaphor for bringing variety, excitement, and freshness into our lives. It’s easy to fall into a rut of eating the same breakfast eggs, doing the same weekend errands, feeling the same churning emotions, thinking the same tired thoughts. And as quickly as these actions become habits, they can prevent us from seeing the world anew. To clear away the staid gloss of habit from our vision, we need texture.
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