Annual Survey of Worldwide Fitness Trends

Definition of Trend: a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving.

After 6 weeks, 4,133 responses were received, which represents a return rate of 4%.  Here is a link to the original journal article: LINK

What area(s) is your business focus on?

SURVEY RESULTS

1. High-intensity interval training.
2. Group training.
3. Wearable technology.
4. Body weight training.
5. Strength training.
6. Educated, certified, and experienced fitness professionals.
7. Yoga.
8. Personal training.
9. Fitness programs for older adults.
10. Functional fitness.

If you have ever had difficulty communicating with a client, here is a perspective that might help decrease your stress level. There is a gap between perception and reality. Those gaps can be dangerous. Our only control is our perception and reaction. Embrace the absurd.

Mind the gap between perception and reality. (Tiffee, 2016).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BL9uRJpTqY&spfreload=10 11:09 min

Ever thought about a ‘working’ vacation in Fitness?

This is where you teach a class (or 2) a day, but stay in a resort all expenses paid?  Something to think about, especially if you are a group fitness instructor and enjoy Mexico or Cuba!

Here are a few sites to get you started?

• www.fitbodiesinc.com
• www.nrg2go.net
• https://fitnessprotravel.com/
• https://www.fitnessvacationexchange.com/

New area of research – can steroids benefit athletes for a decade after use? Some now believe it does.

So, the question becomes, how long should an athlete, caught using, be banned from the sport.  The W.A.D.A. (World Anti Doping Agency) has provided a grant to carry out further research on humans at the University of Oslo and develop future protocols.

Original Article: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24730151

• “In science if you cheat, you are out for life, and my personal view is that it should be similar for athletes,” [Prof Gundersen] said.
• Researchers found that power lifters who have stopped taking steroids had an advantage in their sport years after they stopped using the drugs.
• Previous strength training with or without the use of anabolic steroids facilitates subsequent re-acquisition of muscle mass even after long intervening periods of inactivity

Supporting Research:

 1. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.2013.264457/abstract

• When mice were briefly treated with steroids the muscle mass and number of nuclei increased. The drug was subsequently withdrawn for 3 months and the muscle mass returned to normal, but the excess cell nuclei persisted. When such muscles were subjected to overload they grew by 30% over 6 days while controls grew insignificantly.
• Our data suggest that previous strength training might be beneficial later in life, and that a brief exposure to anabolic steroids might have long lasting performance-enhancing effects.

**Please note: this is not in support of any steroid use and only provided on the basis of future banning of a cheating athlete at the competition level.

I’m often asked what the best way to decrease body fat while maintaining muscle mass – diet or cardiovascular exercise (low intensity steady state).

Below are a few articles which show if you do low intensity steady state cardiovascular exercise and strength training at the same time, you lose the benefits of both!  Training for strength and cardiovascular endurance (via low intensity steady state cardiovascular exercise) concurrently decreases gains in:

• Cardiovascular fitness,
• explosiveness,
• strength and
• muscle mass.  1,2,3,4

So, if you have a desire to lean out and shred while maintaining your hard earned muscle mass,  do so without low intensity steady state cardiovascular exercise, and focus on an impeccable diet.

1. Neuromuscular adaptations during concurrent strength and endurance training versus strength training. Häkkinen K, Alen M, Kraemer WJ, Gorostiaga E, Izquierdo M, Rusko H, Mikkola J, Häkkinen A, Valkeinen H, Kaarakainen E, Romu S, Erola V, Ahtiainen J, Paavolainen L. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2003 Mar;89(1):42-52.
2. Comparison of two lower-body modes of endurance training on lower-body strength development while concurrently training. Gergley JC. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 May;23(3):979-87.
3. Concurrent resistance and endurance training influence basal metabolic rate in nondieting individuals. Dolezal BA, Potteiger JA. J Appl Physiol. 1998 Aug;85(2):695-700.
4. Effect of concurrent endurance and circuit resistance training sequence on muscular strength and power development. Chtara M, Chaouachi A, Levin GT, Chaouachi M, Chamari K, Amri M, Laursen PB. J Strength Cond Res. 2008 Jul;22(4):1037-45.

From an article on humanengine.com (May 2012)

Published data showed (August 2016) for the first time that ingestion of 40 grams of whey protein results in greater stimulation of myofibrillar protein synthesis (MPS) than 20 grams of whey protein following whole-body resistance exercise in healthy, young males.

Full Published Article Link: Click Here

There seems to be some confusion regarding the BCRPA Group Fitness ICE.  So, I went straight to the source – BCRPA!  Here are their answers to the common questions when designing your class to be evaluated.

QUESTION:  Can the Group Fitness ICE format ONLY  be completed with a formal aerobic step or aerobic class?

ANSWER: The Group Fitness ICE needs to be in a format that allows the student to fully demonstrate all required aspects of the evaluation, which includes exercise to music.  This means that bootcamp / circuit-style classes would not be eligible if they do not incorporate choreography techniques and are not teaching in time to BPM. It’s not as strict as a formal aerobic / step class though.

QUESTION:  Several rec centres have been saying a BCRPA certified personal trainer is able to teach bootcamps (unlimited participants).  My understanding was a personal trainer is limited to training a max of 3 persons at a time, but a group fitness instructor could teach 4+.  Could you please clarify?

ANSWER: There’s nothing in the Scope of Practice that designates how many participants a Personal Trainer can work with for insurance purposes; however, based on the training received, PTs are not really qualified to teach more than 4 participants at once, unless they are also registered in Group Fitness.

QUESTION:  Is a Group Fitness instructor allowed to teach group classes outdoors (e.g. bootcamp / circuit in a public park)?

ANSWER: Technically their insurance covers them for everywhere except their own home – but if you are teaching in a public space (city park, school field, etc) you may require a permit from the city that allows you to operate a business on city property (if you’re not teaching for free).

Want to schedule your BCRPA Group Fitness ICE?  Call or email.

Powerful insight into strokes via TED Talk.  Click to watch VIDEO

A common question from many of our ICBC and private clients: “When do I need the service of a kinesiologist in the recovery process?” or “Tell me more about the active rehab process and the kinesiologist.”

This diagram should help!

Had a car accident or work accident and would like to begin active rehab, check us out.