Clinical Highlights from Current Sports Medicine Reports
One of the best parts of Current Sports Medicine Reports (CSMR) are the interesting and educational case reports that are submitted. They are informative and highlight interesting clinical cases that help to increase our knowledge base and remind us to maintain a high degree of clinical suspicion and to keep searching for answers when things just don’t […]
Why Checking the Box to Exercise isn’t Sufficient for Your Health
Scenario: The sound of an alarm wakes you up at 6:30 a.m. to start your day. Upon waking up, you decide to go for a jog at the local park, but you are restricted to 30 minutes because of a work meeting scheduled for 8:30 at the office. After exercising, you sit down to pour […]
Navigating the Impact of New Weight Loss Medications
Ozempic™, Wegovy™, Mounjaro™, and now, Zepbound™ – everywhere you turn, you hear about these new medications that have changed the weight loss world and are making a major impact on chronic diseases. The reality is that while 2023 has been flooded with media and excitement, it will likely continue – these effective medications promote, on […]
Racial Disparities in Concussion Recovery among Collegiate Athletes in the United States
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the premier landscape for amateur athletics in the United States. Contrary to the notion that sport participation in the United States is equitable, it has been observed that college sport participation is more prevalent among individuals with specific geographic, social, and financial advantages. This disparity in participation may […]
ACSM Annual Meeting Presentation Leads to Fruitful MD-PhD Collaboration
If you’re on the fence about attending the 2024 ACSM Annual Meeting in Boston, consider the story of two ACSM fellows, Drs. Li Li and Jeffrey A. Ross. Li, a research professor in Georgia Southern University’s Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, and Ross, an associate professor at the Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, Section […]
Key Things to Consider Before Signing a Lease for Your Fitness Business
An early spring storm was raging outside, but my cardio hip hop class was pumping on a Thursday evening. The class was just hitting its stride when one of my regulars motioned to me, and I saw that she was dripping, not just from sweat, but from what was now becoming a fairly steady stream […]
5 Fitness Gift Ideas for Friends and Family
We’re well into the holiday season, and maybe you’re scrambling to find the perfect gifts for friends and family. Uh oh. Fortunately, there are plenty of fitness tools and accessories out there that might fit the bill, and at a range of prices. (Of course, discretion is important too — it’s probably best to only […]
A Ph.D. Student’s Take on ACSM’s Leadership & Diversity Training Program
Rafael Alamilla’s affiliation with ACSM’s Leadership & Diversity Training Program (LDTP) began with an interesting coincidence. An IU President’s Doctoral Fellow in Indiana University’s Department of Health Sciences, Alamilla had heard about ACSM’s LDTP somewhat by chance — whether it was from ACSM social media, an email, or some other communication, he can’t exactly recall. […]
The Importance of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, A 10-Year Update
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) policy statement “The Importance of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the United States: The Need for a National Registry.” In my teaching and lecturing, I have often commented that the field of exercise physiology is a very young area of science. Much of the foundations […]
Dietary Nitrate and Women’s Athletic Performance: A Call for Further Research
Nitrate supplementation has consistently been shown to benefit exercise performance due to its capacity to increase nitric oxide (NO), a signaling molecule that plays an important role in skeletal muscle function during exercise. Once ingested, nitrate is converted to nitrite via anaerobic bacteria in the oral cavity and nitrite is converted to NO especially under conditions […]