IDEA and ACSM Solidify Ongoing Event Partnership, Announce 2025 Health & Fitness Summit
IDEA® Health & Fitness Association and the American College of Sports Medicine® (ACSM) are pleased to announce their continued collaboration in hosting the highly anticipated 2025 IDEA® & ACSM Health & Fitness Summit. This dynamic partnership reaffirms their shared commitment to revolutionizing the health and fitness landscape through cutting-edge education. The 2025 IDEA & ACSM Health […]
Health and Safety of Female Wrestlers
Blum and Woodroffe of the University of Iowa Athletics Department discuss considerations for the health and safety of female wrestlers.
ACSM Releases 3 New Pronouncements
In July, ACSM published a new Expert Consensus Statement in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise® (MSSE) titled “Testing in Intermittent Sports — Importance for Training and Performance Optimization in Adult Athletes.” This Expert Consensus Statement provides an overview of available tests in different exercise domains identified as relevant (from assessment of single explosive actions to […]
A Crash Course in Olympic Rugby
One of the greatest developments in modern Olympics was the creation of the International Olympic Committees’ (IOC’s) Olympic Agenda 2020, which sought to safeguard Olympic values and strengthen the role of sport in modern society. In essence, this agenda permitted host countries’ organizing committees to propose new sports for the Games they would be hosting. The […]
Summertime and the 24-Hour Day: Get Teens Moving!
Everyone looks forward to the summer, especially teens. In the United States, this two- to three-month period is typically characterized by sleeping in, catching up on shows and taking part in assorted adventures. But today’s adventures may be different than those of the past. Just in case parents of today’s teens needed a reminder, we […]
Capital Region Leads Nation’s Fittest Cities in 2024 ACSM American Fitness Index® Ranking
Health of Americans Dips Due to Mental Health, Physical Well-being and Lack of Sleep Arlington, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Seattle, Washington, are the top cities in the 17th annual ACSM American Fitness Index® (Fitness Index) rankings published by the American College of Sports Medicine® (ACSM) and the Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance […]
ACSM Names Incoming Editor-in-Chief of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal®
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) announces that Paul M. Gallo, Ed.D., FACSM, ACSM-CEP, ACSM-EP, ACSM-GEI, EIM, has been selected as the next editor-in-chief (EIC) of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal® (HFJ). Dr. Gallo was selected through a rigorous application and interview search process from among a pool of talented and qualified candidates. His scholarly achievements, […]
Optimal Nutrition for Youth Athletes
Dr. Sacheck shares how young athletes can meet the demands of growth, development, and increased physical activity through proper nutrition.
Clinical Highlights from Current Sports Medicine Reports | Q2 2024
Welcome to the highlights and the review of the AWESOME articles and case reports published over the last quarter in Current Sports Medicine Reports (CSMR). This past quarter for CSMR was amazing. I was going through the articles and cases that were published and on my first review I selected almost all of them. While this is […]
FY 2025 Congressional Appropriations and NIH Reform
FY 2025 Congressional Appropriations As House spending bills undergo subcommittee markups, Senate appropriators have outlined 302(b) allocations, despite a lack of Republican agreement to expedite bill consideration. Currently, only the Agriculture, Military Construction-VA, and legislative branch measures have received allocations and will be considered at the full committee level on July 11, bypassing the subcommittee […]