Goal Setting that Builds Trust and Self-Efficacy
Humans are driven toward autonomy – the need to have control over one’s choices; to march to one’s own drummer and be the captain of one’s own ship. This leads to the kind of motivation that supports sustainable engagement in healthy behaviors. Using the coach approach, you are not responsible for your client’s choices but […]
Building Client Connections with Beautiful Questions
The first instinct many exercise professionals have is to share their extensive knowledge with their client; the relationship moves in one direction, from the professional with the expertise to the client who’s hired them for their expertise. And in general, that’s the idea — exercise pros solve problems, design interventions and help people advance in […]
ACSM, Technogym Renew Long-Standing Partnership
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the largest, most respected sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world, and Technogym, a world-leading company in equipment and digital technologies for fitness, health and sport, announced they will continue and enhance their collaboration with ACSM’s global health initiative Exercise is Medicine (EIM). Founded in 2007, EIM’s […]
Technogym Q&A | Physical Activity as Pillar of Healthy Longevity
Miss the webinar? Access the Recording Here In the pursuit of a longer and healthier life, it’s essential to focus on both the quantity and quality of the years we live. Healthy longevity—free from chronic diseases—requires attention to both morbidity and mortality. This approach offers valuable insights for health professionals, the public, and policymakers alike, […]
GSSI Webinar Q&A: An Update on Caffeine and Exercise Performance
Miss the webinar? Access it below. Webinar Recording Q: Do you know caffeine’s impact on the fascia I’ve seen some things saying caffeine has negative effects of fascia system? To be honest, I have not seen any peer-reviewed scientific papers on the effects of caffeine ingestion on fascia. Q: There has been a lot of […]
GSSI Presented Webinar Q&A | The Female Athlete: Energy and Nutrition Issues
Miss the webinar? Access it below. Webinar Recording Q: In the carb loading studies, what method did they use to measure the glycogen stores? In the two studies described in the presentation muscle biopsies were used to measure muscle glycogen stores. The references for the two studies are listed below, if more information is required: Tarnopolsky […]
Coaching Skills for Deep Empathy
Psychologist Carl Rogers believed that every person is naturally inclined to grow in a positive direction, not only for themselves but for society and their community. Rogers therefore suggested that it’s unhelpful and unnecessary to center a coaching or therapeutic relationship on telling, directing, and prescribing. When such relationships are grounded instead in authenticity, warmth, […]
First, You: Strategies for Self-Care in Health Care
“Painful feelings are, by their very nature, temporary. They will weaken over time as long as we don’t prolong or amplify them through resistance or avoidance. The only way to eventually free ourselves from debilitating pain, therefore, is to be with it as it is. The only way out is through.” ― Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: The […]
GSSI Presented Webinar Q&A | Follow Your Gut
Miss the webinar? Access it below View recording Q: Angiogenesis function? This is new to me. Are there are references you can point me/us to? Franks I. Gut microbes might promote intestinal angiogenesis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;10(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.227. Hassan M, Moghadamrad S, Sorribas M et al. Paneth cells promote angiogenesis and regulate portal […]
GSSI Presented Webinar Q&A | Internal and External Load Monitoring
Miss the webinar? Access it below along with an opportunity for one CEC. View the webinar One CEC available here Q: How are we conceptualizing “readiness” in this context? Readiness can have a variety of meanings, but in the context of athletic readiness, it’s the return to psychophysiological homeostasis that enables an […]