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21/12/2020

The best way to move forward is to learn from the past. With physical fitness and sports participation being such important aspects of so many people's lives, it's important to recognize what we did right and what we did wrong as professionals.

The pandemic challenged everything we did in the fitness industry, often outright ending or prohibiting certain activities because of the perceived and legitimate risks involved.

We now have enough data to suggest not just best practices, but better practices; we are on an upward trajectory to managing the risks to participants through intelligent and nuanced policies versus the brute force approach of the early goings.

Coaches, educate yourself. Players, learn from your coaches but also be proactive in your understanding of risk. Both camps have a responsibility to bring sports and exercise back safely to our collective.

In March 2020, with COVID-19 sweeping the globe, a number of major sport events were cancelled in Canada. This article shares the experiences of the 2020 Arctic Winter Games Host Society, Skate Canada and Volleyball Canada.

21/12/2020

People often misread the signals their bodies are giving them regarding hunger and satiation. Hyperpalatable foods undermine our efforts to eat with intentionality, mindful of our intuition and the purpose of eating. Retraining yourself to understand what you're feeling is a great way to develop agency around emotional eating and unhealthy overconsumption.

"We were all born eating intuitively. Young children are a great example of this. They eat when they’re hungry and stop when they’re full. The amount they eat changes almost every day. One day they want two servings at lunch and on the next they’re full after just a few bites. The older we get, the less mindful we are about food. In childhood we learned that we had to clean our plate or behave ourselves if we wanted dessert. We learned that there are good foods and bad foods. And the result of these lessons? As adults, when we eat “good” foods we feel good about ourselves. But if we eat “bad” foods, we feel guilty about it. The goal of intuitive eating is to change the way we think about food, and this can be a long learning process."

Imagine a world in which you could forget dieting and calorie counting and still reach your healthy weight. With intuitive eating you can eat what you want, without rules or forbidden foods. You learn how to practice mindful eating and listen to your body telling you when to eat and when you’re fu...

12/12/2020

The greatest bodybuilder to ever live.

Arnold Schwarzenegger like you've never seen him. Enjoy these candid shots, humorous images, and obscure photographs of this iconic action star and Mr. Olympia.

12/12/2020

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11/12/2020

This is a far more nuanced approach to managing risk than the blunt instrument methods that seem to be the norm in many of Canada's provinces. Taking an all or nothing approach to risk management is a simplistic view of both "risk" and "management," ironically increasing the former and completely failing at the latter. Bludgeoning the populace with ineffectual measures implemented too late or too haphazardly to do anything other than erode quality of life is an example of neither leadership nor humanitarianism. It lacks entirely in critical thinking and empathy. Expect more from your government and the duly appointed representatives therein, as well as the assisting agencies...or remove them as soon as practicable and find others more qualified to lead in a crisis.

10/12/2020

The distance between motivation and success is adherence.

Adherence and Motivation Make You Lean Out Successfully! Initial Weight Loss Success Found to be Particularly Im-portant in Latest Meta-Analysis …

The new systematic review assessed the evidence of predictors of successful weight loss among individuals who are overweight or with obesity undergoing lifestyle interventions.

Four electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Reviews, PsychInfo and Wiley) were searched to find relevant literature published in the past 20 years. A total of 1351 titles were identified in the initial search, of which 23 studies were finally included. Predictors were synthesized in the domains of socio‐demographic factors, anthropometric parameters, psychological and behavioural factors and intervention‐based factors.

The overall quality of evidence on predictors was then appraised using an adapted GRADE approach. Patient‐specific factors such as being male, older in age, having existing cardiometabolic comorbidities and limited fat intake were significantly associated with weight loss success.

Amongst intervention specific predictors, greater initial weight loss and higher adherence to lifestyle advice were associated with greater weight loss success.

"In this review, initial weight loss came out to be as the most important predictor of successful weight loss outcome," the authors highlight.

suppversity.com | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.13148