This website is a great resource for anyone who either wants to start a workout routine, or switch up the one they are currently using. It includes different workouts for every area of the body you want to tone or get into better shape.
This website covers basically every aspect of wellness. They have links to the best places to visit for wellness, information about vitamin supplements, massage therapy, exercise, and blogs where people discuss their own personal wellness. It also covers not only general wellness, but also specific wellness for men, women, teens, children, pets and relationships.
This website has information on all types of certification from personal trainer to triathlon coach. It is a good resource for those involved in exercise science and sports medicine.
This organization of exercise physiologists promotes health and wellness and encourages the development of the profession of exercise physiology. It has information on passing the board exams to be a professional exercise physiologist. I chose it as a resource for exercise science students in the future.
This website is a great resource not only for information on medication but also for tips on workouts, eating habits, and information on health conditions. Not only can you look up conditions from a-z there are also tips on parenting & pregnancy and even a link for animal health!
This site is a dynamic site in which offers several insights into an eco friendly world. From controversial issues to general information on how you can make a difference towards eco friendly living. Getting the information out is the first step towards creating an enviromental friendly world.
Long distance runners often run into injuries that cause them to take a rest week to let their injuries heal. This is very frustrating to a consistent runner; this site offers many ways to prevent running injuries as well as ways to assess and heal an injury. It also gives alternative exercises for runners who want to keep their endurance. I have used this site a couple times to assess minor running injuries.
This site is a professional organization that offers so much information about physical therapy. It offers its readers information about PT education and research and it also is useful to those looking for a physical therapist.
This article explains the benefits of HIIT and also a training schedule. HIIT is a way to shorten your cardio and get even better results. HIIT is a great way to switch up your cardio and increase your endurance. I like this website because there are so many different ways to do HIIT but this site offers a training schedule.
This article has a training plan for a beginner runner. The plan gradually increases a beginner's endurance until they can run a 5k without resting. I like this article because it helps motivate a "couch potato" to exercise and maybe eventually enjoy running. I may also use this website for my PLN.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the chief medical correspondent for CNN. His webpage covers the latest news on health and wellness. It's always helpful to stay on top of recent medically related stories.
This article discusses harmful effects of stretching before exercising. I chose this controversial topic because until now, experts have been recommending that it is healthy to stretch before exercising.
This website offers a wide variety of information about causes of obesity. It is a controversial website because it states that fast food is the cause of childhood obesity. It also is helpful because it offers information for all ages.
Those individuals concerned with what supplements do and are used for can look them up alphabetically. The website sends you to other websites with clear definitions of the particular supplement.
This website, under the Department of Agriculture believes that no ones deserves to go hungry or uneducated about the food they eat. The website can help you with figuring out a healthy diet and help find nutrition assistant programs.
This website can be used to help someone count the calories of a particular food. The counter has all food categories in its drop down menu. It is a simple counter and if you would like something more in depth I am sure you could search Google for one.
Because of childhood obesity becoming a very big topic in society today, schools in the state where I graduated high school are restricting and even eliminating the use of vending machines in schools. This minimizes access to junk food to children during the school day. If children are having access to chips and soda, it is at home and occurring because a parent gave permission.
I feel like this is a controversial topic because a lot of people are fans of both brands. I myself have had to choose between Nike or New Balance. Which is the better running shoe? Personally I think New Balance is. However, we all know Nike running shoes are a lot more stylish and trendy.
New information on health and nutrition is discovered everyday, and few sources will be as up-to-date as the NY Times. This website has alot of good information and really helps with staying on top of things in the nutrition world