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Express Your VoiceThread on Fitness

I’m always interested in how health instructors use web 2.0 technologies to educate about physical fitness and exercise. Here’s what I found on VoiceThread, an application where you can upload your pictures and let everyone make comments on it via text, flix, or audio.
This is how a health instructor used it to explain aerobic fitness:

It’s […]

Mindful Tweets

In an earlier post I had briefly pondered the applications of internet tools, such as Twitter, within the health and fitness industry. A few months later, a resourceful post was written on the “Spare Change” blog outlining the current extensions of Twitter for health. But today I wanted to ask a deeper question: Can […]

To see results, you’ve got to STICKAM to your workouts!

For the past several months (as part of my research for a fitness/tech article I’m writing), I’ve been exploring the various ways health and fitness professionals are using YouTube. I’ve come to find many applications that have been beneficial for both group exercise instructors and personal trainers.
One personal trainer in particular, Steve Turano from […]

Stop, Blog and Roll!

I’ll be presenting another workshop on blogging called “Stop, Blog, and Roll” at Chandler Public Library at the Hamilton Branch on Wednesday, March 26th at 6:30pm. Attendance is FREE and open to the public. Enter the blogosphere and learn the healthy ways of blogging!
UPDATE: Thanks to Ted Leibler from CPL, who helped organize tonight’s […]

South by Southwest (aka SXSW)

No, it’s not a typo. I didn’t mean to write “North by Northwest” (the famous Hitchock-Cary Grant flick thriller). I meant, South by Southwest - the Austin based film-music-interactive media festival!!!  AAAAH! I’ve been wanting to attend this conference since I was a film student in college. But since leaving the ‘biz’ […]

Unleash the Power of Group Fitness

We often hear people say “you’ve got to get a blog!” Obviously blogging serves many purposes, both personally and professionally. But creating a blog is easy - otherwise Technorati would not be tracking 112 million of them. It’s maintaining a successful blog, that counts.
A few months ago, I discussed Blogging for Health & Wellness […]

Blogging Code of Ethics for Fitness Blogs?

This past Friday I was in southern California presenting a workshop entitled “Blogging for Health, Fitness, and Wellness Professionals.” Although the 4-hour workshop began with an overview of blogging, the main focus was in teaching how to customize and utilize blogs within the health, fitness, and wellness profession.
The workshop was held in one of San […]

Could your desk be the next gym?

Let’s face it, it helps to be connected.

Now, the company that brings you ‘innovative desk exercises’ is offering free workouts for Facebook members. That’s right, Desk-Trainer.com has created a corresponding Facebook application that you can add right into your profile. Now you can check-up on friends and update your stats while […]

Second Life Getting Fit and Healthy!

Kix here!  Your health and fitness correspondent from Second Life.  Biray has asked me to post an update regarding latest in-world health and fitness news.
It seems many health and healthcare organizations have created a presence in our virtual bubble.  Everything from support groups for autism and AIDs, to communities on counseling and cancer.  Check […]

Searching for a Cause

This weekend I attended my college roommate’s wedding. The invitation read “Your presence is the only presents they request.” While I wanted to honor the couple’s request, I didn’t quite feel comfortable showing up empty-handed. After consulting my Twitter friends for ideas, I thought the best ‘no-gift’ gift would be one that would […]

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