...Technology Trends in Health & Fitness The health and fitness market has long been driven by technical advances. Wearables which collect biometric data have been in use for many years. From step counters and heart monitors to fitness apps; from blood pressure monitors and hospital equipment to artificial organs. This is a sector where advances in technology are keenly awaited by a large market. Heavy investment by leading brands in both these sectors helps to drive demand and fund new advances in wearables which in turn opens the market to new entrants. While there is a lot of focus on the devices, the big opportunities lie within the data these devices are collecting, particularly for organisations who can develop data hubs designed to capture this data and package it back to the consumer. The emerging movement towards virtual doctors and patient portals is evidence of the continuing evolution from data to smart data. Smart Data Wearable devices are collecting a multiplicity of data, an ever-increasing vault of personal information which can be used for the benefit of users, or the benefit of commercial enterprises. See the chart below for some existing examples. The collection of this valuable Biometric data, ‘Smart Data’, raises a minefield of opportunity which is laced with legal and ethical considerations. Smart data is filling in the gaps which currently exist when users are offline Live analytics will drive predictive analytics - devices will...
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...High Knee Drill * warm up exercise- do this for 3-5 minutes. 1. Stand in place with feet hip width apart. 2. Drive knee up towards chest and quickly place the foot back on the ground. 3. Drive other knee up in a moderate to fast jog with minimal ground contact time. Squat Jump 3 sets of 15 reps 1) Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, trunk flexed forward slightly with back straight in a neutral position. 2) Arms should be in the ?ready? position with elbows flexed at approximately 90?. 3) Lower body where thighs are parallel to ground. 4) Explode vertically and drive arms up. 5) Land on both feet and repeat. 6) Prior to takeoff extend the ankles to their maximum range (full plantar flexion) to ensure proper mechanics. Boxing 2 sets of 45 seconds 1. Start by fitting yourself with the proper sized gloves. 2. Next you want to hit the bag with a variety of movements. For example a left jab with a right cross, body punches, right cross only. 3. Proceed to hit the bag for the required time or however your cardiovascular program is designed. Lateral Lunge on Box 3 sets of 15 reps Start position: Stand with feet hip width apart. Place hands on waist or out to sides for stability. Step laterally 2-3 feet and place foot onto a box 12-24? high. Bend knee into a lunge. Pushing off foot, return to start position. Continue with same leg or alternate as prescribed. Remember to keep head and back upright in a neutral position. Shoulders and hips should remain squared...
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...22 Electronic direct mail 22 Stock sale and monitoring 22 Sales statistics 22 Gant media schedule 23 Potholes 24 Call to Action 24 Appendices 1 26 Brainstorming Method 26 The Worst Idea Method 26 Relationship Analysis Method - Multi-dimensional / morphological matrix 27 Problem based approach using Voice of Customer through product reviews 27 Highs 28 Lows 28 Highs 31 Lows 31 Market based ideation 32 Problem Analysis of workout market 32 Attribute ideation Method 33 Appendices 2 34 Appendices 3 36 Executive Summary PIC and target market summary Health is opening up a new revolutionary advances within the industry of wearable technology. It is at the beginning of a massive mainstream uptake of wearable devices. According to the ABI research (2011), over the next % years, growth in the wearable wireless devices will be driven by the sports, fitness and wellness segment of the consumer market. With such a strong emphasis being placed on establishing a healthier lifestyle, adoption of wearable technology among...
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...Associate Level Material Physical Fitness Worksheet Being physically fit is an important aspect of obtaining optimal health. Becoming knowledgeable about what it means to be physically fit may greatly increase your ability to improve your health and wellness. In this worksheet, you identify the five components of health related fitness. Completing this assignment is a step towards gaining the knowledge needed to better manage your physical fitness. Five Components of Health Related Fitness Table Complete the table below. The first row has been filled in for you as an example. |Components of Physical Fitness |Description |How to Incorporate in Your |Benefit(s) | | | |Life | | |Cardiorespiratory Fitness |Being able to exercise at a |Walk 2 miles at a brisk |Reduced the risk of heart | | |moderate to high intensity for a|pace every day. |disease, hypertension, and high | | |long period of time | |cholesterol. | |Muscular Strength | |Dedicate thirty minutes a |Increases energy and physical | | |Muscle strength is about how |day to use...
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...It's easy to fall into the trap: A gym buddy passes along a workout tip, and then you pass it on to several people you know. Your kid’s coach gives you advice, and sure enough you hear the same thing from several other parents. So you figure it must be true. But experts say that in the world of health and fitness, myths and half-truths flourish – and some of them may be keeping you from getting the best and safest workout. "Some myths are just harmless half-truths, but many others can actually be harmful. They can cause frustration in working out and sometimes even lead to injury. One reason myths get started, is that we all react to exercise a little differently. So what's true for one person may not be true for another." (Harr, 2001) That said, experts say there are also some fitness myths that just need busting! Running on a Treadmill is Easier on the Knees Sorry, but it is the running itself that stresses the knees, not the surface you’re pounding. To ease the impact on your knees, experts advise varying your aerobic activities: mix running with riding a stationary bike or using the elliptical machine at the gym (Cool, 2012). Crunches Lead to Six-pack Abs Sure they will as long as you also get rid of any belly fat that obscures your abdominal muscles. While crunches strengthen muscles, they won’t burn off the fat in your belly. To flaunt your newly crunched abs you’ve got to trim the fat via diet, cardiovascular exercise and resistance training. And, of course, for...
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...Mark Cardona Spc1024 Biography Speech Outline Greg Plitt: The Fitness Model Genera Purpose: Is to educate those who does not know about the fitness community and how Greg Plitt life changed after he made his decision to move forward with the community of Modeling. Specific Purpose: Greg Plitt legacy it was to impact those who doubt them self and had no self confidence what's so ever, In fact Greg Plitt his legacy was so big that he influence the world by his presence and word of wisdom about life lessons. I. Introduction A. Opening statement: Greg Plitt is known in the Fitness Industry but Greg has other roles that he played such as a motivational Speaker around the world and a Actor. B. Topic Introduction: Greg Plitt it's a Professional Fitness Model, who dedicate himself to fitness and health and to motivate others who have not found their way. C. Topic Relevance or Importance: Greg Plitt Fame came about after he got out of the military he was in the United State Military Academy and became a Ranger for five years. After that he took on Fitness Modeling and for 5 years straight he broke the record by being on a Fitness Magazine Cover every month! But not only he was a Fitness Model he was also a actor, entrepreneur, and Motivational Speaker. Adding to that he became America 1st Male Fitness Model. D. Thesis: We are going to be talking about how did Geg Plitt grew up with and where, how did he became a model and acting career, what was his achievements...
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...3 Basic Types of Muscle * 1. Skeletal muscle – is voluntary muscle which allows movement of the skeleton and produces body heat. There are two types of skeletal muscle fiber. * Slow –twitch muscle fiber (type I) are oxygen-dependent , produces low force, are slow to fatigue and can contract for longer periods of time. * Fast-twitch muscle fiber (type II) –produces large amounts of force, contract rapidly, are not oxygen dependent but are fast to fatigue. * 2. Cardiac muscle tissue – involuntary muscle tissue which exists only in the heart and facilitates the pumping of the blood through the body. * 3. Smooth muscle tissue – involuntary muscle tissue that lines some of the internal organs, blood vessels and moves food through the stomach and intestines. Connective tissue * Tendons – Each skeletal muscle is surrounded by a sheet of connective tissue that draws together at the ends of the muscle forming tendons. Tendons attach muscles to bones. * Ligaments – Fibrous, connective tissue that connects bone to bone Muscle structure * Within each skeletal muscle there are individual muscle cells called muscle fibers which are connected in bundles. Each muscle fiber extends the length of the muscle. Within each muscle fiber are smaller units called myofibrils. Each myofibril consists of many sarcomeres. The sarcomeres contain proteins called actin and myosin. Sarcomeres are responsible for muscle contraction. The actin and myosin filaments...
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...The Fit Shop The Fit Shop Ltd. is a brand new firm that will open its doors exactly four months from today. Its business objective is to sell all types of training, fitness, conditioning, and exercise equipment to the general public. The Fit Stop plans to specialize in this equipment and to provide customers with personalized advice geared to a customer's specific training or conditioning needs (e.g. training for a particular sport, rehabilitation from injuries, strengthening of specific muscle groups to deal with back pain, general conditioning and fitness), regardless of the age of the customer. In order to provide high quality advice, each store will employ a physiotherapist (to provide advice on problems such as injuries or chronic back pain) and a person with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology (to provide advice on training for various sports or other physical activities). In fact, a staff member will even sit down with customers and develop a personalized training or conditioning program that meets their own specific objectives and needs at no cost to the customer upon purchase of equipment. The remainder of the staff in the store will consist of a manager, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and sales staff, who will have at least a high school diploma. Due to the long opening hours, it is expected that between 8 and 12 salespeople will be needed for each store. Because the stores are located in shopping malls, they will operate on a seven-day-a-week basis...
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...Kathmandu, you will certainly meet visitors from all over the worlds. These streets are also known to have the most tours and travel companies. Besides, trekking in Nepal offers you the opportunity of meeting with the locals as they juggle in their daily activities. When to visit Nepal Trekking in Nepal is most appropriate during the dry and warm spells of the year. These seasons occur between the months of March to June and between September and November. The dry and warm season offer conducive temperatures and clear skies. What to expect Once in Nepal, you will find many treks that will offer you opportunities to improve your physical fitness. A few trips along the hills in Nepal will provide you with the opportunity of finding an appropriate trek. If you are physically fit, you will qualify to get accommodation and a guide in Nepal. Your physical fitness is important because at times you will undergo long treks in some of the remotest places of Nepal. It is advisable to have some experience in climbing alpines before you decide to trek the highest summits, which have altitudes of over 5500 meters. Legal requirements Trekking in Nepal requires you to have valid police permits. These permits are provided in accordance with Nepal tourism board. Accommodation Various companies offer accommodation. In case you are unaware of the providers of these services, you should visit Nepal travel agency and they will give you Nepal travel guides to choose the best place to get accommodation....
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...An Analysis of the U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004 and the Role of Bally Total Fitness Executive Summary Introduction The rise of the U.S. health club industry can be traced back to the 1980s and 1990s when the majority of health clubs emerged. By 2004, this $14 billion industry claimed 41 million members. Although the health club industry operated in a perfectly competitive market, several prominent key players gained large market share, including Bally Total Fitness and 24 hour Fitness. This perfect competition encouraged entry of smaller emerging firms into the industry. In 2004, the health club industry consisted of 26,000 clubs in the U.S. Of this growing market, the fifty largest firms were responsible for 33% of industry revenue and 38% of the clubs was not-for-profit. The for-profit industry was divided into the following formats: owner-operated clubs, franchised clubs, design and management companies and health spas. Bally Total Fitness, the largest publicly traded health club operator in the United States in 2004, claimed over 3.6 million members worldwide. This multi-million dollar company had earned a reputation as being the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States, a substantial leap from the single modest club that first opened in 1962. Several advantages contributed to Bally’s success over the other health clubs in the industry. CEO...
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...Rainier Health and Fitness Rainier Health and Fitness, a non-profit community gym, is a subprogram of Urban Impact. Urban Impact is a Seattle faith-based non-profit with the mission of, ‘Partnering with families and communities to break the cycle of social, material, and spiritual poverty.” As such, Urban Impact facilitates the organization of several smaller outreach programs, one of which is Rainier Health and Fitness (RHF). Located in the Rainier Valley, RHF helps to meet a community need for a fitness center focused on building “a model of the healthiest neighborhood, a place where reconciliation is facilitated as barriers between people are diminished through exercise”. We had the opportunity to speak with two of the employees to discuss...
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...Home > Sports & Fitness > Aerobic exercise: the health benefits Aerobic exercise: the health benefits ‘Aerobic’ exercise refers to exercise that requires the consumption of substantially more oxygen than at rest. It is of a light to moderate intensity, and can be undertaken for a prolonged duration (many minutes to several hours) without excessive fatigue. Examples of aerobic exercise include walking, jogging, swimming or cycling at a steady pace. Another example would be dancing or ‘aerobics’ classes. Regular exercise causes your body to make adjustments that result in improved health and physical functioning. Continuing with regular exercise enables your body to maintain these benefits. Regularly doing the right types of exercise at the correct intensity, and for an appropriate duration, results in the most benefit. The benefits of aerobic exercise can be broadly categorised as either ‘fitness’ (physical capacity) or ‘health’. Fitness and health are linked, and most forms of aerobic exercise will help you achieve both. Fitness — including increased cardiorespiratory fitness and endurance (stamina) Regular aerobic exercise improves your cardiovascular fitness by increasing your capacity to use oxygen. It does this by increasing your heart’s capacity to send blood (and hence oxygen) to the muscles. This is mainly achieved through an increase in the size of the heart’s pumping chambers (ventricles), which means that your heart doesn’t have to beat as fast to deliver...
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...com, SMART stands for, “Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology.” It is often times used to protect and prevent errors in hard drives. Put more simply, it’s basically technology that is dynamic, economical (most of the time), and engages in multiple long term solutions towards the health of humans and the productivity, through interactive multisensory technology, action based learning, and brain-body integrated exercise. This type of technology can be used through the use of SMART bands, or wearable equipment, such as the Garmin Vivofit or the Adidas Fit Smart: Fitness tracker, video game based systems such as the Wii Fit or XBOX Kinect, Personalized Apps that can be downloaded onto your smart phone, and even built-in to large workout equipment, like treadmills and ellipticals. One major type of this product is a multisensory fitness suite of products by Multisensory Products. One of the proprietary technologies within MultiSensory Fitness Inc., SMART is Multisensory Brain-Body Fitness Training, a leading technology. This type of technology is designed to create a unique workout that can be used by people of all ages and abilities. Their products combine brain and body fitness, that are designed to improve physical, sensory, and cognitive performance, all while doing it...
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...them develop better coordination, better cooperation skills, better life choices and overall better health. Participating in sport and physical activities plays a significant role in promoting health and wellness among children and adolescents. Not only does such activity help improve the physical fitness and health of children, but also it is a major key in fighting childhood obesity—a critical health priority for our nation. The health benefits of playing sports and physical activity are well documented. The health benefits that can result from regular participation in sports and physical activity include reducing the risk of developing heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, osteoporosis, and improving metabolic health in youth. Obesity in children and youth has doubled over the past 25 years and will affect 1/3 of all third graders. Compared to those who are inactive, physically active youth have higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and stronger muscles. Active children also typically have lower body fat levels and have stronger bones. Youth who are regularly active also have a better chance of having a healthy adulthood. Girls who play sports and are physically active will help improve their health and well-being in both short term and the long term of their life. Some of the benefits they will see immediately are a better fitness level , a healthy weight, and stress reduction. In the long term, playing sports and physical activity...
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...Physical fitness is a necessity for everyone regardless of race, culture, or sex in order to live a long healthy life. In order to achieve physical fitness, you must be able to perform daily tasks vigorously, while avoiding diseases related to a lack of activity. There are many benefits of physical fitness like endurance, good figure, muscular strength, and flexibility. Some mental benefits include a positive attitude, high self-esteem, and the production of endorphins, which act as a natural painkiller. There have been many benefits of physical activity, which were always praised throughout history. It was not until the 1970s, that enough information was available on physical fitness. The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association has since begun issuing physical activity recommendations to the public. Some of these recommendations include cardio-respiratory exercises and sustained periods of vigorous activity. The past several years the ACSM, CDC, AHA, PCPFS, and NIH have also recommended regular, moderate physical activity. There are also risks involved with physical activity. The most common health problem related to physical activity is muscle and skeletal injury. These injuries can occur with almost any amount of exercise when the body is not conditioned. Flexibility and the proper education associated with these exercises are usually over looked. Some of the more serious risks associated with physical activity include heart attacks or...
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