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Zumba Fitness Instructor – Michigan

Zumba Fitness Instructor Description: Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit, award winning, integrated health system based in West Michigan. Our organization includes a medical center, regional community hospitals, a dedicated children’s hospital, a multispecialty medical group and a nationally recognized health plan, Priority Health.Located in the City of Fremont in Newaygo County, Gerber Memorial is a […]

Wellness Yoga/Prenatal Instructor – Massachusetts

Wellness Yoga/Prenatal Instructor Description: Teaches wellness programs for the community in one of the following categories: Exercise, Yoga, CPR & First Aid, Nutrition, Reiki, Babysitter Training or facilitates a support group. Instructor to teach both Prenatal Yoga Classes and Community Yoga Classes. Provides to the community, education classes assigned by the office. Informs the office […]

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Top 5 Running Injuries and How to Prevent & Treat Them

Top 5 Running Injuries and How to Prevent & Treat Them While running is a popular activity that presents a number of important health benefits, it’s not without its risks. Running injuries can affect anyone, from experienced runners who push treat them themselves hard to beginners whose muscles are not used to running. Many runners […]

Looking for Skinny Summer Cocktail Recipes?

  Looking for Skinny Summer Cocktail Recipes? Mixers, syrups, and sodas really get people into calorie trouble, because most drinks start with 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits that only have around 96 calories, but mixologists can easily turn that into a drink with hundreds of calories. Also, consider that whether you’re drinking a

Secrets of a Successful Personal Training Business

Secrets of a Successful Personal Training Business 1. Know what your clients know. Beyond keeping up with your own professional education, pay attention to what your clients are learning. Reading professional journals is important, but it’s not enough. You also need to be reading popular publications both online and offline. They’re

Gluten-Free Lifestyle: Is It Here To Stay?

One buzzword that keeps popping up in grocery stores, restaurants and even churches is gluten-free. Gluten, a protein found in grains like wheat, barley and rye, is difficult for some people’s bodies to process, resulting in an autoimmune digestive disease that damages the small intestine

Impressive New Smartphone Apps in Health & Medicine

    Smartphones are just about everywhere. In the U.S. alone, more than 91 million Americans now use a smartphone. Of course, these devices are much more than just a phone. The fact that there are apps for many areas in personal health and medicine is

What CrossFit Teaches Us About Pricing

What CrossFit Teaches Us About Pricing Walk into any CrossFit gym, and you’ll probably hear loud music blasting over the grunts of CrossFitters pushing their bodies well past what most would consider possible. CrossFitters sweat, shout and groan their way through rigorous exercises. They often train so hard they can hardly stand

Substitute Ingredients for Meat, Dairy and Fat

There are many substitutions forand meat and dairy products, and fatty unhealthy ingredients; and more products are coming out all the time! Just the other day while shopping at my local grocery I noticed a new non-dairy product – Quinoa Milk! Regardless of your reason for choosing non-dairy, non-animal