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An interview with Amy Boone Thompson,  Owner and CEO of IDEA Health & Fitness Association.

I keep using the word unify. But it really hasn't been a collaborative, unified industry ever since I've been in this space, and I've been in for over 30 years. Something is happening. And there's a shift right now where we're coming together.
Amy Boone Thompson

Health & fitness industry background
Advocating for fitness professionals
Leaning into soft skills
IDEA Health & Fitness Association evolution
Needs of fitness professionals and operators
Professionalization of the sector
Movement for all
Setting the terminology
World Active objectives
Collaborating on research and data
Call to action
Unifying the sector

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An interview with Dr. Elaine O'Brien, author of The Power of Play: Optimize Your Joy Potential.


Then there's the biochemical things, right?, the dopamine that we get when we're playing, the brain derived neurotrophic factor, we can just really connect with people on a bigger level. We have a saying, let joy be your magnet.  So if you can prime joy in your day, every day, it just helps you to really live your life more fully, more vibrantly. And I think going through the years, that's a real protective factor for you in terms of helping you to be more resilient…
Dr. Elaine O'Brien

Positive psychology
Dance fitness and flow
Influence of dance fitness background
Dance fitness instructors helping others
 Movement and play
Play and joy
Play and well-being
The science of play
The downsides of not playing
 Finding flow while writing

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Dr. Elaine O'Brien, author of The Power of Play: Optimize Your Joy Potential.


Then there's the biochemical things, right?, the dopamine that we get when we're playing, the brain derived neurotrophic factor, we can just really connect with people on a bigger level. We have a saying, let joy be your magnet.  So if you can prime joy in your day, every day, it just helps you to really live your life more fully, more vibrantly. And I think going through the years, that's a real protective factor for you in terms of helping you to be more resilient…
Dr. Elaine O'Brien

Positive psychology
Dance fitness and flow
Influence of dance fitness background
Dance fitness instructors helping others
 Movement and play
Play and joy
Play and well-being
The science of play
The downsides of not playing
 Finding flow while writing

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Ryan Glatt, Senior Brain Health Coach and Director of FitBrain at Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation.


And often what I find in order to get towards a what we call a brain healthy exercise prescription, whether that's an individual who wants to prevent dementia, an individual with mild cognitive impairment or a person with Parkinson's disease, the prescription is that 150 to 300 minutes moderate to vigorous physical activity minimum per week, but also adding some variety. So you want some aerobic, you want some resistance training and you also want neuromotor.
Ryan Glatt


Brain health coaching
Specialization in brain health
 Reason for specializing in brain health
Dual tasking
Brain healthy exercise prescription
Evidence base linking exercise and brain health
Whole body of evidence
Health & fitness industry trends
Scientific accuracy
Referral networks for linking brain health and exercise
Achieving optimal brain health
Role modeling
Developing a scientific literacy skill set

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Ryan Glatt, Senior Brain Health Coach and Director of FitBrain at Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation.


And often what I find in order to get towards a what we call a brain healthy exercise prescription, whether that's an individual who wants to prevent dementia, an individual with mild cognitive impairment or a person with Parkinson's disease, the prescription is that 150 to 300 minutes moderate to vigorous physical activity minimum per week, but also adding some variety. So you want some aerobic, you want some resistance training and you also want neuromotor.
Ryan Glatt


Brain health coaching
Specialization in brain health
 Reason for specializing in brain health
Dual tasking
Brain healthy exercise prescription
Evidence base linking exercise and brain health
Whole body of evidence
Health & fitness industry trends
Scientific accuracy
Referral networks for linking brain health and exercise
Achieving optimal brain health
Role modeling
Developing a scientific literacy skill set

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Jeff Speck, Author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time.

How do you create an environment in which people are making the choice to walk or bike, in fact, rather than to drive? And the answer is that the walk has to be as good as the drive. And for the walk to be as good as the drive. It needs to do four things simultaneously. It needs to be useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting. So we look at the factors that contribute to each of those four things. And we try to improve them.
Jeff Speck

Urban design and walkability
Supporting the choice to walk or bike
Walkability and longevity
Walkability and COVID
Walkability and quality of life
Walkability and schools
Bike infrastructure
Bikeability and health benefits

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Jeff Speck, Author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time.

How do you create an environment in which people are making the choice to walk or bike, in fact, rather than to drive? And the answer is that the walk has to be as good as the drive. And for the walk to be as good as the drive. It needs to do four things simultaneously. It needs to be useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting. So we look at the factors that contribute to each of those four things. And we try to improve them.
Jeff Speck

Urban design and walkability
Supporting the choice to walk or bike
Walkability and longevity
Walkability and COVID
Walkability and quality of life
Walkability and schools
Bike infrastructure
Bikeability and health benefits

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Francesca Schuler, President of the California Fitness Alliance.


And then the long term vision would be hopefully we could get some funding to run an ongoing public service campaign that's all about kind of movement for mental and physical fitness. And that could take a form of a variety of TV ads, billboards, etc. Just inviting people, educating people, building awareness around the importance. We say that pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars and they sell hope in a pill on their TV commercials.  I want to sell hope in a workout.
Francesca Schuler

Health & fitness industry background
California Fitness Alliance mission
Being at the table
Changing the perception of the health & fitness industry
California Moves Month success
California Equal Pay Pledge
Rebranding the industry
Research linking movement and mental health
Call to action for California Moves Month

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Francesca Schuler, President of the California Fitness Alliance.


And then the long term vision would be hopefully we could get some funding to run an ongoing public service campaign that's all about kind of movement for mental and physical fitness. And that could take a form of a variety of TV ads, billboards, etc. Just inviting people, educating people, building awareness around the importance. We say that pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars and they sell hope in a pill on their TV commercials.  I want to sell hope in a workout.
Francesca Schuler

Health & fitness industry background
California Fitness Alliance mission
Being at the table
Changing the perception of the health & fitness industry
California Moves Month success
California Equal Pay Pledge
Rebranding the industry
Research linking movement and mental health
Call to action for California Moves Month

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore

An interview with Mike Leveque, Group COO and CEO of the Americas for MyZone®.


So it's a heart rate-based platform, but we focus on intensity rather than fitness. And that's sort of the secret sauce of MyZone® is, we wanted to create a system that included gamification, to make sure to keep the member interested and motivated to hit their fitness goals and to continue along their fitness journey.
Mike Leveque

MyZone® history and vision
Social connectedness
Motivation
Cooperation and collaboration
Corporate fitness
Congressional Physical Activity Challenge

https://www.movetolivemore.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more
@MovetoLiveMore