Youth street dance at Family Fitness Days in San Diego, Ca
When we first launched the Be Active Your Way Blog, we aimed to create a space where professionals could share successes, ideas, and lessons about physical activity promotion. We successfully accomplished this through regular guest bloggers discussing promotion strategies, but we have decided it is time to kick it up a notch.…
‘Tis the season of New Years resolutions. In honor of the holiday, we examine some of the potential barriers to meeting physical activity goals, as well as strategies for overcoming those barriers:
Self-assessment: Barriers to exercise (Source: American College of Sports Medicine). After completing this brief survey, users receive response-based tips on tackling their individual barriers to physical activity.
Negative emotions outweigh intent to exercise at health clubs (Source: ScienceDaily) Recent research on emotional barriers to physical activity in normal weight vs.…