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CrossFit Requires Consideration, Cooperation at Military Facilities
By
Christopher Prawdzik,
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
CrossFit is an increasingly hot topic and there’s no denying its popularity. Before adding it at your military facility, consider these tips from people who have.
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Volunteers Offer Sequestration Solution for Military Facilities
By
Christopher Prawdzik,
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
As budget cuts continue to affect fitness facilities across the military, volunteers could be the key to keeping your programs running smoothly.
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Air Force 24-Hour Fitness Test Shows Early Momentum
By
Christopher Prawdzik,
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Three months into a yearlong test of 24-hour fitness facilities for the Air Force, early reception appears positive, but officials will collect data on the six test facilities through December 2013 to determine their feasibility.
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Military Yoga Part 2:
Yoga Programs Are a Match for Tough Workouts
By
Christopher Prawdzik,
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
After battling image issues and some resistance, yoga programs have emerged as useful therapeutic tools for military personnel. Not far behind, however, is yoga’s growing appeal as a workout alternative for other fitness programs.
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Military Yoga Part 1: Your Instructor is Your Strength
By
Christopher Prawdzik,
April 10, 2013
Yoga certainly is not new to the military — whether it’s used to cope with the effects of post-traumatic stress or as a supplement to a rigorous workout regimen. But establishing a successful yoga program requires some special care and consideration, as the military fosters unique challenges. And the whole process should start with the instructor.
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Race Planning Tests Mettle of Facilities and Personnel
By
Christopher Prawdzik,
April 3, 2013
Once the weather warms, most could throw a rock and hit the nearest 5K or 10K race in virtually any part of the globe, and military events are no exception. They make for ideal promotional opportunities, fundraisers and team-building exercises.
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Military Veterans Find Success in Fitness Industry
By
Emily Attwood,
August 2012
The boot camp workout trend is still going strong in the fitness industry, once again making the American Council on Exercise’s list of fitness trends to watch in 2012. Also on the list is suspension training, the invention of a Navy SEAL in the ’90s.
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High-Intensity Training Readies Today's Marines for Combat
By
Paul Steinbach,
November 2011
You remember the recruiting commercial: The United States Marine, filling out his dress blues, having been forged to be every bit as hardened and sharp as the gleaming saber he snaps to his shoulder. The Few. The Proud.
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ABC Attendees Mean Business
By
Andrew Cohen,
November 2011
Industry veterans who have been around long enough to remember the first incarnation of the Athletic Business Conference & Expo — at this point, “old-timers” may be the only appellation that fits — recall it more for its congenial atmosphere than any equipment or educational materials they might have seen displayed on the 62 tables arranged around the downtown Chicago Marriott Hotel “salon” ballroom.
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2011 Military World Games A Precursor to 2016 Olympics
By
Joe Bush,
August 2011
Sharla Alexander was having a great time in Hyderabad, India. As the logistics coordinator for the U.S. Armed Forces women’s soccer squad at the fourth Military World Games in 2007, Alexander was aglow with “Friendship Through Sport” — the motto of the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM), the Games’ organizing body.
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