Advanced Social Media Techniques by Nicole Newman of Newman Networks

House in the Park 2008 Atlanta GA (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Classic video of House In the Park. You can purchase the music too from Itunes. Yay! I love, love, love to dance and I love, love, love good house music. DJ's rock!!!  Music and fun in the ATL at Perkerson Park every Sunday before Labor Day.

Technician, Manager, Entreprenuer: E-Myth Revisited

Listening to E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber. Wow, is all I can say. Thanks to Nicole Newman, savvy social media expert of Newman Networks, for telling me about this book. Was I ever the consumate Technician during my years as a business owner and partner of MindBody Fitness, Inc.

If you think you are in business, or are in business and crazy, or thinking about going into business for yourself, please do yourself a big favor, read this book first. Or listen to it. The author reads his own book. I love it when author's read their own work, especially when they are good readers. And Mr. Gerber is very entertaining. Glad I'm listening to this now. MindBody Group Fitness Arts is about to mature...

Posture, EZ Swimmer and Gma Goldie

Isn't this totally cool. It's called the EZ Swimmer and you can hear Gma Goldie talk about it in the interview with Penda on BlogTalk Radio to your right. It's probably playing in your ear right now. Great interview with some essential information for all fitness, health and wellness professionals. Learn about Hub Pages, posture of course, and that little gadget over there that I can't wait to try out! Fitness professionals come up with the best ideas based on all of our experience with our clients. The interview lasts about an hour, so you might want to do what I did and download it to your mp3 player or computer and listen at your leisure.

Proper Posture - Do you Have Einstein's Hunch?

Proper Posture - Do you Have Einstein's Hunch?

What part do fitness professionals play in grassroots movements?

Community fitness Ambassador Erin Trent is spearheading a grassroots movement. Called uGO: A Community Wellness Venture, its mission is to "eliminate the social, physical and economic injustice that is crippling our Philadelphia communities". She has identified the problem: "Families in West Philadelphia are passively dying from preventable diseases, and a lack of exercise and healthy diet is the foremost cause"; and she has developed a four-pronged approach to solve the problem.

1. Provide "food options that are affordable and nutritious
2. Make accessible "exercise and play space that is safe and convenient
3. Provide "networks that are supportive" and
4. Provide fitness and nutrition education that is accurate and relevant.

As far as I know, though Erin is an avid exerciser, I don't think she is a trained fitness professional. She has been trained, though, to facilitate exercises within her community through Bodyworks. Which brings me to the point of this article. I am a trained fitness professional with years of teaching multiple group fitness classes daily and as my only source of income. I don't do that anymore, because of burnout, but you group fitness instructors can calculate how many classes I've taught over the years.

What happens when a community replaces highly experienced, certified, professional fitness instructors/trainers with community fitness leaders with limited experience leading or teaching fitness formats? We're about to see.

Right now, I'm a community fitness writer at Examiner.com and Livestrong.com, and though I strive to write in as professional manner as possible, I can't claim the expertise. So, just like community fitness leaders, I am encroaching into territory owned by professional writers with years of writing experience. Bloggers vs journalists, bloggers win. Examiners vs journalists, Examiners gaining ground.

I'll tell you this, the more I write the better I get. Reminds me when I was into body sculpting; the complete transformation as my body blossomed organically with consistent practice.

As a fitness professional I applaud and support everyone who has taken on the mantle of a TAP-Thought and Action Partner- like Erin and a Community Fitness Ambassador, Facilitator, Leader and hopefully someday Professional. She'll let us know how we can help her. Hopefully, we will answer the call.

Project Rhythm Walking in the 2010 Peachtree Road Race

Every July 4th, Atlanta hosts the Peachtree Road Race, a 10K which attracts 1000's of participants from around the globe. It's also where Rhythm Walking made its debut in 2007.

MindBody Group Fitness Arts Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of Rhythm Walking for the 2010 Peachtree Road Race, as well as taking on the responsibility of project management.

Project Rhythm Walking:

Committed team members (up to 15 maximum at this time)

Peachtree number

Rhythm Walking equipment

Uniforms

Music mixes

Team Sponsors

Videographer

Probably might need some other miscellaneous items, but the above list encompasses the main ingredients.

Interested participants must be able to attend weekly training beginning in May at 6:30 -8:30 a.m. on Sundays, which gives us nine, more or less, training sessions.

Candidates must be able to keep a beat, march in rhythm, love all kinds of music, love to dance, and be willing to train. Every body is welcome regardless of age or current fitness level.