With the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommending that pregnant women who have no medical or obstetric complications exercise for 30 minutes or more a day, New York Times health columnist Jane Brody looks at the benefits and hazards of exercise during pregnancy.
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2. Risk of Hip Fractures Reduced with Regular Exercise

A recent report from the Nurses’ Health Study on the benefits of physical activity finds that middle age and older women can greatly reduce their risk of hip fracture by exercising regularly. 
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3. New Study: Exercise Makes Cholesterol Less Dangerous

A study published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine found that even moderate exercise changes the size and density of cholesterol-carrying proteins so the do less damage. In the past, exercise itself was thought to have little or no effect on cholesterol. 
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4. CDC Reports That 70 Million Adults Have Arthritis or Chronic Joint Pain

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported late last month that 70 Million adults have arthritis or chronic joint pain, a figure 60 percent higher than past estimates. This number is expected to grow as Americans get older and heavier, two of the most powerful risk factors for the disease.
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5. Share Your Success Stories

As IDEA undertakes its effort to work with our members to Inspire the World to Fitness, we would like to hear from you and learn how you are making a contribution to this important effort. Specially, we would like IDEA members respond to these three questions:

1) Do you have client success stories? Have you guided a client from obesity to dramatic weight loss? Have you helped sedentary people become fitness enthusiasts? Has exercise helped a client overcome a physical challenge or condition?

2) What are you doing in your local community to Inspire the World to Fitness? Have you and your colleagues or has your fitness facility undertaken efforts to reach the inactive and overweight persons in your hometown? Have these community-based efforts been successful?

3) Have you ever served as a mentor to a person just beginning a career in the fitness industry? Has a fitness professionals ever mentored you?

If your answer is yes please tell us about your experiences. We want you to share your story with us and we will then share it with your fellow IDEA members as a way to Inspire the World to Fitness. IDEA members are important role models and by sharing your success stories with other fitness professionals, your efforts can become a model or an example for others to fellow. Send your information to Sandy Todd Webster at websters@IDEAfit.com or call her at 858-535-8979, ext. 217.

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6. Consider the IDEA Work-Study Program

Do you want to attend an IDEA educational event but need a financial break? Then consider the IDEA Work-Study Program (also known as the IDEA Assistant Program). IDEA Assistants work approximately half of an event in exchange for partial registration to the event - this means they are able to attend sessions when not working shifts. IDEA Assistants can earn CECs for each session they attend. To learn more about this program or to receive an application, call IDEA at 800-999-4332, ext. 248. The information and application are also available on www.IDEAfit.com - look under contributors or click on the event you are interested in attending.

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7. Sixth Annual Sports Conditioning CEC Issue

Coming in January is IDEA Personal Trainer’s 6th Annual Sports Conditioning CEC issue. CEC feature articles will include: Soccer Training: Kicking it Up a Notch, by Taylor-Kevin Isaacs, MS; LT,VT and HRT: What Does it all Mean? By Len Kravitz, PhD; and, Tennis Gets Wet: Fancy Footwork in the Pool by Bethany Diamond. If you are not currently receiving IDEA Personal Trainer but would like to do so, contact IDEA Member Services at 800-999-4332, ext. 7, or member@ideafit.com.

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8. Register Online for the 2003 IDEA Personal Trainer International Summit

Online registration is now available for next February’s IDEA Personal Trainer International Summit in Washington, DC! And remember: register early for this conference to save money and to receive high priority in your session selections. This is event will give you the education you need to take your career to the next level. This conference also offers four innovative pre-conference offerings from STOTT PILATES™, The Nautilus Health & Fitness Group, Gary Gray, PT and Greg Roskopf. Space is limited and filling up fast! Act now to take advantage of the special advanced early bird rate register by December 6!

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