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Yes, I consider myself a Pickleball fanatic. I’ll spare you my opinion on the playability of one ball type over the other, or my indifferences on the current updates to our rating system. Instead, I want to talk about what it takes to play Pickleball, what I'll call being “Pickleball fit,” where I see people’s mobility and agility lacking, and how time spent exercising and moving can help you...

Freestyle versus pre-choreographed group fitness. It’s a debate as old as group fitness itself, or at least as old as the leg warmers, thong leotards, and cassette tapes we sported when I started teaching “aerobics” in the 1980s. Early in my career, freestyle – where instructors build a class any way they want – was the only model. Pre-choreography – or pre-programming – came along later, and...

Snacks rank high on my list of daily priorities. Sometimes I know I won’t have time for a sit-down mid-day meal. Or maybe I’m ping ponging from place to place. Whatever the case, without snacks throughout the day, without the fuel I need – an apple, some almonds, a granola bar (or two) – I’ll get hangry. Cranky. Fatigued. So, I always keep something quickly accessible. Workouts Alone Don’t Work...

If my mum was describing me to her friends, she would probably say something like, “Oh Cath, my oldest – well, she’s the fitness fanatic.” I would never correct her – too late for that. But something about that phrase no longer serves me. I have taken it upon myself to rebrand, to evolve, if only for my own internal dialogue. I like to think of myself as a wellness fanatic and being an avid...

As the global shutdown grows more distant in the rear view and we look at the road ahead, the fitness business faces this debate: is the virtual fitness world a real - and lasting - reality? With an influx of digital platform providers, the fitness industry has been flooded by technology companies who tell us "everyone" is talking about digital and VR (virtual reality) fitness, and that...

At 11:45 a.m. daily, Diane, fondly known as Di-Di, makes an intercom announcement that our lunch time workout is about to start. Hustle ensues as the MOSSA HQ Team makes their way to the locker rooms. There is music playing in the girls’ room and lots of laughing. I can’t say the same for the boys’ room…but let’s suffice to say, I hear there is lots of banter. At noon sharp, we get moving. ...

Jim Collins, researcher, business consultant and iconic author wrote, "The old adage 'People are your most important asset' turns out to be wrong. People are not your most important asset. The right people are." We all know this to be true, so why is it that recruitment doesn't seem to be anyone's priority? Instead, it seems like a lot of complaining along the lines of "good people are hard to...

I can’t make time to exercise. I don’t have time to exercise. I don’t understand where people find time to exercise. We hear it all the time. (And, yes, we've even said it.) Yet, down we go, making time to dive into the rabbit hole of cute puppy videos, or finding time to check comments on our latest social post, or having time to hit the snooze button. How easily 10 minutes can get swallowed up...

“I’m just asking for a friend,” said the woman sitting next to me on a recent flight back to Atlanta. “How does someone get started with exercise?” Like many fitness professionals, I have been asked this question a gazillion times. My response is a mix of science, but also, simply, years of observation. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all way to start exercising, but there are a few great options...

I have been teaching since we recorded music from records (some of you may need to Google that) onto cassette tapes (and that too). I have been teaching since thong leotards and flesh-colored tights were a thing (maybe don’t Google that). And I’ve been teaching since microphones were NOT a thing, and screaming over the music earned me nodules on my vocal cords, and a Demi Moore-like raspy voice....