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I get many emails from people who want to know if I accept guest posts on The Fitness Secrets, and if that is the case, what are the guidelines. I figured that it would be easier to write the guidelines in a post and just refer every one here.

So the answer to the first question is: Yes, I do accept guest posts. Currently I just publish two or three guest post per week though, usually on Wednesdays. Below you will find all the details about the process.

What kind of content do you accept?

Anything that is useful for our readers is good content for a guest post here. It can be related to fitness, sports and healthy living in general, and it can also be derived from your own personal experiences. There is no minimum length for your post, but usually the guest posts have over 500 words.

Guidelines

• Your post must be original and must have never been published before on the Internet
• You agree to not publish the post anywhere else (i.e., in your own blog or as a guest post in other blogs)
• You can include up to two links in the byline, which will be displayed at the bottom of the post
• You can’t use SEOd anchor text for your links – unless approved by me in advance

How do I submit my guest post?

If you have a post that meets the guidelines above, you can send it to me on the email vasilisATinteractivegm.com. Usually within 48 hours I will reply stating if we will accept the guest post or not. If I reject your post, you are obviously free to use it in your own blog or to propose it as a guest post to some other website.

As people realize that there is a dearth of information in the world to study, the study of the world becomes more specialized in order for information to be manageably processed for particular purposes. The study of medicine, for example, brought forth a specialization in sports medicine. The study of sports and also of nutrition was further compartmentalized into sports nutrition.

Sports nutrition as a higher education course has been attracting interest among younger generations. As the world population turns to sports for physical health as well as entertainment, sports nutrition attracts a lot of attention and revenues and people specializing in increasing sports performance are very much in demand.

Sports Nutrition education focuses on understanding how the body functions during exercise and sport. Maximizing athletic potential and minimizing health risks associated with sporting activity are two of the main topics of study in Sports Nutrition Education.

Students of this course will consider the role of exercise in healthy lifestyles, and in the treatment of various diseases, with emphasis on interaction between nutrition (diet) and physical performance.

Sports Nutrition education also provides the scientific background, specific knowledge and skills to address concepts and controversies relating to sports nutrition, sports physiology and to explore the links between nutrition, physiology, performance and health outcomes through the life cycle.

Sports nutrition education integrates principles of nutrition and exercise physiology and application to exercising individuals. Common topics for discussion include energy expenditure, fuel substrate metabolism, specific nutrient needs, ergogenic aids, hydration, and weight issues for exercising individuals and athletes.

In personal sports and fitness training, for example, the optimum way to get the most out of their workouts and feel their best is by designing an energizing, performance-enhancing nutrition plan, tailored specific needs of their bodies.

Sport Nutrition education includes learning how to enhance clients’ workouts and maximize their results with proper nutrition, safe and effective sports supplements, and beneficial vitamins and minerals.

This is a sample module from a university that offers Sports Nutrition in the collegiate level:

Level 1

Studies include an introduction to learning and assessment in higher education and the wider context of your subject.
•    Basic Sports Science
•    Science for Sport
•    Human Physiology
•    Data Analysis
•    Introduction to Nutrition
•    Professional Studies
•    Functional Anatomy

Level 2

This level addresses issues related to hire-ability and professional practice.

•    Exercise Physiology I
•    Nutritional Physiology and Biochemistry I
•    Human Nutrition
•    Research Methods
•    Nutritional Physiology and Biochemistry II
•    Biomechanics, Sport Psychology, Physical  Performance Assessment

Level 3

Level 3 further develops your skills in independent problem identification and analysis.

•    Exercise Physiology II
•    Applied and Environmental Physiology
•    Energy Metabolism
•    Muscle Structure and Function
•    Sensory and Motor Physiology
•    Sports Nutrition

In practical terms, students of sports nutrition education learn:

•    How nutrients are taken in and how foods are digested and metabolized to provide necessary energy to fuel muscular activity.
•    Dietary patterns that maximize performance and prevent disease.
•    Research advancements in ergogenic aids.
•    Supplementation and the pros and cons of popular diet techniques.
•    Sample eating plans showing how to fuel for specific workouts.
•    How to distinguish among food, diet, and supplement options and understand which are best and why.
•    How to overcome food and weight obsessions.
•    How to lose undesired body fat while maintaining energy for exercise.
•    Strategies to boost energy, reduce stress, control weight, improve health & enhance workouts.

Employment opportunities

While enrolled in a Sports Nutrition Education program, it is still possible to have relevant employment. Work placement can also be advantageous as it also provides you with the benefits of industry experience.

The degree is excellent preparation for anyone planning a career in the sports and fitness industries such as corporate health and fitness. The program is also good for those particularly considering a specialization in the nutritional aspects of performance enhancement.

The graduate of this course can penetrate family and community services, local or state government agencies, hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, institutes of sports, universities and colleges and also personal training. However, the graduate of Sport Nutrition is not qualified to be a dietitian.

Sports Nutrition education also provides a systematic, general, scientific training suitable for a wide assortment of careers. Many students also continue onto a PGCE or Masters course in a related area.

A chiropractor is a person who applies the method of cures the patients with chiropractic treatments. Chiropractic is a form of health treatment that involves non-medical, drugless, non-surgical treatments. This medicine concentrates on the treatment of spinal misalignment and prevents health troubles that are allied with the nervous system.

Requirements to become a chirporactor are metioned further a 4-year undergraduate/college prerequisite in most states. The training comprises of 4 years that is divided into 2 years of basic sciences with a requirement of  sucessful completeion of Part 1.

The training period of a chiropract is of 2 years which includes the clinical sciences after which National Boards, Part 2 is required. If the chiropractor plans to use physiological therapeutics in practice then, Part 3 of the National Boards chiropractic training is necessary.

The diagnostic imaging, chiropractic technique and case management, skills of a chiropract are tested in the 4the part of the cirricullum that may be required for the state specific practical examination in some states. To become a licensed chiropractor 1 year internship period at a college clinic is also required for those training to become a chiropractor.

Requirement to become a chiropractor also include optionally available preceptorship programs that are scheduled after the study programe of the boards. These programs are taken by the individual training, are completed prior to chiropractic licensure and are the essentials of the the internship requirements. The skills that are included in the private practice are learnt during the internship program and by practicing in a clinic outside the teaching institution.

Post- graduate requirements to become a chiropractor 40 hours of approved course work that credits every two years, that is also common in other states is reuired to become a chiropractor. The chiropractors can work towards the goal of gaining board certification that is available at the post-graduate residency programs.

Many of the chiropractic colleges offer these programmes in 1st and 3rd year sylabbus or these can be taken while in practicing at different clinics across the United States of America. Chiropracts course work comprises of 300+ hours , with least period of practice of 5 years. Written and oral examination are followed by these 5 years of practice is followed for successful completion this course.

The certification programs of chiropractic includes of Orthopedics, radiology, Nutrition, Sports Medicine, Family Practice, Rehabilitation etc. Like other doctors, a usual routine to get needed information to diagnose and treat patients is followed by the specialists at Chiropractor. Patient’s medical history, neurological tests, orthopedic examinations and medical history is needed by  these people. They may also suggest some laboratory examinations.

The Chiropractors lay emphasis on radiotherapies like X rays and other diagnostic images that are vital for the diagnosis of the spine problems. Specialists at the Chiropractor also study the posture of the patient and spine with the use of the special procedure. Chiropractors manually adjust the spinal column for patients whose health problems can be traced to the musculoskeletal system.

Other alternative medicines such as treatments using light, water, ultrasound, massage and electric treatments are prescribed to the patients. The Chiropractors also use heat and acupuncture. Supports such as straps, tapes, and braces are also used that can be adjusted manually.

Chiropractor also provides counseling to the patients thus making them aware about health concepts such as exercise, nutrition, stress management and changes in lifestyle. These treatments do not perform surgeries or prescribe drugs.

You can’t get very far these days without coming across a yoga studio, the pervasive sight of the comfy and colorful yoga pants, or the telltale yoga mat rolled up and tucked happily under the arm of another satisfied student. It seems like everyone is getting into yoga these days, which, if you ask me, is a great thing for the well-being of our society.

I started practicing yoga several years ago. It was a great stress reliever and the perfect thing to get me out of the house, where I spend most of my timing working and taking care of the kids. I simply fell in love with it, and once all my friends began to catch the ‘bug’, they started coming to me for answers. Where should they start? How often should they go?

It was the suggestion of my best friend that led me to start thinking about becoming a Yoga Teacher in the first place. It was something I really enjoyed, and with the recent craze that has everyone and their brother (literally) turning to yoga, I thought it might be a real opportunity for me to take my yoga practice to the next level and maybe make a bit of money in the meantime.

I was amazed at the sheer volume of Yoga teaching resources even my little bit of research turned up, but a lot of it didn’t make sense for me. I found tons of programs, ranging in length from 2 weeks to 2 years, and costing anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. Yes, I was committed to becoming a Yoga teacher, but I wasn’t prepared to pay an arm and a leg; and I certainly didn’t have the time or ability to leave work and the kids behind while I spent days on end learning the ways of the Yogi. What I really needed was a cost effective training program that would still provide the learning and practice I needed, but also the flexibility to fit into my already hectic schedule. Many Yoga studios and teaching centers, I found, offered Yoga teaching programs online, most of which promised a ‘comprehensive’ training course that will allow participants to safely deliver basic yoga classes.

The online resource was clearly my best option, something that would allow me to do the yoga I was already doing, but also learn to be the teacher from the comfort of my own home within a schedule that worked for me. But, before I officially signed on, I wanted to be sure that I was getting a quality and useful training, and not just a cheap online version that was, well….just what I paid for.

It’s important, as you seek out the right online resource for you to ask the right questions. Talk to people who have taken the courses you are considering. Use your own yoga instructors as a resource and see what they recommend. But most importantly, make sure any program, online or otherwise, covers all the key elements, including yoga philosophy and history, postures (alignment, benefits and contraindications), breathing and pranayama, meditation, anatomy and physiology, and practice teaching. With those questions answered, you should be ready to bring quality Yoga teacher training right to your own living room.

As sports nutrition is becoming more and more an interesting and in-demand field in scientific study, venues to expose and encourage developments have been established. There are several journals related to sports nutrition. The following are some examples:

International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism

IJSNEM  offers information on sports nutrition and exercise metabolism by publishing original scientific investigations, scholarly reviews and articles which focus on the application of the principles of biochemistry, physiology, and nutrition to sport and exercise.

Although sport nutrition today is a distinct academic and applied field of work, it receives input from—and makes contributions to—fields like nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, psychology, clinical medicine, and the sport and exercise sciences.

These perspectives are welcomed and encouraged in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism (IJSNEM). The journal now serves as a forum for the publication of scholarly and applied work regarding the nutritional, biochemical, and molecular aspects of exercise science.

Original researches with human subjects are given top priority in IJSNEM but relevant researches with experimental animals are also submitted. Case studies showing systematic, rather than casual observation conducted with appropriate instrumentation will be accepted. Articles with clinical application are also included. Aside from these, editorials, digests of related articles from other fields, research notes, and reviews of books, videos, and other media releases are offered in the journal.

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

IJSPP is an international peer-reviewed journal focused on sports physiology and performance. It aims to advance the knowledge of sport and exercise physiologists, sports-performance researchers, and other sports scientists by examining and publishing practical and research aspects of sports physiology and sports performance.

Articles in sport physiology and related disciplines that have connections with enhancing sport performance, preventing decrements in performance, or enhancing recovery of athletes are featured in IJSPP. The journal publishes original research reports, invited reviews, commentaries, technical reports, case studies.  There is also an editorial section.

Usual topics in IJSPP include team sports, individual sports, performance aspects of environmental physiology, applied sports nutrition, strength and conditioning, biomedical science, and applications of sport technology. Readership include sport scientists, sport physicians, coaches, academic researchers, students, and related professionals.

Controlled experimental and observational researches as long as they are comprehensive or systematic and appropriate standards of scientific methodology and analysis are met are welcome.

Motor Control (MC)

Motor Control is an international journal has been created for information exchange on the control of human movement through a lifespan. The journal provides reports to keep readers abreast of current developments in the field of motor control as well as motor disorders.

MC publishes various types of research papers: clinical experimental, modeling and theoretical studies. Varied disciplines complement each other in this publication: biomechanics, kinesiology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, psychology, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. Aside from research papers, review articles, quick communications, commentaries, target articles, and book reviews are also featured.

Contribution to the understanding of movement control should be clearly demonstrated in an article for it to be published.

Quest

Each issue of Quest examines critical issues facing physical educators in secondary schools and research developments in the sport sciences and other sub-disciplines of human movement. Theoretical explorations to applied studies in this journal synthesize research to help advance the field of physical activity.

Quest does not publish original research reports on professional development of physical education but welcomes articles that are based on, complement, or review empirical research related to it. Quest considers both theoretical and practical articles. Readers includes academicians, teachers, and administrators

The Journal of Applied biomechanics

(JAB) is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of human biomechanics in sport, exercise, and rehabilitation. The reader will find research articles, clinical studies, and other pertinent information highlighting current advances in biomechanics in each issue.

The effect and control of forces that act on and are produced by the human body are highlighted in JAB. Studies related to modeling and human movement simulation and to the effects of internal and external forces like nutrition on body structures during skill development and rehabilitation are also appropriate.

Original research reports, invited review papers, and “target” articles on selected current issues in the field are published. Jab also contains book reviews, technical notes, an editorial section, and other special features.