With widespread stay-at-home orders, they are using social media to stream their workouts. But many trainers are facing financial straits from a lack of paying clientele.
Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
Physical and Mental Health - Exercise, Fitness and Activity
Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
Scooped by Peter Mellow |
With widespread stay-at-home orders, they are using social media to stream their workouts. But many trainers are facing financial straits from a lack of paying clientele.
Scooped by Peter Mellow |
For more people, the likes of Instagram and Twitter are a daily fitness support network.
Scooped by Peter Mellow |
An app that turns lonely hours of cycling and running into a virtual racetrack has the potential to help thousands more people enjoy exercise but comes with a safety warning from the NSW Police.
Scooped by Peter Mellow |
NATALIE FULLER is one of an increasing number of people who are leaving gyms to keep fit with strangers outdoors - all organised through social media.
Scooped by Peter Mellow |
Social media shouldn't be treated as a cure for loneliness, and online social contact may in fact mask real social disconnection, the author of new research says.
A report for the Australia Institute says lonely people may use social media to find social support, but they have fewer Facebook friends and count fewer of them as "real friends".
Rescooped by Peter Mellow from eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century |
Outlawing healthy contact ignores social and personal benefits, writes Nicola Power.
Rescooped by Peter Mellow from 21st Century Learning and Teaching |
The Internet's reach is so pervasive, it feels as though it has always been around. The reality is that the web is still in its infancy, and we don't really understand the risks it poses to our mental health. In fact, various experts, such as Larry D. Rosen, a psychologist and author of "iDisorder," believe that personal gadgets are making us mentally ill and are exacerbating other problems such as narcissism, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Other mental health professionals have already identified disorders ranging from "Facebook depression" to "phantom vibration syndrome."
Realistically, most of us don't have the luxury of disconnecting from the Internet, particularly communication professionals whose work depends more and more on it.
However, there are various things you can do to curtail the negative effects it may have and prevent digital burnout.