This year, two studies looked at brain training from very different angles. One followed people for 20 years. The other tested dual tasking in the pool. Both point to the same thing, and it is something most instructors are getting wrong.

The Brain Training That Still Worked After 20 Years

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When most people hear the word "power," they picture a sprinter exploding out of the blocks or a weightlifter driving a barbell overhead. Power training gets filed away as something elite, something separate from the work happening in community fitness classes, group exercise studios, and aqua sessi...

More instructors are teaching people with changing memory, movement, coordination, and confidence. Here’s where exercise fits, what to watch for, and why your role as an instructor is important.

As an instructor, you’re not expected to diagnose neurological conditions. However, over time, you’ll...

Movement changes how people feel and how they think. When you layer a cognitive task onto a familiar movement pattern, participants have to move their bodies, attention, and timing simultaneously. That is where dual-task training earns its place in group-based workouts.

Dual-task training is simply...