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Sites included here are for any and all aspects of general fitness, from aerobics to flexibility to weight training and bodybuilding.
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Sites listed here will be non-commercial, and will offer tips and programs for fitness. The following will NOT be listed here: sites for personal trainers, gyms, fitness studios, equipment sales, and sales of online training products and services. Please find a more appropriate category for such sites, as submitting them here will very likely delay their review. |
As more is understood about the way the body responds to exercise, fitness training requires a more scientific approach, and this category contains non-commercial sites offering advice and guidance.
Traditional dance aerobics, step aerobics, aqua aerobics, spinning, aerobic kickboxing, and other such cardiovascular activities. Also sites of interest to aerobics instructors. Should not contain sites specifically targeted to other aerobic sports, such as running, outdoor cycling, swimming, walking, etc. Such sites should be submitted to the appropriate sports-specific categories.
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Sites listed here will be about certification, or companies which offer courses. Sites for professional, non-profit, membership-based organizations which provide certification to their members should be sent to Health/Fitness/Organizations. Schools and colleges offering certification courses may be listed here, but the focus of their courses must be fitness certification. Fitness studios and instructors who offer training as well as other services, should be sent to the Locality subcategory of Regional/. |
Professional certifications granted to fitness professionals, including instructors, personal trainers, weight management consultants, and rehabilitation specialists.
| If your site is an on-line catalog of products for sale, please submit to a suitable subcategory of Shopping/Health |
Links and resources for locating facilities, employment opportunities, equipment exchange, further researches into Health and Fitness.
| Please note that YMCA sites should be submitted under a suitable subcategory of Society/Organizations/Public_Service/YMCA/ |
Gyms may include similar facilities such as Fitness Studios and Health Clubs, and are usually indoor facilities where exercise takes place.
Includes publications and news focusing on fitness topics.
| Submit sites whose primary focus is Nia to this category. Sites about other disciplines that mention Nia should be submitted to the categories for the other disciplines. Please submit sites of a regional nature to the most appropriate city (or state, province, or country) subcategory of DMOZ's Regional section. |
Nia is a fitness and movement program drawing elements from martial arts, yoga, and dance. Developed in the early 1980s by Debbie and Carlos Rosas, Nia now claims teachers and practitioners around the world.The name "Nia", though not capitalized like an acronym, is actually derived from "Neuromuscular Integrative Action". It also means "with purpose" in Swahili.
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Organizations whose major function is certification of fitness professionals should submit to
Organizations that are not national or international in scope should submit to the appropriate Regional subcategory. |
Professional organizations that encourage fitness though education and promotion.
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Persons who are focused mainly on offering personal training should submit to
http://dmoz.org/Health/Fitness/Personal_Trainers/ If your site is more about glamour modeling than health and fitness, please submit to the appropriate subcategory of http://dmoz.org/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Fashion/Modeling/Portfolios/Individual/ If your site is more commercial than personal, please submit to the appropriate subcategory of http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Health/ |
Usually concerning one person, a celebrity, a student, or a hobbyist perhaps, who is offering some fitness insight.
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Please submit sites that are for specific personal trainers. A personal trainer site should provide information regarding personal training, exercise, weight management, nutritional counseling and/or performance enhancement on the site.
Sites that offer services or information that is specific to one particular sport or event should be submitted to the appropriate sport or event category. more information (editors only) |
Includes websites for specific personal trainers.Websites for particular sports, such as martial arts, cycling, running, etc, should not be included. Those sites are better cataloged in their respective sports-specific categories.
Websites that provide information on groups of personal trainers, facilities that provide personal training, or directories of personal trainers should be submitted to the respective subcategories.
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To be listed in this category, sites must be informational in nature and focus on the Pilates method. Sites not offering information about the topic of Pilates should be submitted to most appropriate category. Submitting to the incorrect category will only result in delays in the amount of time it takes for a site to be evaluated. Sites offering products for sale should be submitted to the most appropriate shopping category, such as Shopping/Sports/Fitness/Books,_Audio_and_Video/Pilates_Method/. Sites offering the manufacture of Pilates equipment would belong under Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Sporting_Goods/Fitness_Equipment/Pilates_Method/. Individual studios should be submitted to the regional locality where they reside, under the Regional branch. more information (editors only) |
Pilates is a method of physical and mental conditioning. A unique method of toning, stretching and strengthening it utilizes special apparatus to achieve a balanced body and create harmony of body, mind and spirit. Joseph Pilates who came to the US in the 1920s originally developed the Pilates method. Today his many disciples and generations of their students teach this exercise method worldwide.
| If your site is an on-line catalog of products for sale, please submit to a suitable subcategory of Shopping/Health |
For fitness businesses as well as fitness enthusiasts.
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