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The best way to move forward is to learn from the past. With physical fitness and sports participation being such important aspects of so many people's lives, it's important to recognize what we did right and what we did wrong as professionals.

The pandemic challenged everything we did in the fitness industry, often outright ending or prohibiting certain activities because of the perceived and legitimate risks involved.

We now have enough data to suggest not just best practices, but better practices; we are on an upward trajectory to managing the risks to participants through intelligent and nuanced policies versus the brute force approach of the early goings.

Coaches, educate yourself. Players, learn from your coaches but also be proactive in your understanding of risk. Both camps have a responsibility to bring sports and exercise back safely to our collective.

Learnings from the COVID-19 Lockdown – Stories from Event Cancellations | 2020 SIRCuit In March 2020, with COVID-19 sweeping the globe, a number of major sport events were cancelled in Canada. This article shares the experiences of the 2020 Arctic Winter Games Host Society, Skate Canada and Volleyball Canada.

The distance between motivation and success is adherence.

Adherence and Motivation Make You Lean Out Successfully! Initial Weight Loss Success Found to be Particularly Im-portant in Latest Meta-Analysis …

The new systematic review assessed the evidence of predictors of successful weight loss among individuals who are overweight or with obesity undergoing lifestyle interventions.

Four electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Reviews, PsychInfo and Wiley) were searched to find relevant literature published in the past 20 years. A total of 1351 titles were identified in the initial search, of which 23 studies were finally included. Predictors were synthesized in the domains of socio‐demographic factors, anthropometric parameters, psychological and behavioural factors and intervention‐based factors.

The overall quality of evidence on predictors was then appraised using an adapted GRADE approach. Patient‐specific factors such as being male, older in age, having existing cardiometabolic comorbidities and limited fat intake were significantly associated with weight loss success.

Amongst intervention specific predictors, greater initial weight loss and higher adherence to lifestyle advice were associated with greater weight loss success.

"In this review, initial weight loss came out to be as the most important predictor of successful weight loss outcome," the authors highlight.

suppversity.com | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.13148