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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.

Sites included here are for any and all aspects of general fitness, from aerobics to flexibility to weight training and bodybuilding.

Advice and Guides

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.

Aerobics

Sites listed here will contain information of interest to people in many areas or countries.
Sites relating only to a specific location do not belong here, and should be sent to the appropriare category under Regional/.

NB Sites with a focus on online shopping belong in one of the subcategories of Shopping/Sports/Fitness/Aerobics/ and submitting here will significantly delay review.

The topic covers traditional dance aerobics, step aerobics, aqua aerobics, spinning, and other such cardiovascular activities. Note that there are other categories for aerobic sports such as running, outdoor cycling, swimming, walking, etc.

Certification

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.

Directories

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.

Flexibility

Please submit sites dealing with any aspect of the Lotte Berk method. Sites of Lotte Berk studios detailing class schedules should be submitted under Studios.

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Gyms

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.

News and Media

Includes publications and news focusing on fitness topics.

Nia

Sites listed here will have a primary focus on Nia and be of general interest to users.
Sites with a very limited regional significance (eg a site about classes with no general information) should be sent to the most appropriate city or town subcategory of the Regional branch.
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.

Organizations

Organizations whose major function is certification of fitness professionals should submit to

Health/Fitness/Certification/

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.

Personal Pages

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.

Personal Training

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.

Pilates Method

To be listed in this category, sites must be informational in nature and focus on the Pilates method.

Individual studios should be submitted to the appropriate Locality in the Regional branch.

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 about the manufacture of Pilates equipment would belong under Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Sporting_Goods/Fitness_Equipment/Pilates_Method/.

Pilates is a method of toning, stretching and strengthening using special apparatus to achieve a balanced body. Joseph Pilates developed the method and it is now taught worldwide.

Services

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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