Play To Your Strengths: Older Adults Need Strength Training
October 2, 2024
Our efforts to encourage you to take up strength training have been strong and steady. As an essential form of exercise, strength training (also known as weight training or resistance training) can provide you with numerous physical and mental health benefits, in addition to improving your level of energy and…
Get A Leg Up: The Long Term Benefits of Strength Training For Older Adults
June 26, 2024
If you’re up and about, and moving much of the day, congratulations: You’re putting yourself on a path toward healthier aging. As we’ve previously posted on many occasions, the less you sit and the more you move, the better your health will likely be well into your later years. But…
Gymtimidation: Get Beyond Your Exercise Anxiety And Get Moving
January 26, 2022
Perhaps you made the new year’s pledge to begin to exercise, but you’ve yet to develop a plan. Or maybe you were gifted a new gym membership but your anxiety about going to a gym has stopped you in your tracks. The inertia, the fear, the “gymtimidation”- they’re all real…
Shape Up: A Conversation With Certified Personal Trainer Sara Frederick
August 11, 2021
By now, you know how important movement and exercise are for your health and well-being. The problem is, depending on your current state of health and fitness, it may be a challenge to figure out what’s the best form of exercise. As we age, our bodies and abilities change and…
Moves To Choose: How To Decide Between Yoga And Tai Chi?
February 17, 2021
The advice has been strong and steady for some time now: Movement is essential for your health and well-being as you age. And while some of us will just hop on a mountain bike or run on a treadmill, for many, those are not realistic options. But as we’ve previously…
A Little Goes A Long Way: Even Brief Bouts Of Indoor Exercise Have Value
December 2, 2020
We knew this was coming, but now that we’re here, the forecast sounds ominous: Predictions are that given the continuing spread of the coronavirus, and with activity moving back indoors and holiday gatherings taking shape (despite public health warnings), we face a “long darkness before dawn.” In essence, the next…