Category: Exercise

How Older Adults Can Get Started With Exercise

Deciding to become physically active can be one of the best things you can do for your health. Exercise and physical activity are not only great for your mental and physical health, but they can help keep you independent as you age. Now, let’s talk about getting started. How much activity do older adults need?… Continue reading How Older Adults Can Get Started With Exercise

8 Running Moves to Keep Legs Loose & Responsive

Often runners feel great during a hard workout, take the next run easy, perhaps a second run easy, and then attempt another hard workout. For this second hard run, though, they feel less crisp, not as light on their feet, and the results and therefore motivation suffer. The reality of this situation is that the… Continue reading 8 Running Moves to Keep Legs Loose & Responsive

Housework Can Be Healthy

Physical and mental activities, such as household chores, exercise, and visiting with family and friends, may help lower the risk of dementia, according to a new study published in the July 27, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study looked at the effects of these activities, as well… Continue reading Housework Can Be Healthy

The Post-Pandemic Workout: How to Get Back in Shape

Editor’s note: Throughout the last year, as this country battled Covid 19, quarantines and loss of amenities, fitness routines fell by the wayside. Sure, a privileged few had the time, motivation and money to equip their homes, but most didn’t. As a result, more sedentary lifestyles led to weight gain. As we all start to… Continue reading The Post-Pandemic Workout: How to Get Back in Shape

Some of the Biggest Mistakes People Over 40 Make When Starting an Exercise Program

Pain isn’t gain. It can keep you from working out. It’s time to learn how to recover faster. As you hit middle age and beyond, the benefits of exercise go beyond physical health. Being physically active can support your cognitive health and put you in a better mood. Fitness is also associated with improved balance as… Continue reading Some of the Biggest Mistakes People Over 40 Make When Starting an Exercise Program

Should You Ditch the Gym and Work Out at Home Instead?

When it comes to exercise, some people prefer going for a run, others enjoy a spin class, others may prefer a gym while others opt for a workout mat in their living room. I’m going to break down the pros and cons of at home workouts. The key is to create a workout regimen that… Continue reading Should You Ditch the Gym and Work Out at Home Instead?

Your Most Embarrassing Fitness Questions Answered

If you follow fitness trainers or enthusiasts on Instagram, we are besieged by women at the gym who look supremely confident, airbrushed and without a bead of sweat. The reality is, most of us don’t look or smell our best after a tough workout.  Not everyone is comfortable walking into a class of strangers in… Continue reading Your Most Embarrassing Fitness Questions Answered

Fitness Instructors’ Remarks Can Influence Women’s Attitude about Themselves

Women in exercise classes feel good about themselves if the instructor makes positive remarks about strength instead of implicitly criticizing body types, according to new research. “Our goal was to determine whether the psychological outcomes of a fitness class might vary based on whether the instructor made motivational comments based on health versus appearance,” said… Continue reading Fitness Instructors’ Remarks Can Influence Women’s Attitude about Themselves

Travel This Holiday Season – And Stay Fit!

Many fitness enthusiasts find it difficult to follow their normal exercise plan while traveling to see family or friends for the winter holidays. Unfamiliar environments, tightly-packed family living conditions, or lack of exercise equipment may hamper even a fitness fanatic’s best intentions for staying fit while traveling this holiday season. But as a Certified Personal… Continue reading Travel This Holiday Season – And Stay Fit!

Women Are More Resilient to Extreme Physical Activity Than Previously Reported

Women that underwent extreme physical training and completed a transantarctic expedition did not show any more negative health effects than would be expected in men That is the finding of a study presented November 18th 2018 at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Glasgow. The study is the first to suggest that women are not… Continue reading Women Are More Resilient to Extreme Physical Activity Than Previously Reported

New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

In case you and you family needed another compelling reason to get moving, updated physical activity guidelines were released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2018 on Monday, November 12th. The guidelines tell Americans to get moving, and for how long, with aerobic… Continue reading New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

A New Kind of Daily Bike Ride

Are you ready to work and bike at the same time? Researchers have discovered that employees who pedaled at their desk while working improved insulin responses to a test meal. And (in case you were wondering) the participants’ work skills didn’t decrease because they were pedaling. The discovery, by kinesiologists at the University of Massachusetts… Continue reading A New Kind of Daily Bike Ride

A Short Way to Prolong Life

It’s not a marathon runner’s workout time, but doctors are advising heart patients to move around every twenty minutes in an effort to prolong life. Previous research has shown that being sedentary for long periods may shorten life, and that heart patients spend most of their time sitting, lying down or watching TV. But, that… Continue reading A Short Way to Prolong Life

Hardwired for laziness? Tests Show the Human Brain Must Work Hard to Avoid Sloth

If getting to the gym seems like a struggle, a University of British Columbia researcher wants you to know this: the struggle is real, and it’s happening inside your brain. A release from the university explains that the brain is where Matthieu Boisgontier and his colleagues went looking for answers to what they call the… Continue reading Hardwired for laziness? Tests Show the Human Brain Must Work Hard to Avoid Sloth

How Seniors Can Truly Benefit from Low-Impact Workouts

Activity is vital at any life stage. It helps children develop correctly, keeps adults healthy and reduces the impact of old age in seniors. Elders that stay active can enjoy various benefits to their well-being, even from low-impact workouts. Still, it isn’t always easy to keep motivated to work out, especially during these hot summer… Continue reading How Seniors Can Truly Benefit from Low-Impact Workouts

Tips for Keeping Your Family Motivated and Moving

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), there are many good reasons for families to stay active, and regular physical activity is something that everyone can do, despite one’s age or body type. Many parents know the importance of being physically active, but they don’t always know where to start when… Continue reading Tips for Keeping Your Family Motivated and Moving

Don’t Let the Hazards of a Desk Job Harm Your Health!

Millions of us have jobs that keep us sitting at a desk all week long, week after week after week. Without even realizing it, we are sitting at that desk more than we are doing pretty much anything during our waking hours. The National Institutes of Health reports that all the sitting, whether at a… Continue reading Don’t Let the Hazards of a Desk Job Harm Your Health!