Aging In Place, What Is Missing?
Aging in place, you’ve modified the house and gotten help with meals, but what are you missing?
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Mobility Loss Puts Older Adults at Risk: Research Shows Exercise Can Help
Today’s blog post is a guest post from the MPH online program at Baylor University. November 06, 2019 More than 49 million adults in the United States are now 65 and older, and this number is increasing rapidly, (PDF, 691 KB) External link according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That growth is fueled by lower fertility and …
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Using lunges to work on balance in Seniors
Here is my latest YouTube video on using lunges to work on balance with seniors…enjoy
POWER! The missing link in the senior exercise program.
Traditionally when we think about power and exercise, we think of elite athletes, sprinters, football players, and weight lifters. But the ability to produce power is a key component of improving function and maintaining independence as we age. In this post I will be referring to power as is pertains to seniors and the aging …
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Building Good Habits
Habits…..good or bad, they can make or break you. I have to be honest with you guys, I’ve been falling off the wagon. I could blame it on the time change, school being back in session, maybe a traumatic childhood experience, but really it doesn’t matter. What matters is what I’m going to do about …
How Personal Training Can Help In Stroke Recovery
A Stroke or CVA is when the blood flow to the brain is cut off. You can have an ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot or a hemorrhagic stroke caused by bleeding in the brain. There are nearly 7 million stroke survivors in the US and stroke is the 5th leading cause of death …
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Finding Your Motivation: How a 15 year old girl and a race car driver changed my life.
People make healthy life style changes for all kinds of reasons. Some people have a health scare, with high cholesterol, blood sugar or blood pressure. Some people don’t like how they look or feel any more. Some people just get an “Ah Ha” moment when they realize if they don’t do something their quality …
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My review of the Fitbit Charge 2
I have wanted an activity tracker for years now, actually I really wanted an Apple Watch, there’s only one problem….I’m cheap. Well actually 2 problems, my other problem is that I am an excessive researcher. You know, the kind of person that researches an item to death. I read all the online reviews and Amazon …
Keeping Your Workouts on Track
The hardest part about beginning an exercise program is getting started, the second hardest is staying on track. When I say workout, I don’t mean just going to the gym. I mean whatever you do to stay active, a trip to the gym, a walk with your dog, or a date with your treadmill. It’s …
Parkinson’s and exercise: What do I do?
Parkinson’s Disease has always been a professional interest of mine but the interest became more personal when my Dad was diagnosed several years ago. When it comes to our bodies there isn’t much that isn’t helped by some level of regular exercise. Got an ailment, diagnosis, ache, or pain? There’s an exercise for that. However …