When thinking about competitive sports, you might picture professional athletes in high impact sports like football, basketball, soccer or baseball. These athletes are usually in peak physical condition and are rarely performing professionally past their mid-forties. Many older adults may… read more
Fitness
Dreading Going Back to the Office? Find Your New Routine
I don’t need to say it. We all know that 2020 has given everyone a new playbook for just about everything in life, but most of all, our careers and how and where we work. Many of us found ourselves… read more
Flabby Felines and Canines: How to Keep Your Pet Fit & Healthy
We all take it a little personally when someone calls our pet overweight. It makes us feel like bad pet parents to have let our beloved fur babies get to their current state. I unfortunately feel this way every time… read more
Try Online Yoga Classes for Senior Adults
Just because there is still a pandemic affecting our community, that doesn't mean that you have to stop getting exercise. In fact, keeping your body physically healthy is one way to protect yourself from getting sick. And, it is important… read more
How to Get Your Blood Flowing at the Office!
Now that some of us are moving back in to the office, it can be so easy just to sit and not really move for hours on end. This makes you fatigued, stiff, sore and honestly unmotivated to get stuff… read more
Ted Talks: Putting Solution into Resolution! Let’s Go, 2021!
We’ll remember this year as the one with masks and mute buttons, with Zoom meetings and zapped-from- the-calendar events, with social distancing and societal anxiety—and with so many changes, stresses, and disruptions that slapped the living shish kebab out of… read more
Find Out What It Takes to Take On the Appalachian Trail
The “hike,” as it has come to be called, all started about seven years ago. Three of my closest friends and I decided we wanted to hike the Suwannee section of the Florida Trail (that adventure is a story for… read more
Can Exercise Contribute to Your Happiness?
The day-to-day struggle is real! The world is moving at an alarming speed, and most of us are like ducks in water; while on the surface we look like we have it together, our feet are moving at a furious… read more
Use These Online Resources to Workout With Your Kids!
This Saturday, September 26, is National Family Health and Fitness Day. If you have kids running around, maybe it is time to introduce them to some exercises at home so you can work on your health and fitness together! Here… read more
Simple Exercises to Encourage Hip Health
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, more than 300,000 total hip replacements are performed each year in the United States. While some hip surgeries are inevitable, there are some steps you can take to encourage hip health… read more