For people with arthritis, life is governed by pain. You may not even realize how much you’ve given up if you’ve been slowly adapting to...
Exercise & Fitness
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Age Better Through Exercise
The more you engage in aerobic exercise, strength training and balance work, the lower your risk for age-related functional limitations such as deteriorations in muscle...
Exercises to Improve Your Balance
Balance training isn’t just for preventing falls later in life—good balance is essential for everyone, and it helps reduce the severity of an injury when...
Bursts of Activity Help You Live Longer
People who don’t exercise can reap tremendous benefits by briefly increasing their exertion level during everyday activities. A recent study by Australia’s University of Sydney...
7 Things You Are Doing Wrong When Exercising
“Just do it” is a prudent exercise philosophy…but only if you’re doing it right. Execute an exercise improperly, and not only will your efforts fail...
The 4 Fitness Tests That Matter
How are you really holding up? There’s a strong correlation between how well aging people do on the following four physical tests and whether they’re...
Water Workout
Love being in a pool? Then what better way to get your exercise than by working out in a pool! Water exercise is a non-impact...
Get On Your Feet!
Full disclosure—I work from home most days now. If I am doing it right, you likely didn’t even know that! I am not complaining. There...
6 Exercises to Improve Your Posture
You heard it from your mother all the time—stand up straight. Mom was right! Proper posture doesn’t just make us appear more confident and commanding,...
Comeback Lessons From An Olympic Champion
Professional athletes possess an almost super-human ability to focus under pressure…maintain discipline…master their fears…and bounce back from setbacks. But even the pros want to know...
Your Pelvic Floor: Why You Need to Keep It Strong
A well-functioning pelvic floor is important for both men and women for a number of reasons, all of which are easier to understand once you...
Find Your Best Exercise Rx
Sit less, move more. This is a popular refrain to undo the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle—but perhaps you can’t be as active as...
