How often do you read a fitness blog or magazine, see something on Facebook and it’s a gorgeous girl or a hunky guy in their 20’s or 30’s and the fitness tip/exercise given is a blanket example for everyone – age is not considered. It happens all the time, right? This is my biggest frustration …
Category Archives: Be Active 50+
Let’s Crumple!
Have you ever thought about how you fall over? We don’t really like to as our brain will assume pain! Have you ever watched kids fall over? They tend to crumple. They hit the ground, their hips touch their feet and they bounce back up again. Their brain isn’t sending their body any messages about …
Sit for cognitive concentration, move for a conversation.
Hello 😊 How did you go with Pants on, pants off – stand up!? How about trying this? Sit for cognitive concentration, move for a conversation. We have all heard that sitting for long periods of time is bad for our health. So bad that it has been compared to having the same impact on …
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Once we see ourselves as “old”….
Do you ever have those moments where you catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror and wonder who that person is? My Dad, who is 72, always jokes that “some old bugger is staring back” at him. It’s because he doesn’t feel that he is “old”. He still feels young and energetic, youthful and …
Pant’s on, pant’s off – stand up!
Last month I was very fortunate to be able to attend the Functional Aging Summit in Orlando. It was one of the best experiences of my life! What we can do, what we can achieve as we age has no boundaries. It just takes a little bit of time, a little bit of effort and …
