Tag: fitness

Reduce Your Fear of Falling

Improving your balance, strength, flexibility, and gait will give you the confidence to stay active. Falling poses a major risk for injury as we get older, and it’s no wonder that many of us have a real fear of it. Unfortunately, fear of falling often winds up increasing the chance of a devastating spill. To…


How to Do More Pushups

Hey everyone! This video is just to address a very common question I get: “How do I do more pushups?” Whether for personal reasons or to pass a fitness test, lots of people want to increase their pushup numbers! Well, it depends on what level of fitness and strength you’re currently at. You can kind…


Muscle Mass — The Key to Longevity

Could a key part of the solution for many health problems, including obesity, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease and even malignancy, be found in your muscle mass? Find out how this organ of longevity ‘talks’ with your immune system and disposes of at least 80% of the sugar in your blood. Story at-a-glance Muscle-centric medicine is…


How Does Exercise Guard Against Dementia? Study Reveals Clues

Exercise may help safeguard your brain as you age, and a new study suggests how this might happen. Previous research has shown that physical activity helps protect brain cells. This paper indicates it may do that through lower levels of insulin and body fat. “These results may help us to understand how physical activity affects…


Common Fitness Goals and How to Achieve Them (Summarized)

Whatever your goals for getting healthy, there are many methods, paths, and exercises you can use to get healthy and fit. These are all tools we can use to help us achieve your goals. Just a quick summary of some common fitness goals. Legal Notice: Consult your doctor before beginning any kind of exercise program….


No-Sweat Gym Etiquette

Staying healthy means hitting the gym, where you can get buff and shed stress as you “get in the zone,” but be sure to pack good manners in your gear bag. Be Thoughtful Part of the gym experience is sharing the equipment. If you’ve been on the only rowing machine for 30 minutes and there…


5 Misconceptions About Weight Loss and Healthy Eating

Can you get fat from eating late at night? Should you cut all carbs if you’re serious about losing weight? We turned researchers on these topics help separate myth from fact and set the record straight on healthy eating habits. Are Carbohydrates Bad For You? Carbohydrates are one of the three major nutrients in the…


Fitness Trainer Creates Virtual Training Program to Keep Kids Active

While many businesses closed their doors with the start of the pandemic, Larissa Maloney’s virtual fitness program, Active Kids 2.0, was just beginning to form. As the majority of offices, and eventually schools, closed, many families and children had to transition to working at home. Keeping children healthy and fit became a nationwide problem as…


10 Min Ballet Yoga Workout

All the benefits of Yoga in Ballet Style. The power of a yoga flow with the beautiful movements of Ballet, ready to immerse yourself in a transformative-restorative Ballet-Yoga Flow? Need a little extra help on how to navigate these new ballet steps and see results with ballet movements? Download my 5-day Free “Get Ballerina Fit…


Office Exercises to Improve Back Flexibility

Follow these five series of exercises to mobilize your back and improve your flexibility! They are fun, simple, and invigorating and perfect for those office breaks when you’re aching for a refreshment after sitting at your desk for hours on end. All you need is a chair!  Exercise 1: Roll Forward and Engage Abs Sit…