Fitness News & Tips
You Had Questions?
FAQ ABOUT OUR SHAPE UP FOR SUMMER CHALLENGE When we announce that we’re doing another six-week challenge, we get always get questions. And if one person is asking, you can bet that more folks also have questions! So I thought I would send out an email for those of...
You’re 5 feet from gold…
You’re 5 feet from gold… There is one reason why most people haven’t yet reached their goals, and it’s a simple one. It’s something that I’ve struggled with in the past, too, and it just may be the one thing that’s holding you back from your big breakthrough. That...
Her Secret to Living to 100?
Research Keeps Showing How Meditation Is So Helpful Slow down and relax. Unplug. Take it easy. These are all phrases to describe an ancient practice that helps improve physical, mental and spiritual health: meditation. A new Canadian study shows that...
Are These the Best of Times?
A common myth about aging says that after 50, people (especially women) face a dreary life of loneliness, physical difficulty, and despair. But the opposite is true for millions, who are finding that the "grandma years" are turning out to be the best time of their...
Pulling, Bending, Pushing and Lifting: How Working Out Can Help You in the Garden
Amanda Hockley loves gardening in her backyard. “I find it meditative, and I can leave all my worries behind me,” says Amanda, 59, an administrator in a law firm. But a couple of years ago, painful arthritis began getting in the way of her favorite hobby – which...
Does Real Life Get in the Way of Your Fitness Goals?
5 Obstacles and Solutions You want to be fit. You know how much you should weigh. You know your ideal size. You can even picture how much more energetic you'll be and better able to move. So why aren’t you living life in your ideal body? There are many complex reasons...
Push-Ups Test Should Get Us Talking about Heart Health
How many push-ups can you do? The question makes some people uncomfortable, bringing up memories of awkward PE classes back in school. But the answer could be helpful to getting or keeping you on track for a better future. Fitness pros have been discussing a new study...
How to Stay on Track When Traveling
Just A Few Minutes Are you a chronic procrastinator? Do you put off going to the gym? Research shows that by spending ‘just a few minutes’ doing the dreaded task you’ll feel an urge to see it through completion. These initial few minutes of activity create an open...
A Love Story in Fitness: ‘We Just Enjoy Being Together’
The couple that exercises together stays together. Just ask Steve and Lisa Jones, who work out at a gym three times a week and hike or run two other days. They’ve been married 40 years and happily recall their Valentine’s story beginning five years before, when they...
Another Fitness Success Story! IG Star Jean Titus
“Reinvent yourself” is a modern mantra for countless people 50+.
In the years since digital disruption and the economic recession, we still see proof all around us. So many of us are creating the next chapters of their lives in or near retirement, or to begin a new line of work or hobby. I did it when I opened ProActive Fitness!
Where are YOU on the Fitness Spectrum?
On the spectrum of physical ability, where do you rank?
More importantly, where do you want to rank?
Let’s look at a five-point scale. Most people over 50 fall into one of these categories.
An Expert’s Advice on Preventing Falls
Dr. Christian Thompson and participants in his Always Active program in San Francisco
Are you afraid of falling?
You might know already that falls are a leading health hazard for people over 65.
But you might not realize that you need a well-rounded fitness approach to improve balance. It requires a focus on all the components of functional fitness, including mobility, muscular-skeletal, and cardio-respiratory.
19 Reasons to Stick with Your Fitness Commitment in ‘19
We’re still in January, far too early to even think about giving up on healthy habits for the year. Whether you made a resolution to get fit or just renewed your commitment to exercise and eat right, we’re here to keep you going throughout the year with these 19 reasons to stick with it in ’19.ou can look and feel good for your sweetheart or yourself on Valentine’s Day next month.
Forget the Myths – It’s Not Too Late to Get Fit, Even REALLY FIT!
Have you ever heard the old sayings, “The horse is out of the barn” or “That train has left the station”?
They are folksy ways of telling someone it’s too late to make a change.
New Year’s Party Survival Guide
t’s New Year’s Eve and many of us will be looking ahead to 2019 and going through the process of making resolutions.
Making a fresh start and resolving to improve is a good thing, but all too often, we fall off the rails by the end of January. We get sidetracked by life, decide it was too lofty a goal, give up and decide that maybe we should wait until conditions are better….often until December 31st NEXT year!
Your Holly Jolly Workout
Shopping, pageants, parties, family gatherings, and food, food, food. The holiday season is filled with good things, making it the holly-est, jolly-est time of year. And it’s easy to get caught up in the tinsel, lights, eggnog, and chocolate and forget about barbells and running shoes. This is why people gain an average of one pound (overweight folks gain even more) during the winter holiday months. You may not think a pound is that big of a deal but pack them on year after year and they add up.
