by Lori Michiel | Jun 1, 2025 | Exercise Snack Videos
Fascia is the thin layer of connective tissue beneath your skin. This surrounds your nerve fiber, blood vessels, muscles, bones and organs. Fascial stretching, using gentle tension to tug at your fascial muscles, allows a release of tightness or...
by Lori Michiel | Apr 1, 2025 | Exercise Snack Videos
Maintaining good posture is vital for everyone. Having correct posture can help reduce back pain. As we know, balance is essential, especially for seniors, and good posture helps with that too. This straightforward chair exercise targets the upper back, helping...
by Lori Michiel | Feb 1, 2025 | Exercise Snack Videos
By strengthening glutes, these exercises promote posture and stability. The movements also help stabilize the pelvis, preventing injuries and promoting balance —especially important to seniors. Glutes also come into play when performing daily activities such as...
by Lori Michiel | Dec 1, 2024 | Exercise Snack Videos
The role glutes play in your overall body structure is significant. Weak glutes can lead to overcompensation from lower back muscles, often causing strain and discomfort. Robust glutes support the pelvis and keep it aligned with our spine. By making …
by Lori Michiel | Oct 2, 2024 | Exercise Snack Videos
Our balance can falter as we enter our senior years. At Lori Michiel Fitness, we use some of these assessments to get a baseline on balance before beginning sessions with a client. These exercises can also help you in your...
by Lori Michiel | Aug 1, 2024 | Exercise Snack Videos
While seated across from a partner and facing each other, throw medium size balls to one another, high and low, then alternate. Turn so that you are side-by-side your partner and do the same. This not only helps coordination; it …