Fitness Blog For Active Adults and Seniors

Sleep and Your Brain…Can I Sleep Like a Baby? Part 2 of 2
by Lori Michiel | Sep 1, 2017
We need to make sleep a priority. Unfortunately, some consider sleep to be a waste of time. Just the opposite is true. Sleep is critical for your emotional, physical and neurological well-being. There is NO substitute! Too many of us fight sleep, not wanting to miss...

Sleep and Your Brain…Can I Sleep Like a Baby? Part 1 of 2
by Lori Michiel | Aug 1, 2017
I don’t know anyone my age or ten years’ younger who doesn’t have a sleep disorder. As I comb through my fitness journals, AARP bulletins and various news articles, there are at least one or two articles each month about sleep and sleep disorders. I have read them...

Connect With Your Feet – Exer-tasking Techniques to Improve Your Balance
by Lori Michiel | Jul 1, 2017
The message is clear: reduce the effects of the physiological ravages of time by using balancing progressions - stand tall, pull in your stomach and breathe. If you think it’s a lot to remember, you’re right. I call this process Exer-tasking. It is different than...

Do We Care How We Look on the Inside As Much As We Care How We Look on the Outside?
by Lori Michiel | Jun 1, 2017
Diagnosed at age 42 with osteopenia: How exercise helped me learn to reduce my risk of the brittle-bone disease called osteoporosis. Last month there were at least five notable organizations that brought awareness to their cause. They included Alzheimer’s and Brain,...

What Do Boomers Fear Most About Their Health?
by Lori Michiel | May 1, 2017
With each passing year, older adults become more concerned about their health and how their bodies will hold up over time. As aging worldwide becomes more of a reality, we need to recognize what holds us back from our ultimate best. How do we avoid the pitfalls...

Parkinson’s Awareness Month
by Lori Michiel | Apr 1, 2017
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease (behind Alzheimer’s disease) afflicting over 1.6 million people in the U.S. There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD); the cause is still unknown. Currently, there are nearly two million...

What Brings You Peace of Mind?
by Lori Michiel | Mar 1, 2017
Your thoughts can run in your head like a broken record--or can you sit still and “hear” the quiet? Is there an activity, exercise, religious or meditation practice you do regularly to slow your mind? Or do you take medications which can have multiple side effects?...

Fixes for Your New Year’s Resolutions If They Aren’t Holding Up
by Lori Michiel | Jan 18, 2017
If you decided that eating healthy and starting an exercise program in January would make you feel more energized and help alleviate that drag you felt throughout the day…were you able to stick with your plan? Is this the tenth time you promised yourself to lose...

Can Stretching Prevent Injury When You Work Out?
by Lori Michiel | Dec 31, 2016
Touching your toes or moving your head in a circle feels positively wonderful to most healthy adults. But the benefits of stretching are still a puzzle. I was suffering from hamstring pain (self-diagnosed) which I then confirmed by visiting my physical therapist at...

Simple Ways to Avoid Injury and Pain by Swapping One Exercise for Another
by Lori Michiel | Nov 29, 2016
As another year ends, consider some helpful exercise alternatives to modify your next workout routine. Eliminate unnecessary pain from your exercise session by learning better form while achieving similar results. You can take these tips into 2017 and beyond....
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TomMac
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You are such a blessing and like your sign in the video in the background, I do 'give thanks' for you and your dedication to all of us who are trying to do the best we can with our bodies...no matter where we are and at what stage of health we are in!
Love your heart to serve, my friend!
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Your fitness program has really helped my mom!! I saw her this week and she is stronger and her balance has really improved. She got up from her chair so much easier!!!
Best news, she's very happy that she started working out and she adores Sam and Rita.She actually looks forward to it.
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Lori,
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With gratitude,
Karen
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Eileen ED PRO
I just wanted to send the biggest thank you for joining us at The Variel. You put on such an excellent class and I know our contact at The Variel was really impressed.
I can't say enough good things about your class. You were knowledgeable, engaging, and FUN! I've worked with a number of fitness instructors over the years -- some are good and some are standout, and you quickly revealed yourself to be standout.
I look forward to working with you again in the future, and thanks for donating your time to our special community this past Saturday.
Thanks,
Eileen, Executive Director Parkinson's Resource Organization