Resistance Training

As certain as the leaves beginning to change color and pumpkin spice appearing in your local coffee shops, so too does September signal the arrival of Fall Prevention Awareness Month. Academic centers and agencies serving older adults use September to highlight the risk of falling for older adults and what…

Does this sound familiar? Your back aches, your neck hurts, your balance is a bit off, and your head hurts at times. You may even be dealing with indigestion and incontinence issues. While these could all be the result of innumerable health problems (and you obviously need to consult a…

There’s nothing like waking up with stiff joints and feeling achy to remind you that you’re getting older. In fact, a recent survey of 2000 Americans over the age of 28 found that the average person over age 45 physically feels 12 years older than his or her chronological age,…

Aging in a way that allows you to stay strong and healthy involves a combination of essential factors: diet, exercise, sleep, social engagement, stress reduction – you know the drill by now. When it comes to strength, you also likely know that you have to put in the effort to…

As you’ve gotten older, have you shied away from lifting weights or challenging your ability to improve your strength? Are you afraid your muscles have gotten weaker, or that you might injure yourself if you lift heavy weights? Well, if you haven’t done much to work on your muscles in…

Keeping your bones healthy and strong is an important goal for most of us, especially post-menopausal women, who are at the highest risk for osteoporosis and thus potentially at risk for dangerous and painful bone fractures. Given that one out of every 3 women over 50 and one out of…