Fitness Articles
12 Tips For Safe Walking
Walking is one of the best exercises. And walking outdoors might be one of the only types of...
What Do Harry Potter And Yoga Have In Common?
A guest post by Julie Ann Garrido If someone told you that yoga can help alleviate your...
Getting Back To Fitness After 40
You’ve decided enough is enough and it’s time to start exercising again. If you are a midlife...
Exercises To Improve Posture
One thing that is sure to make you look older is poor posture. So improving your posture is a sure...
How To Choose Footwear For Exercise
If you are like many women, you have started an exercise program to get fit, healthy or to lose...
Does Yoga Help With Weight Loss?
Weight gain during menopause is normal. It is also frustrating because the things that used to...
How To Exercise When You Have No Energy
One issue that many women face during menopause is lack of energy. They usually know that they...
Functional Exercise For Midlife Women
Many midlife women start exercising so they can improve and maintain their quality of life. One of...
How To Listen To Your Body
If you have joined a fitness class, you may hear the instructor say “Listen to your body”. You may...
How To Create An Exercise Habit
We all know that exercise is good for us, but many of us don’t exercise often enough. If you make...
Exercise For Anti-Aging
Generally anti-aging describes cosmetic techniques and procedures which are only skin deep and...
10 Exercise Mistakes Midlife Women Make
I’ve worked as a personal training and fitness instructor for several years. So I’ve seen many...
The Importance Of Upper Body Exercise For Midlife Women
If you are like many women, your workout routine does not go beyond the cardio machines. Cardio...
Why You Should Try Interval Training
Women in midlife often struggle with weight gain. They may turn to exercise to try to lose weight....
Why Flexibility Is Important
Flexibility is an area of fitness that is often ignored. We leave it to the end of the workout and...
Can you still compete in midlife?
I ran my first 5 K race at age 34. Since then I’ve run in about 30 running races, completed 2...
How To Use The FITT Principle
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about getting started with exercise. Now I’d like to get into a...
How To Start Exercising In Midlife
I often meet women my age who have never exercised or who haven’t exercising consistently in...
How Exercise Helps with Hot Flashes during Menopause
If you have been following me for long, you know how adamant I am that exercise is good for you....
Why Women Should Lift Weights
Working at a gym, I often see women who head straight for the cardio machines and never leave....