We all come with a system to help calm us down. Learn more about your Parasympathetic Nervous System.

Motivation is often the missing ingredient. People may join a gym, buy new training shoes or fabulous leggings, yet struggle to maintain a consistent exercise routine. What motivates you?

You are the judge of how you feel. When you commit to a fitness program, your body will change, and you will achieve specific results. Different programs will bring different effects. Whether working out on your own or with a trainer, the aim is to create a program that will generate the results you seek. You are the judge of the results you achieve.

Aging is in your control.

My panic attacks started when my stepfather died. They ended when my sister (his daughter, so step, but we didn’t say step) died twenty years later.

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Wake up your sleepy muscles.

Common problems as we age

Do you feel weaker than, say, five or ten years ago?

Is it harder for you to lift bags of groceries or an Amazon box?

Do you have low back pain?

Has the doctor told you that you have osteoporosis?

Why Do I Need to Squat?

It is a compound move that is very good for you. It works multiple muscles engaging the core, quadriceps glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexors. It is a profound mobility exercise because of what you are learning to bend and engage. As reported in the New York Times, "The benefits are not confined to the lower body. "It is really a whole-body exercise," said Silvio Rene Lorenzetti, the director of the Performance Sports division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport in Magglingen. "It requires core stability and trains the back." But will a squat hurt my knees? Your squat-happy author has significant arthritis in her right knee. Motion is lotion. Our joints are designed to bend. Movement maintains flexibility and stability in the three squatting joints: hips, knees, and ankles.

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Posture Quiz

Thoughts about exercise and motivation

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

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