Active Living Coalition of Canada (ALCOA) has asked me to promote their newsletters full of information about staying active and healthy as we age. Have a look at this newsletter about exercising for your heart.
http://www.alcoa.ca/active-living-sheets/2011-10-issue-1-English.pdf
Good Luck!
Erin Billowits
Vintage Fitness
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In the fitness world the most common training methods is called progressive resistance training which means starting with small weight and slowly building up with many repetitions is not the best way to make gains in every day functional movements such as sitting in and out of a chair, gait speed and stair climbing.
I did an interview with the CBC national news last night about the potential changes in how often women over 65 have their bone density tested. Here is a link to the national to have a look http://www.cbc.ca/thenational/watch/
The most important thing to track is your risk factors so that you can prevent or mantain your bone density. Some of the biggest risk factors are smoking, inactivity and lack of key vitamins such as Vitamin D.
My advice is to:
It is Friday January 6th and unfortunately many of our new year’s resolutions have already gone by the wayside. I think that is wonderful that so many people want to make positive changes to their health at this time of the year and resist the temptation to be cynical about resolutions.
Your knees and hips are your largest joints. They support your body weight and work in close coordination so that you can run for the bus, squat to lift a child, or play hoops.
Today looks like the first day of snow here in Toronto which brings both festive spirit as well as more time inside and increased changes of being exposed to cold germs. Shape magazine in December has a few tips to keep you cold free this holiday.
