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Do you hear the songbirds calling you to come and play outside? Maybe you’re thinking that you’d love to get into the garden but your knees and hips are feeling stiff. Not to mention your sore back. However, the more sedentary your lifestyle, the stiffer your joints will become. Regular activity will help you experience fewer aches and pains, better posture and balance, more energy, and an improved quality of life. Other benefits to starting an exercise program include meeting new people, feeling more relaxed, sleeping better, and having more …

By Kimberley Payne
There are four major variables to consider when setting up a cardiovascular fitness program. A well-designed program follows the FITT formula: Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
A. Frequency
Frequency is defined as the number of cardiovascular exercise training sessions per week. You can exercise every day of the week with one day set aside for rest. By taking one day off each week, you will come back to your activity feeling stronger and more energetic.

Veloped Golf offers the following benefits:
Keep on playing golf and do yourself a favor by walking the golf course instead of riding an electric golf cart.
With the Veloped Golf you’ll stay sharp over 18 holes, while you’re getting plenty of healthy exercise at the same time.

Reduced load and stress on your ankles, knees, hips and back.
Excellent support, high safety and optimal comfort when you walk the course.
Healthy exercise and greater caloric expenditure, when compared to riding a golf cart.
Ergonomic gripbar that promotes an upright body posture and relieves your …

So, here we go again. January 1. Here comes the onslaught. All the articles on weight loss, the TV, radio, newspaper commercials, diet books, and the annual speech from Oprah. We can count on all of these things coming to pass, only because the retailers know that YOU are thinking about it.

1. The primary objective in losing weight should be to lose fat and not muscle. Raising your metabolism is the way to achieve this.
2. Intense aerobic activity is the primary tool in forcing your body to dump fat because it “shocks” your body into making changes and also causes it to produce fat-burning (lipolytic) enzymes. These enzymes serve as a “trucking system” in the blood stream carrying fat away from the fat cells and to the muscles to be used for energy.
3. Cutting back too much …

There is a new dawn for the walking aid. The Trionic Walker rises and shines for an active and exciting day. Gone are the bumpy and harsh walks of yesterday. From now on the sky is the limit. Live your dream. Achieve the impossible. Carry on walking where the road ends.

By Kimberley Payne
In the winter months, my parents flee the country for warmer climes. They leave inearly January and return to Canada with the birds when the snow has melted. One of the challenges they face when traveling is keeping up their health and fitness regimen. I asked them what tips they have to share with others who travel a lot.

By Kimberley Payne
Treat yourself to a stretch today! As we age, we all want to move easily and safely through the day. The way to maintain or improve flexibility is to stretch. Stretching may benefit our mind as well as our body. When done in a slow and focused manner, stretching can be an excellent way to melt tension and reduce stress.

Goal planning is one of my favorite activities. I would like nothing more than to sit down with pen in hand and a desk-size calendar to map out my goals. This is one of the reasons I loved working as a personal trainer. It was fun for me to creatively plan a health regime for my clients. The hard part was for them – sticking to it.
What are the benefits of setting goals? Goals give you the direction, energy and purpose you need to get going. Goals decrease stress and …