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 …

50% of the people who join health clubs quit within six months, according to statistics reported in fitness industry trade journals, and it is even worse than it looks. My experience with traditional health clubs is that most of those left are not getting results that match their expectations. We have a nation full of exercise failures. What is going wrong? There are two categories of fitness failures: exercise burnouts and comfort zoners.

As an avid walker, one of the things that I like best is to stretch after a long walk. I see it as a treat. It’s a way to tell my body that the tough stuff is over and I can relax.
However, there is so much misinformation about stretching that some people drop it altogether. One friend thought that having a hot shower was one way to “warm up” her muscles. She felt confused by the contradicting information about the length of time to hold a stretch.
A “warm up” is …

Exercise that orients around performance is far more effective than exercise that orients around time. You can transform your fitness results by shifting your mindset this way.
Is More Really Better?
For many, the sole reason to exercise is to burn calories, so it would seem that more time must be better, right? But what if you could train your body to be better at burning calories, all the time, and not just during exercise? Even if weight loss is your main goal, wouldn’t having a body that burns calories …

Summer is in full swing and with it comes the excitement to get outdoors and try new activities. If you’ve been indoors this past spring, watching sports more than participating in them, be especially careful when you re-start your exercise program. A good indicator of how hard you are working is the “Talk Test”.

I remember when I was a child, I observed my mother going on an extreme low calorie diet – eating only cabbage soup and bananas. I was disgusted by the soup, but impressed that she lost weight in such a short time. However, the weight loss didn’t stick. Eventually, she went back to eating normally and gained back the weight she had lost. Dramatically cutting calories is not the “be all and end all” of dieting.

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 …