The Importance of Mobility for Aging Adults: How Assisted Stretching Can Improve Quality of Life As we age, maintaining mobility becomes one of the most important factors in preserving independence, confidence, and overall quality of life. Simple daily activities such as getting out of a chair, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, walking comfortably, or playing with […]
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Strength Training for Balance: Why Aging Adults Need to Stay Strong to Stay Independent As we age, maintaining balance becomes one of the most important factors in preserving independence, confidence, and quality of life. Many adults over 50 begin to notice subtle changes in stability, coordination, and mobility during everyday activities such as walking, climbing
Why Proper Performance Training Matters for Youth Athletes
Youth sports have become more competitive than ever before, and young athletes are being asked to move faster, react quicker, and perform at higher levels year-round. While many parents focus on practices and games alone, one of the most important components of long-term athletic success is proper performance training. For athletes ages 7–12, performance training
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The Importance of Exercise for Maintaining Independence
One of the greatest desires people have as they age is the ability to remain independent — to continue living life on their own terms, safely and confidently. Whether it’s walking through the grocery store, climbing stairs, traveling, playing with grandchildren, golfing, gardening, or simply getting up from a chair without assistance, maintaining independence begins
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Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle
Strength training for older adults is essential to a healthy lifestyle: It helps you stay fit, maintain independence, and reduce symptoms related to chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, and obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 150 minutes of moderate endurance activity per week. This can include cardio, as well as weights or bodyweight
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The Fitness Advice You Shouldn’t Follow
“Eat less and exercise more.” You’ve heard this before. The surefire way to lose weight… Unfortunately, it’s REALLY bad advice. Here are 10 reasons why simply ‘eating less’ is bad for you. – It slows down your metabolism (lowering of thyroid, increase in cortisol). – It increases hunger and cravings. – It will cause binge
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Workout Smarter
All workouts were not created equally. Sadly, many people simply waste time in the gym. Here are 5 tips to ensure that every minute of your workout is well spent burning fat and toning your muscles… Workout Smarter Tip 1: Use More Resistance In order to get the most from each rep it’s important to
Recovery Tips for Youth Athletes
Most athletes know that getting enough rest after any type of exercise is essential, but let’s take this further and talk about what we, the athletic trainers, actually mean when we say, “rest and recover.” Rest days are critical for the athlete’s physiological (body) and psychological (mind) well-being. Occasionally passive recovery (doing nothing) is needed
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Pilates 100’s with Dr. Susan Mann
The Pilates 100 is an exercise that uses the method of Pilates to strengthen the abdominal muscles while teaching your body stability and strengthening your lower back. Pilates is a method of exercise designed to strengthen the core by using gentle, but powerful but controlled movements. In the early 1900’s, Joseph Pilates began to design his technique, which concentrates
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Your Daily Habits Create Your Body
Every Little bit counts
There’s something that the fitness industry doesn’t want you to know…
In fact, I believe that this is the biggest secret to attaining that perfectly fit body that you’ve wanted for so many years.
It’s not that you aren’t trying to workout and eat right, it’s just that you haven’t been able to find that one thing to take you all the way to success.
Now, finally, I’m going to share that one thing.
It’s quite simple, and yet stands as the truest and most important fitness advice you’ll ever receive…
The big secret is that…Your daily habits create your body.
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Top 3 Reasons to See a Physical Therapist at NPT
We often get asked, why should I pay out of pocket to see a Physical Therapist at Naples Personal Training. We have compiled the top 3 reasons why cash-pay physical therapy at NPT is the way to go. 1) Quality of Care At Naples Personal Training you will always receive highly individualized and tailored, 1-on-1
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