Senior Exercise Clip on YouTube

Check out my new YouTube video.  It's called The Four Essential Components to an Effective Senior Exercise Program.  It covers:

Cardio

Strength

Balance

Flexibility

The video explains the basics of each area, like how often you should do them and why they're important, and also gives some examples.

Introducing the New Total Senior Fitness Blog!

I've started a new blog called Total Senior Fitness.  Whereas this blog is more centered on balance exercises for fall prevention, the new blog will cover all areas of senior fitness like:

• Strength training
• Stretching
• Cardiovascular training
• Healthy eating
• Mental fitness

Of course, you'll still see some balancing information over there as well.

Click here to check it out.

Better Balance Lecture

I will be giving a lecture on balance training and fall prevention at Gottlieb Hospital in Melrose Park on Thursday, October 2nd, at 7 pm.  We will discuss:

• Why balance gets worse as you age.
• How to improve balance.
• How to strengthen your legs.
• How to prevent falls at home.

The lecture is free and is open to the public.

How to Improve Balance

There's three things you need if you want to improve your balance.

1. You have to believe that balance can be improved.

2. You have to do the right balance exercises.

3. You have to devote ten minutes a day to doing the exercises.

It's a very simple formula.  Each point is equally important.  If you don't believe balance can be improved, check out this article on Balance and Aging.

If you need the correct balance exercises, check out The Balance Manual at Balance-Exercises.com, which will show you everything you need to know to start doing simple balance exercises at home with no equipment in just ten minutes a day.

Linked in Profile

You can view my LinkedIn profile here http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeross81.