Spring’s Moving in So Get Moving
Start exercising outside this Spring! With the faint feeling of spring right around the corner, it’s time to get outside and enjoy the nicer days. We are leaving winter behind …
Exercise For the Strong Women
“Happy International Women’s Day” This year’s theme is “Balance for Better.” In celebration of the strong women in our lives, we are sharing tips on exercise for older women. We want …
Stand Up To Falls
This weeks blog post was written by one of our senior physical trainers, Shane. He has outlined a few fantastic exercises to help with fall prevention. In the last year …
Managing Arthritis Through Exercise
World Arthritis Day – The importance of exercise to manage Arthritis. What is arthritis? Arthritis is the terminology used to describe inflammation of the joints. There are approximately 915,000 …
7 Common Excuses You Say To Avoid Exercising
How you should respond the next time someone comes up with an excuse. As part of our series to encourage people to start exercising, today we are tackling the common …
I Can Campaign – Empowering Through Exercise – Noel Can Walk 9km a Day!
Today I Can, maybe tomorrow You Can too! Today marks the first day of Siel Bleu’s first awareness week “I Can” Empowering Older Adults Through Exercise. We know exercise is …
Breathing – Techniques to Bring More Calmness to the Body!
Our bodies are designed to live 110 years. Yet as we reach our mature (and more wiser) years of life, we begin to slow down and almost accept our decline. …
The Importance of Balance
By Paul Kirwan Balance problems are something many would say is an older person’s issue due to the high rate of falls with older, but that is not the case. …
Exercise for Shedders
“I never thought such simple exercises could be so effective” It’s 12:30 on a Wednesday afternoon in Holywell Community Centre, Swords and twelve members of the Swords Men’s Shed have …
The Importance of Active Ageing
The Importance of Active Ageing Ageing is wrongly associated with decline, when in reality it just means we have to work that bit harder to look after ourselves. The answer …