How Often Should You Be Exercising Weekly?
Do you ever wonder how often you should be exercising? Do you feel as though you could be doing more? The verdict is out for how much older …
The Importance of Aerobic Training for Senior Fitness
We talk a lot about strength training exercises, and the advantages it presents for older adults. Yet, what about aerobic training? Aerobic exercise, also known as cardiovascular exercise (cardio), is …
Exercise myths about older adults
Welcome to Siel Bleu’s myth buster addition! Many people have fears, and speculations when it comes to working out, especially into an older age. In this blog, we are going …
Keeping Your Confidence
Stay and Boost Confidence in Yourself Gaining confidence is like a rollercoaster throughout our lives. Usually, it starts off a bit low but then as we start getting older it …
Why We All Need to Improve Our Posture
Back pain? It’s probably from your posture! Good posture is something we were always told to have as children and for good reason. Good posture keeps your body functioning in …
Exercise for Bone Health
The Importance of Exercise For your Bone Health In our younger years, bone health isn’t on a top list of priorities except for maybe the odd break. However, as we …
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. As we …
Exercise, COPD & Me: The Trainers View
Our Exercise COPD & Me exercise classes are a huge success here at Siel Bleu. We currently have 16 COPD classes running which reach about 350 people. This week …
Get Up, Get Dressed & Get Out!
Exercise for COPD does not have to make you breathless Today, in honour of World COPD Day coming up, for today’s blog post we’ve talked to a coordinator, Carol Muldoon …
The Power of “I Can”
Our Development Office Paul tells us how he harnessed the “I Can” Campaign to overcome his fear of heights Recently Siel Bleu launched our very own awareness campaign called “I …